PITTSBURGH — Two people, including a firefighter, were injured in a house fire in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
Allegheny County dispatchers tell Channel 11 that crews were called to the 100 block of Odette Street in Overbrook at 8:52 p.m.
A person who lives there was taken to the hospital in stable condition with burns to the face, shoulder and left arm. Additionally, one firefighter was hospitalized in stable condition for evaluation of dehydration and heat exhaustion.
The front of the house was blackened and light smoke was still coming from it when Channel 11 arrived.
“I was up in the bedroom; I smelt something burning. I wasn’t sure. I texted my brother if he smelt anything, and [he] goes, ‘Yeah,’ he smelt something funny, so I come down the steps out the front door and the house next door was engulfed,” witness Keith Lambing said.
The house was deemed a total loss, and the Red Cross was called to assist the person who lives there.
The Fire Investigation Unit determined the fire started in the kitchen and was accidental.
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