PITTSBURGH, PA — Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire crews responded to a two-alarm fire at an abandoned house in the city’s Spring Garden neighborhood early Friday morning, rescuing one occupant from an upper floor.
According to municipal emergency officials, firefighters were dispatched at 6:30 a.m. to the 800 block of Concord Street, near the intersection with Itin Street. Upon arrival, crews initiated fire suppression and rescued a male from a second-floor window. A second individual was able to escape through the rear of the residence.
Officials stated that neither occupant remained on scene to receive medical evaluation from responding paramedics. No injuries to firefighters were reported during the operation.
Crews brought the fire under control in under an hour. The Pittsburgh Fire Investigation Unit is investigating to determine the cause of the fire.
The Pittsburgh Times
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