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Firefighters Respond for Wilkinsburg Apartment Building Fire

Date: January 28, 2022
Incident Type: Fire
Location: Wilkinsburg
Summary:

Firefighters with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire worked to extinguish a 3-alarm residential structure fire in the 800 block of Pitt Street in Wilkinsburg overnight.

There were no reported injuries.

As many of the apartments in the three-story apartment building were occupied, the Red Cross is providing assistance to displaced residents. 

The Fire Investigation Unit was on scene to investigate the cause of the fire.


Reporting PIO:
Cara Cruz

2022-01-28
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov