(Photo Courtesy of Pittsburgh Public Safety)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsubrgh, PA) According to officials from Pittsburgh Public Safety, the massive fire that started in the Jefferson Apartments in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh last Tuesday started in the basement utility room and was electrical in nature. This fire caused about thirty people to be displaced and Pittsburgh Public Safety officials also confirmed that the Jefferson Apartments fire last Tuesday was accidental. All of the residents that escaped that fire are safe. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey declared a local disaster emergency because of this fire on Thursday and Sunday was when the demolition process for the Jefferson Apartments began.