Suspicious Fire in Elizabeth Borough – Update 8/11/2009
August 11, 2009 by FF184 · Leave a Comment
Elizabeth Boro Fire
Update 8/11/09 – Per Elizabeth VFC’s website, the Fire Marshal deemed this fire as accidental, and confirmed that nothing was thrown onto the porch.
Early on Wednesday morning, August 5th, Allegheny County 911 received a call from a homeowner stating someone threw something onto their back porch and their house was on fire.
Elizabeth Borough Station 139 and their first alarm were alerted for the house on South 3rd Avenue, in the Walker Heights section of Elizabeth. Initial crews on scene reported a working fire. Crews stretched a 2 1/2″ handline to the rear of the structure and another crew advanced through the front door. There was a nice knockdown and the initial crews did a great job of containment.
Fire Rescue Headlines: Fitness Club Shooting, House, Restaurant, and High Rise Fires
August 5, 2009 by FF184 · Leave a Comment
Here are your western PA firefighting and rescue headlines for Wednesday, August 5th, 2009. Not many incidents today as a lot of the news outlets are focused on the fitness club shooting spree.
- First, thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims and folks involved with the Collier Twp LA Fitness Club shooting tragedy last night.
- Elizabeth Boro was the scene of a house fire last night. Hoopie World covered the incident here.
- From over the weekend, a restaurant in Greenwood Township which is south of Meadville in Crawford County, burned. [WICU12]
- Finally, a fire destroyed the Old Gatlin high rise in Connellsville early this morning. [WPXI]
