1 person taken to hospital after fire in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill section

Tawnya Panizzi | Friday, April 2, 2021 7:40 a.m.

Courtesy of Pittsburgh Public Safety

Crews battle a fire in the 1500 block of Lowrie Street in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill section on April 2, 2021.

Emergency crews battled a fire in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill section on Friday morning, authorities said.

The incident started at about 6 a.m. in the 1500 block of Lowrie Street, which is closed to traffic.

EMS, Fire and Police are on scene of a 2-alarm house fire. The 1500 of Lowrie Street is closed. Please avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/99u6oj6U7H

— Pgh Public Safety (@PghPublicSafety) April 2, 2021

Firefighters climbed onto the home’s roof to assess the situation as smoke billowed from the second-floor windows.

One person was home and was taken to a hospital for minor smoke inhalation, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI.

BREAKING: 2 alarm fire damages home on Lowrie Street in Troy Hill. You'll notice how much it burned through the shingles on the side of the window. 1 person taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. @WPXI pic.twitter.com/rTGIwSur31

— WPXIJennifer Tomazic (@JenniferTomazic) April 2, 2021