Woman arrested on arson charges 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.
