PITTSBURGH — Firefighters battled a house fire in the city’s Lawrenceville neighborhood early Monday morning.
Crews were called to the 5400 block of Carnegie Street around 8:35 a.m.
The two houses involved were unoccupied, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety.
🚨@PghFireFighters are fighting a residential structure fire in the 5400 block of Carnegie Street in Lawrenceville. Please avoid the area. This is an active emergency scene.🚨 @PghPublicSafety pic.twitter.com/9ayv5MzV9t
— Pittsburgh Fire Fighters (@PghFireFighters) December 12, 2022
An official told Channel 11 a contractor entering one of the houses to work smelled smoke.
Video captured by a Channel 11 photographer showed firefighters working on a roof, which appeared to be damaged by fire.
Medics evaluated a firefighter who had cut his hand.
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