Massive fire breaks out in an apartment in the Squirrel Hill neighborhoood of Pittsburgh

(Photo Courtesy of Pittsburgh Public Safety)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Authorities are investigating a huge fire that broke out this morning at an apartment building in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, which caused a part of a roof on that building and a part of the front of that building to collapse. Officials confirm that this fire started at around 8:20 a.m. this morning. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, everyone who lives in the building is accounted, there are no injuries at this time and as many as thirty people have been displaced because of this fire. Until further notice, the entrance ramp to the inbound Parkway East is closed and the inbound side there is moving slow. Caution in the inbound Parkway East area of Pittsburgh should be taken by drivers. An electrical fire in the basement of the building in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh that caught fire this morning was also reported and the fire may have began on the third floor of that building in a kitchen there before spreading across the roof. This fire and its cause are being investigated by authorities.