PITTSBURGH — A house in Pittsburgh's North Side collapsed onto a road during a planned demolition Friday afternoon.
Channel 11 learned that crews were tearing down the house at Armandale Street and Garfield Avenue.
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It's unclear at this time what went wrong, but the house collapsed on two sides into the road.
The collapse also took down electrical wires and poles nearby.
Witnesses say that caused fires to break out in three surrounding buildings and sparks could be seen bursting from the power lines.
Witnesses tell Channel 11 the red house was being demolished today. Not sure yet what exactly happened but, 3 house caught fire and power was knocked out in the neighborhood. #WPXI pic.twitter.com/oUHqVLV8O8
— Shelley Bortz WPXI (@WPXIShelley) April 19, 2019
Duquesne Light officials said 60 customers were affected by this.
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