Woman hurt after jumping from burning building in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield

Brian C. Rittmeyer
Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 7:14 a.m. | Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 7:14 a.m.

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Courtesy of WPXI-TV

A 29-year-old woman suffered cuts after jumping from a second-floor window to escape a fire in a building on Murray Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood early Monday, Dec. 16, 2019.

A woman jumped from a second-floor window Monday morning to escape a fire in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood, according to city police.

The fire at 3950 Murray Ave. was reported shortly before 7 a.m. The building had a business on the ground floor with two apartments above.

According to police, the 29-year-old woman landed on a dump truck and suffered cuts. She was taken to a hospital.

Police said firefighters contained the fire to the second floor.

No one else was hurt.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.