Multiple fire departments were unable to save a McDonald’s restaurant in Manchester from a fire.
Crews from Manchester and Lockard’s Creek Fire were called to the McDonald’s on Muddy Gap Road around 5:25 a.m. Sunday morning.
When crews arrived, they say they saw heavy smoke coming from inside the restaurant, with flames coming from a grease fire.
Firefighters attempted to put out the grease fire, but were unable to contain the flames. They say the restaurant’s extinguisher system also failed to operate.
Crews were finally able to extinguish the grease fire using foam, but were unaware the fire had also spread into the double-layered ceiling above them.
As firefighters tried to address that fire, the ceiling began falling in, prompting units to evacuate the building.