FIRE DESTROYS FORMER UNIONTOWN RESTAURANT, DAMAGES NEARBY BUILDING

An overnight fire destroyed a popular former restaurant and damaged a nearby duplex in Uniontown. The fire at the vacant Sam’s Restaurant on Morgantown Street broke out about two o-clock this morning and spread to a nearby duplex., All occupants of the duplex were evacuated safely. The restaurant — which had operated as the former Eagle’s Nest Bar — had been closed for the past six months. The state fire marshal is investigating the blaze.