Inter-agency training for the high-rise fire     The Pittsburgh Fire Department, along with the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department, and the Red Cross Greater Pennsylvania recently held a training exercise ...

Electrical box filled basement with smoke     PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There were some tense moments as a building in downtown Pittsburgh was evacuated Tuesday morning. Firefighters, police and EMS responded to what was called in as a building fire ...

Residents said the cost of retrofitting buildings would run into the millions     PITTSBURGH (TribLive) – Pittsburgh’s fire sprinkler bill is on hold again after more than a dozen residents complained Tuesday to City Council that costs and the ...

Council seeks installation in residential high-rises   PITTSBURGH (WESA) – Pittsburgh City Council is expected to vote on legislation Tuesday that would require building owners to install sprinkler systems in all high rise buildings 75 feet or taller. Since the ...

Midtown Towers fire

One person was killed in a fire in the Midtown Towers high-rise.

One person dead in seven-alarm fire