Crime & Safety
Investigators Determine Cause of Fire
Unattended food cooking on a kitchen stove led to the ferocious fire that left five families homeless.
Unattended food cooking on an apartment stove led to , investigators have determined.
Allegheny County Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Don Brucker told Chartiers Valley Patch that a man visiting a woman in the rear first floor apartment apparently left oil and food cooking on top of the stove and accidentally fell asleep.
Desiree King told WPXI-TV that the fire appeared to have started in her unit. She told the television station that she awoke to smoke and saw a fire in her kitchen. previously said the blaze appeared to start in the back corner of the building.
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Brucker said no criminal charges would be filed.
“There’s nothing to support anything except it being an accident,” Brucker said.
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Five families have been displaced and .
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