6 squatters escape blaze in abandoned East Huntingdon house
No one was hurt in a fire at an abandoned house Wednesday morning in East Huntingdon.
East Huntingdon Second Assistant Chief Chris Brinker said six people were squatting inside the two-story house and made it out safely. The house, on Mt. Pleasant Road, is just outside Scottdale and close to Kendi Park and the McClean Road intersection.
The blaze was reported around 7 a.m. and appeared to have started in the basement, Brinker said.
Flames spread up the basement steps and into a wall, he said.
Firefighters had it extinguished quickly. The cause is under investigation by a state police fire marshal.
Renatta Signorini is a TribLive reporter covering breaking news, crime, courts and Jeannette. She has been working at the Trib since 2005. She can be reached at rsignorini@triblive.com.
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