PITTSBURGH — Emergency crews are responding to a massive structure fire in Pittsburgh.
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An Allegheny County 911 supervisor says crews were called to the 4500 block of Penn Avenue in Bloomfield at 3:24 p.m.
A video shared with Channel 11 shows heavy flames coming from a building. Another video shows dark smoke rising over part of the city.
Assistant Fire Chief Brian Kokkila says the three-alarm fire damaged five buildings. The wind and the buildings’ tight spacing contributed to the fire’s quick spread.
More than 10 people have been impacted, Kokkila said. All residents have been accounted for, except two who were not home at the time.
No injuries have been reported.
About 50 firefighters responded to the scene.
Investigators are looking into the fire’s cause.
Jarred Reccek and Katie Cincotti lived in one of the buildings. Cincotti said she was in her bedroom when she smelled something burning and saw smoke
Cinotti said she asked Reccek if there was a fire, and at that moment, their third roommate texted them, “Is our apartment on fire?” At that point, Reccek and Cincotti began seeing heavy smoke.
“Once he said that, I was like, OK, we have to, like, grab our stuff and go,” Cincotti said.
“When we were starting to leave, I stepped into the kitchen, and I saw out the window flames coming up to the window,” Reccek said.
He and Cincotti will be staying with others, along with the few belongings they have left.
“I don’t think it’s fully hit me, despite crying about it, cause that’s — everything that we own is gone,“ Reccek said. ”...Everyone’s OK, and that’s all we can really ask for, I guess.”
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