Crews respond to fire at Wendy’s restaurant on Freeport Road in Harmar

Michael Divittorio | Tuesday, June 21, 2022 7:12 p.m.

Courtesy of Mike Werries

Fire crews run water lines through the drive-thru window while responding to a fire at the Wendy’s restaurant on Freeport Road in Harmar on Tuesday, June 21.

Multiple departments responded Tuesday to a fire at the Wendy’s restaurant near the intersection of Freeport Road and Alpha Drive in Harmar.

Allegheny County dispatch said the call came in shortly before 6 p.m.

No injuries were reported.

Crews from O’Hara, Springdale, Oakmont, Blawnox, Brackenridge and Allegheny Valley responded to the scene.

A couple of the restaurant’s front windows were broken. An O’Hara ladder truck was used to get to the roof of the restaurant.

Traffic was reduced to one lane on Freeport Road in front of the restaurant. The entrance to Alpha Drive from Freeport Road was closed.

It is unclear what started the fire or when the fast food restaurant might reopen.