MT LEBANON, Pa. — Firefighters from over a dozen fire departments responded to a 3-alarm house fire in Mt Lebanon Friday.
The fire started just after 9 a.m. at a 3-story home in the 900 block of Osage Road.
According to the homeowner, who was home at the time, a contractor was sealing the porch roof with a torch and it caught fire.
#HappeningNow Cruise around the scene of a house fire in Mt Lebanon pic.twitter.com/YZ0CRSTv2R
— Lori Houy (@WPXI_Lori) August 10, 2018
A firefighter was taken to the hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion, the assistant fire chief said.
#HappeningNow Over a dozen fie departments respond to a house fire in Mt Lebanon. Homeowner says a contractors's torch sealing the roof , accidentally started the fire. A firefighter was taken to the hospital, treated for the heat pic.twitter.com/XmjNkhTPaN
— Lori Houy (@WPXI_Lori) August 10, 2018
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