NEW YORK - City firefighters battled a three-alarm fire near Times Square early Tuesday morning.

The FDNY says flames broke out just before 5 a.m. inside TSQ Brasserie, a restaurant on the ground floor of a commercial high rise located at 723 Seventh Avenue in the Theater District.

Two firefighters and one civilian suffered minor injuries.

The restaurant was closed when the fire broke out.

The cause is under investigation.