Hermitage road closed tonight for fire

Staff report

HERMITAGE

A tractor trailer caught on fire close to an animal shelter tonight.

Authorities closed Broadway Avenue, beginning at 6:30 p.m., for the truck fire in the roadway by Shenango Valley Animal Shelter, 2559 Broadway Ave.

There were no injuries. Hermitage and West Middlesex crews responded to the fire, with other departments on stand-by.

The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.