A fire temporarily shut down a McDonald’s restaurant Wednesday afternoon at the Northampton Crossings shopping center in Lower Nazareth Township.
Hecktown Fire Company Chief Keith Brooks told lehighvalleylive.com flames ignited just before 2 p.m. at the eatery, 3708 Easton Nazareth Highway, and all patrons and employees evacuated on their own.
Crews found a small fire burning behind a veneer wall outside the building. Initial witness reports suggested a cigarette was burning inside the wall, according to the fire chief…