Fire in Pittsburgh's Arlington neighborhood injures woman, kills dog
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A woman was injured and one of her dogs died after a fire in Pittsburgh's Arlington neighborhood on Monday.
The fire broke out at a home on Rinne Street around 10:30 a.m. and became a two-alarm fire. While the cause of the fire is under investigation, neighbors say the woman who lived at the house was burned while allegedly burning palms from Palm Sunday.
The woman was inside and made it out. She was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. There were also four dogs inside, and while three escaped the flames, a fourth dog, a beagle, died.
The fire spread to another home, but firefighters were eventually able to contain the blaze. Extensive damage could be seen to the back of the home that first caught fire.
"l live about six houses up, ran down the alley and there was just flames everywhere," said neighbor Jimmie Emerson.
Emerson says he was having breakfast when he heard a loud boom. When he went outside to see what was going on, he said there was smoke everywhere.
"I was hoping nobody was in the houses," he said.
Three men who were working nearby were able to get the woman who lived there out safely.
"Unfortunately, there were four dogs in the house. Three were able to get out safely but one did not make it out of the house," said Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson Cara Cruz.
While there isn't an official cause of the fire yet, neighbors told KDKA-TV the woman was outside allegedly burning palms from Palm Sunday right before the fire started.
