Hazelwood fire spreads to 4 row homes, sends 2 firefighters to hospital
A fire in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood Saturday night injured two firefighters.
One firefighter suffered burns to his wrists, and the other suffered from smoke inhalation and shortness of breath, TribLive news partner WTAE reported.
Both were taken to a hospital and are expected to be OK.
The fire broke out around 7 p.m. inside a row home on Chaplain Way and spread to three adjacent homes. The fire rekindled overnight, but firefighters were able to quickly get it under control.
Though it’s unclear how many people lived in the homes, the American Red Cross is assisting multiple people displaced by the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Megan Swift is a TribLive reporter covering trending news in Western Pennsylvania. A Murrysville native, she joined the Trib full time in 2023 after serving as editor-in-chief of The Daily Collegian at Penn State. She previously worked as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the Trib for three summers. She can be reached at mswift@triblive.com.
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