Firefighters battle house fire in Lawrenceville

A family of seven escaped a fire in a Lawrenceville row house Tuesday night.

The fire on 37th Street began in the back of the house. Fire officials say it isn’t suspicious, but did not immediately release the cause.

There is damage to the second and third floors, but the home is not a total loss. Neighboring homes were not threatened.

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The two adults and five children who were in the home were uninjured in the fire that was reported around 8 p.m. Tuesday.

The house is wedged between four row houses, but despite the proximity, no one else was evacuated.

"Crews arrived very quickly, but faster than usual because we were already on the road," said Pittsburgh Battalion Chief John Walsh. "We had fire showing from the rear of the building."

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