3 taken to hospital after fire breaks out at Forward Township home
FORWARD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Flames tore through a home in Forward Township on Friday, sending 3 people to the hospital.
When firefighters got to the scene on Hutchinson Road, they found a fully-involved house fire and a bedridden woman trapped inside.
The flames broke out around 7:30 a.m. and within minutes, firefighters were on the scene attempting to douse the heavy smoke and flames.
Firefighters rushed to the back of the home to try to find a bedridden woman who was taken to the hospital with her husband.
"Just trying to get inside, we couldn't because the fire and smoke were so intense," Forward Township Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Jeffery Bylicki said. "I want to congratulate the ones who went in there and got them out successfully."
None of the victims' names are being released and all three were taken to the hospital. The bedridden woman, who is in her 80s, is in critical but stable condition. The two others suffered minor injuries.
On two separate occasions, firefighters were pulled from the burning home due to the potential danger of collapse. Meanwhile, the cause of the fire remains under investigation.