Couple escapes Penn Hills house fire

Tawnya Panizzi
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 5:48 a.m. | Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 5:48 a.m.

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Crews responded to an overnight fire along Universal Road in Penn Hills on Sept. 3, 2019.

A firefighter sustained minor injuries in an overnight house fire in Penn Hills, WPXI reported.

Crews were called before 2 a.m. to the 1500 block of Universal Road, according to an alert by Allegheny County.

Calls came in for flames showing through the roof of the one-story home at 1511 Universal Road.

#BREAKING: Smoke filled a local street after a home caught fire. What we are hearing about the firefighter rushed to the hospital NOW on 11 Morning News. #WPXI https://t.co/0csBPwNB8J pic.twitter.com/ychJPcFbtX

— WPXI (@WPXI) September 3, 2019

Emergency responders were able to contain the fire to the attic.

WPXI reported that the couple who lives in the home was able to escape safely and that a firefighter rolled his ankle during the incident.