A fire erupted in a high-rise apartment building in Pittsburgh's Duquesne Heights neighborhood, leaving one woman with severe burns and in critical condition. The blaze, which officials say was contained to a single unit on the 10th floor, sent emergency responders scrambling to the Grandview Towers complex on the 1700 block of Grandview Avenue around 4:45 p.m. yesterday, as WTAE reported.
Firefighters worked swiftly to control the flames upon arrival, and medics soon found a woman with burns to her body. She was promptly taken to a local hospital for treatment of her critical injuries, as WPXI reported.
The circumstances leading up to the fire remain undetermined, and investigations are ongoing. Officials from the Fire Investigation Unit are tirelessly piecing together the events that led to the catastrophe to understand the origin and cause of the fire.
