Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Lower Heidelberg, PA – Fire at BBQ restaurant held in check by sprinkler system March 12, 2016 viking210 Crews responded to a fire at a Berks County restaurant early Friday morning. Firefighters battled a fire at The Bar-B-Q Pit along Penn Avenue in Lower Heidelberg Township. Berks County dispatchers say the flames broke out at about 5:30 a.m. Fire officials say police arrived first and saw smoke and flames in the kitchen through a window. The sprinkler system held the fire in check while firefighters went in and put it out. No one was hurt. Crews had to close Penn Avenue for about 15-20 minutes but have since reopened it. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused the fire.
