Fire tears through roof of Brookfield pizza shop

A fire in Brookfield, N.S., tore through the roof of apizza shopearly Friday morning.

The fire monitoring system at the Brookfield Pizza & Food Market on Highway 2 set off an alarm at 3:49 a.m. on Friday.

"It's a total loss," said fire Chief Rod Nielsen with theBrookfield Fire Department.

Nielsen said no one was inside at the time.

It took 50 firefighters about two hours to knock down the fire, but many were still on scene checking for hot spots after 7 a.m.

"We had great response from multiple departments, so no injuries," Nielsen said.

The Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education said the firewas affectingsome bus routes on Friday morning.

"We'll be here for the day," Nielsen said. "Once the hot spots are out, we'll see if it's safe enough to do an investigation."

The cause of the fire hasnot yet been determined.