Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Fire Department investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire early this morning at an East Knoxville Restaurant.

KFD officials say crews were dispatched just before 12:30 a.m. to the scene of a fire at Buddy’s bar-b-q on Magnolia Avenue.

When fire crews arrived, they saw heavy smoke coming from the building. Officials say crews were able to make an interior fire attack to try and extinguish the fire. They add that firefighters had a hard time locating the fire but kept it from spreading throughout the building.

There were no employees in the building at the time of the fire.

Knoxville Fire Department is working to determine the cause of the fire.