Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Aug. 25:
Pittsburgh house fire sends firefighter to hospital, displaces 9
A house fire Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Arlington neighborhood displaced nine residents and sent a responding firefighter to a local hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion.
City firefighters responded to the blaze at about 3:45 p.m. in the 2600 block of Spring Street, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety.
The Red Cross is assisting seven adults and two children who were displaced by the fire.
2 injured in explosion at Lawrence County forge
Officials are investigating the cause of an electrical explosion Sunday night that injured two workers at Ellwood City Forge in Lawrence County.
Ellwood City Fire Chief Rick Meyers told TribLive news partner WTAE that one worker was flown to a local trauma center for treatment and a second was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
Fire officials said the person flown from the scene on Elwood City’s Commercial Avenue suffered severe burns.
The explosion occurred in a fuse panel inside the plant, according to officials.
Power to the plant was turned off and any remaining employees were sent home, Meyers said.
According to its website, Ellwood City Forge conducts open-die forging and has operated in that city since 1910. It has a second facility in New Castle.
Its products include shafts, rings, spindles and discs.
Washington County crash closes Route 22, injures 2
Two motorists were taken to Pittsburgh hospitals following a crash Sunday evening that closed a portion of Route 22 in Washington County for several hours.
The crash involving a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle was reported shortly before 6:15 p..m in Hanover Township — at mile marker 1, not far from the West Virginia border.
One person was flown to UPMC Presbyterian hospital and another was taken by ground to Allegheny General Hospital, according to a Washington County 911 supervisor.
Route 22 was closed in both directions as the medical helicopter landed on the highway, the supervisor said. Emergency crews cleared the scene at about 10:45 p.m.
State police are investigating the crash.
Additional details weren’t available early Monday.
