Updated: Tuesday,
December 30 2014, 05:28 PM EST
Reported by: Deven Clarke
EMPORIUM, Pa. – The Emporium state police fire marshal is still looking
into what caused a fire early Tuesday morning that caused four
apartments to be evacuated and sent two people to the hospital.
The fire marshal told 6 News this is all a result of a fire that broke
out at a 4th Avenue apartment building.
Investigators said they believe it started in one of the tenant’s
bedrooms when he wasn’t home.
The tenant came home shortly after, saw the fire, and tried to put it
out.
According to the fire marshal, the tenant said when he couldn’t douse
the blaze, he alerted the people who live in the other three apartments
and got them out safely.
In the process, the tenant who discovered the fire ended up being burned
so badly that he had to be flown to a hospital in Pittsburgh.
The fire marshal said one of the firefighters fell through a staircase
and had to be taken to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening
injuries.
The fire left the building unlivable, at least for the time being.
Investigators are trying to figure out what started it all.
“It’s going to be left undetermined in nature until I have a chance to
speak with the tenant on what he saw and what all he did,” said fire
marshal Nicholas Loffredo. “’Cause I can see where it looks like he
moved the mattress like the bed may have been on fire.”
There is currently no word on the conditions of the injured tenant or
firefighter.
Stay with 6 News and WJACTV.com for more details.
Read More at: http://www.wjactv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/emporium-fire-injuries-tenant-firefighter-4610.shtml
Updated: Tuesday, December 30 2014, 05:28 PM EST Reported by: Deven ClarkeDecember 30 2014, 05:28 PM EST
Reported by: Deven Clarke
EMPORIUM, Pa. – The Emporium state police fire marshal is still looking
into what caused a fire early Tuesday morning that caused four
apartments to be evacuated and sent two people to the hospital.
The fire marshal told 6 News this is all a result of a fire that broke
out at a 4th Avenue apartment building.
Investigators said they believe it started in one of the tenant’s
bedrooms when he wasn’t home.
The tenant came home shortly after, saw the fire, and tried to put it
out.
According to the fire marshal, the tenant said when he couldn’t douse
the blaze, he alerted the people who live in the other three apartments
and got them out safely.
In the process, the tenant who discovered the fire ended up being burned
so badly that he had to be flown to a hospital in Pittsburgh.
The fire marshal said one of the firefighters fell through a staircase
and had to be taken to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening
injuries.
The fire left the building unlivable, at least for the time being.
Investigators are trying to figure out what started it all.
“It’s going to be left undetermined in nature until I have a chance to
speak with the tenant on what he saw and what all he did,” said fire
marshal Nicholas Loffredo. “’Cause I can see where it looks like he
moved the mattress like the bed may have been on fire.”
There is currently no word on the conditions of the injured tenant or
firefighter.
Stay with 6 News and WJACTV.com for more details.
Read More at: http://www.wjactv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/emporium-fire-injuries-tenant-firefighter-4610.shtml
EMPORIUM, Pa. – The Emporium state police fire marshal is still looking into what caused a fire early Tuesday morning that caused four apartments to be evacuated and sent two people to the hospital.
The fire marshal told 6 News this is all a result of a fire that broke out at a 4th Avenue apartment building. Investigators said they believe it started in one of the tenant’s bedrooms when he wasn’t home. The tenant came home shortly after, saw the fire, and tried to put it out.
According to the fire marshal, the tenant said when he couldn’t douse the blaze, he alerted the people who live in the other three apartments and got them out safely. In the process, the tenant who discovered the fire ended up being burned so badly that he had to be flown to a hospital in Pittsburgh.
The fire marshal said one of the firefighters fell through a staircase and had to be taken to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The fire left the building unlivable, at least for the time being.
Investigators are trying to figure out what started it all. “It’s going to be left undetermined in nature until I have a chance to speak with the tenant on what he saw and what all he did,” said fire marshal Nicholas Loffredo. “’Cause I can see where it looks like he moved the mattress like the bed may have been on fire.” There is currently no word on the conditions of the injured tenant or firefighter. Stay with 6 News and WJACTV.com for more details.
Read More at: http://www.wjactv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/emporium-fire-injuries-tenant-firefighter-4610.shtml
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