Story, Photos and Video by Mark Peterson

(Beaver Falls, PA)  A beautiful late summer morning without a cloud in the sky, and comfortable temperatures in Beaver Falls was rudely interrupted by  dozens of firetrucks and sirens at around eleven A.M. on Thursday.  Crews from Beaver Falls, New Brighton, Rochester and Harmony township, among others battled a fire at The Beaver Falls Plaza Apartment Building. The Eleven story structure appeared to sustain little damage on the outside, as the fire was contained to the apartment where it started, though several windows were opened on the 7th Avenue side of the structure, presumably to let smoke out.

Reports indicated that three residents of the building were given treatment at the scene, but there no serious issues and by afternoon, people were heading back in to their residences.

Beaver County Emergency Management services provided water for residents and firefighters, who were still on site dealing with the fire almost two hours after it began.

The Beaver Falls Plaza Apartment building was built in 1978 and features one hundred twenty units.