Car catches fire, spreads to 2 homes in senior living community

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. — Two homes in a senior living community in Murrysville were destroyed Thursday night when flames swept through them.

Officials said flames spread when a car that was in a carport caught fire just before 10 p.m. on Ridge Lane in the Village of Clover Ridge community.

"I heard the sirens and everything and then I looked out my window and I looked up here and it was really blazing," said neighbor Kathy Madjerich.

Firefighters from 10 companies responded to the blaze. Efforts were hampered by a frozen fire hydrant that cracked and began spraying water all over that instantly froze.

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"It was really bad," Madjerich said. "It was really terrible."

A firefighter was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, an emergency dispatcher told Channel 11's news exchange partners at TribLIVE.

"I feel bad for them," said a neighbor named Lynn. "I watched them out here and I thought, I wouldn't want to have to do that."

No one who lived in the homes was injured. One of the homes was totally destroyed.

Firefighters battled two other fires in Westmoreland County within a matter of hours, including a deadly fire in Salem Township.

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