PITTSBURGH — Two people and a firefighter were taken to the hospital after a fire in Pittsburgh's Overbrook neighborhood.
According to people living on Lucina Avenue, a woman was sitting on her porch when another neighbor went across the street and pulled her over to his house. Moments later, an oxygen tank exploded.
"I was sitting at the dining room table and heard a loud explosion," a neighbor told Channel 11 News. "I just came running up the street and all the fire trucks started showing up."
The homeowner was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
Neighbor: Homeowner got out of the house before an oxygen tank exploded. Neighbor across the street helped her get off her porch moments before the explosion #wpxi
— Damany (@DamanyWSOC9) April 1, 2019
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