Flames spread across multiple homes in McKeesport
Police, firefighters, and paramedics all called to the scene
Police, firefighters, and paramedics all called to the scene
Police, firefighters, and paramedics all called to the scene
Several homes were damaged as fire spread from house to house in McKeesport on Thursday morning.
The fire was reported a little after 2 a.m. on Soles Street damaging at least four homes.
A man who didn’t want to reveal his name described the chaos.
“We didn’t know what it was so my sister was yelling ‘get out, get out, get out. There’s a fire,’” said the neighbor.
That neighbor said police assisted in helping an elderly couple in a neighboring house escape.
The neighbor described the flames as “like a tornado full of fire. Like a swirl.”
Police, firefighters and paramedics were all called to the scene. Fire crews spent hours working to put out the flames.
Allegheny County 911 dispatchers said at least four people went to the hospital.
The Allegheny County fire marshal dug through debris and an accelerant detection K-9 was brought to the scene.
The neighbor we spoke with said he thinks the fire was suspicious.
"That's a case of arson," he said. "I'm not a young guy. I'm not an old head, but that's not your average fire."
The official cause of the fire remains under investigation.