UNIONTOWN, Pa. — A person was hurt in an early morning fire in Fayette County.
Fayette County dispatchers tell Channel 11 the fire broke out at a home on Vance Street in Uniontown after 3 a.m.
Our crew on scene saw a home with smoke damage and broken windows.
“[The] fire was on the first floor, and it was spreading pretty quick to the second floor, spread up through the stairwell and concealed spaces – so it made it challenging to fight,” said Chief Scott Conn of the Uniontown Fire Department.
But that wasn’t the only obstacle. Firefighters encountered icy conditions surrounding the house, which sits on a slope.
“The snow – it was already starting to subside, but it had already laid down a couple inches. Of course, with that slope, it makes it challenging,” Conn said.
Chief Conn said one person escaped through a window. Another ran through the flames and out the front door. He was checked out at the scene after getting burned but did not go to the hospital. Firefighters were able to stop the flames from spreading to neighboring houses.
The cause is still being investigated, but Conn does not believe it to be suspicious.
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