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Woman arrested on arson charges following apartment fire

October 20, 2024 / 7:43 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Woman charged with arson following apartment fire

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A woman is in custody following an apartment fire in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, police, and EMS along with animal control were called to a fire at Allegheny Commons on East Ohio Street.

No one was hurt in the fire, but animal control officers rescued four cats and a dog from the apartment that was on fire.

The residents of at least six units have been displaced as a result of the fire and the Red Cross has been notified to help them.

Detectives from Pittsburgh's Fire Investigation Unit arrested a woman on charges of arson.

She was taken to the Allegheny County Jail.

Apartment Fire

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.