Pa. Firefighter Hurt in Restaurant Fire Collapse

April 1, 2015
A partial roof collapse in a portion of a Jefferson Hills bar and restaurant sent a firefighter to the hospital with pain in her neck. The injury did not appear to be serious.

April 01--One firefighter was injured battling an early-morning fire at a Jefferson Hills bar and restaurant Wednesday.

The three-alarm fire began just before 4 a.m. at the Old Large Hotel on Oak Road. No one was inside the 112-year-old establishment at the time, according to Allegheny County Emergency Management Coordinator Alvin Henderson Jr.

He said partial roof collapse in a portion of the building sent a firefighter to the hospital with pain in her neck. He said the injury did not appear to be serious.

The county fire marshal was on scene, Henderson said, but the fire was being preliminarily ruled an accident.

Jefferson Hills Fire Chief Andrew Tomer said the fire spread quickly up the walls and into the attic of the three-story building.

"It kept getting worse," he said. "It was a stubborn fire."

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