Fire engulfs Avalon, PA home; Damages another

Fire engulfs Avalon, PA home; Damages another

Fire broke out early Friday morning

Updated: 7:09 AM EDT May 10, 2024

8 A.M. WE WANT TO NOW GET TO BREAKING NEWS IN AVALON, ALLEGHENY COUNTY CREWS WERE CALLED OUT TO A HOUSE FIRE ON MCKINLEY AVENUE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER EVA RASCH JOINS US LIVE FROM THE SCENE JUST NORTH OF ROUTE 65. EVA. YEAH, GUYS, WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO ANYONE YET EXCEPT FOR SOME NEIGHBORS WHO TELL US THESE FIRE ALARMS WOKE THEM UP THIS MORNING. I WANT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY SO YOU CAN SEE JUST WHAT’S GOING ON HERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT HOUSE IS JUST LIT UP GOLD RIGHT NOW. SMOKE COMING OUT OF IT. AND WHENEVER I TALK TO NEIGHBORS, THEY SAID THAT FIRST FLOOR WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED WHENEVER THEY GOT HERE. RIGHT AROUND 515 THIS MORNING. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THOSE FLAMES HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED TO SPREAD TO THE SECOND BLUE HOUSE ON OUR LEFT HAND SIDE. HERE, FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO GO IN AND OUT, DOES SEEM LIKE A PRETTY DANGEROUS SITUATION RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE CUTTING DOWN THIS TREE AND MOVING THESE BRANCHES OUT SO THEY CAN FIGHT SOME OF THOSE FLAMES THAT ARE UP HIGHER. AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON’T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY INJURIES. THE NEIGHBORS THAT I SPOKE TO SAID THEY DIDN’T SEE ANY AMBULANCES LEAVING. NOTHING LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO ANY OFFICIALS JUST YET. ON SCENE. THE ONE NEIGHBOR THAT I DID SPEAK TO, SHE SAID THAT SHE HEARD THE FIRE ALARM GO OFF AT 515 THIS MORNING AND BY 521 SHE HEARD THE FIRE TRUCKS COMING UP THIS STREET. SO THERE ARE JUST TONS OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE THOSE LADDERS. THEY’RE WORKING ON THIS SECOND HOUSE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY’RE GOING AROUND THE BACK HERE. BUT STILL JUST SO MANY CREWS HERE ON SCENE WORKING ON BOTH OF THESE HOUSES. SO JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A MORE OF A LIVE LOOK. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OF THAT FIRST HOUSE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE. AND AGAIN JUST SO MUCH SMOKE. YOU CAN REALLY SMELL IT THROUGHOUT THE AREA. SO IF YOU DO LIVE IN THE AVALON AREA, MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE BEING CAREFUL ABOUT AVOID MCKINLEY AVENUE. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH. WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO GET YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION, BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN AVALON, EVA RASH, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AVA, LET ME ASK YOU ONE QUESTION. BEFORE WE LET YOU GO ON THIS BREAKING NEWS, DO WE KNOW THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY OCCUPIES THAT HOUSE? IS IS IT VACANT, OR DO THE NEIGHBORS TELL YOU THAT SOMEONE LIVES THERE? YOU KNOW, I DID ASK THEM. I ASKED, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED INSIDE THIS HOME. THEY SAID, NO, WE DON’T. WE DIDN’T SEE ANYONE COME OUT. THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHO THESE NEIGHBORS WERE BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS THAT I SPOKE TO LIVE A STREET UP. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT WE’RE GOING TO WORK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS MORNING, MICHELLE. ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR C

Fire engulfs Avalon, PA home; Damages another

Fire broke out early Friday morning

Updated: 7:09 AM EDT May 10, 2024

Firefighters were called to the scene of a fire in Avalon, Allegheny County on Friday morning.The fire was reported shortly before 5:30 a.m. on the 200 block of McKinley Avenue.One house was engulfed with flames and a second home appeared to be damaged. It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries.There was also no initial word on the cause of the fire.

AVALON, Pa. —

Firefighters were called to the scene of a fire in Avalon, Allegheny County on Friday morning.

The fire was reported shortly before 5:30 a.m. on the 200 block of McKinley Avenue.

One house was engulfed with flames and a second home appeared to be damaged.

It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries.

There was also no initial word on the cause of the fire.