Person and a cat displaced after fire occurs at a home in the Allentown neighborhood of Pittsburgh

(File Photo of a Fire Background)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A person and a cat were displaced after a fire in the Allentown neighborhood of Pittsburgh this morning. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire was called for a structure fire at the 300 block of Knox Avenue around 2:45 a.m. Before they arrived, while heading to an unrelated call, Zone 3 Pittsburgh police officers saw the heavy smoke of this fire. One of those officers was able to get in contact with the person inside and get them out of the home. Firefighters were able to put out the flames on the first and second floors of the building. The person that was able to escape denied medical treatment even though they were evaluated by medics. The Fire Investigation Unit is investigating the cause of the fire.