Crews battle early morning fire in Washington
Katherine Mansfield/Observer-Reporter
First responders were able to save the majority of 351 Locust Avenue, where a fire broke out Monday morning on the first floor of the building and traveled up, to the attic. Two residents sustained minor injuries, and one was sent to Washington Hospital for evaluation.
Katherine Mansfield/Observer-Reporter
The second floor of 351 Locust Ave. sustained serious damage Monday morning in a fire that broke out in the first-floor family room and made its way upstairs.
Katherine Mansfield/Observer-Reporter
Fire damage is evident from the the alley behind 351 Locust Ave., where a fire broke out early Monday morning.
Katherine Mansfield/Observer-Reporter
A fire that broke out on the first floor of 351 Locust Ave. early Monday morning caused major damage to the left side of the eight-unit apartment building.
Katherine Mansfield/Observer-Reporter
A blaze that began Monday morning in the family room of a first-floor apartment spiraled up, causing damage to both the first, second and attic floors of 351 Locust Ave. First responders were able to save most of the building, and there were no serious injuries.
A person was hospitalized with minor injuries following a fire early Monday morning at an apartment building in Washington.
Crews were called to 351 Locust Ave. about 4:30 a.m., according to Washington fire Chief Chris Richer. Richer described the building as a duplex split into eight apartments.
Richer said the fire started in the family room of a first-floor apartment and spread up into the second floor and attic.
“Two apartments were a total loss,” Richer said.
Richer could not specify how many people lived in the building, but said the American Red Cross is assisting them.
Two people suffered minor injuries and one went to Washington Hospital for evaluation. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
South Strabane, North Strabane and Peters Township fire departments assisted at the scene.
“We saved the majority of the building. It easily could have been a total loss. There were no major injuries and we saved as much of the property as we could, which is our goal,” Richer said.