Operations & Training

Multiple PA Departments Battle Fire that Engulfs Home

April 23, 2021

Firefighters responding to the Monessen house fire were ordered out of the burning residence and forced to battle the flames from the outside.

By Joe Napsha

Source Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.

Firefighters from multiple departments battled a fire that engulfed a Monessen, PA, home late Thursday.

Firefighters from several Mon Valley departments were battling a blaze that had engulfed a house in Monessen late Thursday night, according to dispatches from Westmoreland County 9-1-1.

Monessen units that reached the scene of the fire at a three-story wooden-frame house on McKee Avenue said there was heavy smoke coming from the building. The fire was reported at 10:30 p.m. and flames were said to be going through the roof, according to dispatches.

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At one point, firefighters were told to leave the structure and fight the fire from the exterior of the house.

Initial reports said the occupants of the house were able to get out.

Additional details were not available.

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