New Kensington house fire sends 3 firefighters to hospital

Published: Aug 30, 2024 Duration: 00:02:19 Category: News & Politics

Trending searches: hospital
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THEN TOMORROW A BETTER SHOT TO GET IN ON RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, THAT IS WHY IT IS A KDKA FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY. WE WILL TIME THOSE OUT COMING UP . >>> BREAKING NEWS NEW KENSINGTON, THREE FIREFIGHTERS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER BATTLING A LARGE HOUSE FIRE ON KENNETH AVENUE. >> KDKA'S CHRIS DeROSE IS LIVE AT THE SCENE. CHRIS, WHAT IS GOING ON? >> Reporter: GOOD EVENING, THE FIRE IS CLEAR AND ALL OF THE UNITS HAD JUST LEFT, BUT JUST ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS AGO THE HOUSE BEHIND ME WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, NOW THIS WAS AT 1309 KENNETH AVENUE, IN NEW KENSINGTON RIGHT ON THE BORDER WITH ARNOLD AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FIRE STARTED AROUND 2:00 P.M. AND CREWS WERE ON SCENE WITHIN MINUTES WITH THE FIRE STARTING ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE HOUSE WITH AN UNFINISHED ATTIC SPACE, AND NOBODY WAS HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, HOWEVER THERE WAS A DOG AND TWO CATS IN THE HOUSE WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT AND THEY WERE BOTH ABLE TO BE RESCUED BY FIRST RESPONDERS AND SPEAKING OF FIRST RESPONDERS THEY CAME IN FROM ALL OVER WESTMORELAND AND ALLEGHENY COUNTY AND THE CREWS HEAR FROM NEW KENSINGTON, THE CITY OF ARNOLD AND BRACKENRIDGE AND LOWER BURRELL AND, THAT IS JUST MAIMING A FEW, AND THREE FIREFIGHTERS WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL ONE WITH HEAT EXHAUSTION AND TWO THAT WERE ACTUALLY ELECTRICALLY SHOCKED WHEN THEY WERE IN THE ATTIC NOW HERE IS NEW KENSINGTON FIRE CHIEF, WHO WE SPOKE TO, JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO. TAKE A LISTEN -- >> MINOR BURNS FROM AN INTERIOR WIRE THAT FELL DOWN, WE HAD THE POWER COMPANY DO A REMOTE DISCONNECT , AS QUICKLY AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD BUT AT THE TIME WHEN THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE INSIDE A WIRE CAME DOWN FROM THE THIRD FLOOR AND IT HAD STRUCK ONE IN THE CHEST AND GRAB THE OTHER ONE ON THE HELMET. >> NOW IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW THIS FIRE STARTED BUT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE FIRED INVESTIGATIVE UNIT, THEY ARE HERE, AND NOW WORKING THE CASE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THIS TO START IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY BUT EVERYBODY WE SPOKE TO ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE VERY HAPPY THAT NOBODY WAS HURT, AND EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO

Share your thoughts