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Outlet wrecked by blaze after car sets alight in drive-thru' | Thank God nobody got injured, but it's been a horrible shock'

- DANNY DE VAAL, KIM O'LEARY

A MCDONALD'S restaurant went up in flames yesterday after a granny's car caught fire while in the drive-thru.

The inferno broke out at the fast food joint in Newbridge in Kildare at around 11:30 am.

A van driver noticed smoke coming from the woman's car and ran over to tell her to get out.

The vehicle then caught fire before it spread onto the building of the restaurant.

One woman, who runs a pharmacy close by, witnessed the fire and told RTE's Liveline: "The woman is shaken but she said she is grateful her grandchildren were not with her.

"We brought her into an office so she could not see what was happening to the building and gave her tea".

One McDonald's worker told The Irish Mirror: "We were in the kitchen when the manager burst in and said: 'There's a car on fire outside, [the fire] is on the roof, we have to go.