Fire marshal investigates after flames break out inside Plum Borough home
DRIVERS WILL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. IT IS 9:00 ON THE DOT FOR US ON THIS SUNDAY MORNING. I’M AVA RASH AND WE WANT TO KICK THINGS OFF WITH METEOROLOGIST BRIAN HUTTON JUNIOR WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. BIT OF A CHILLY START TODAY. AFTER THAT GORGEOUS WEATHER WE HAD YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY WAS FANTASTIC. TODAY IS NOT AS NICE. IT FEELS MORE LIKE FEBRUARY. YES, IT FELT LIKE MARCH. KIND OF FLIPPED THE CALENDAR AROUND FOR US TODAY, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE CHILLY WITH SUNSHINE ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AS WE STRUGGLE BACK INTO THE MID 30S. A LITTLE LATER ON TODAY CLOUDS OUT THERE. NOW WE’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAMPER OUR WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE MORNING HOURS, BUT AGAIN, WE WILL FINISH GENERALLY IN THE MIDDLE 30S, ALTHOUGH SOME SPOTS CLOSER TO I-80 MAY STRUGGLE BACK TO FREEZING AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THEN, AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR TUESDAY, IT’S AN IMPACT. DAYS WE’RE WATCHING FOR FREEZING RAIN TO START TRANSITIONING TO RAIN THROUGH THE MORNING, AND THEN THAT STARTS A SERIES OF RAIN CHANCES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH. 21 IN FRANKLIN, 24 IN NEWCASTLE, 26 IN KITTANNING, WASHINGTON, YOU’RE AT 29. GREENSBURG AND WAYNESBURG ARE AT FREEZING. UNIONTOWN AND MORGANTOWN ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING AGAIN. MID 30S. THE BEST WILL BE ABLE TO DO TODAY. 40S TOMORROW, 50S TUESDAY WITH OUR IMPACT DAY, THEN RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEK AS WE FLIRT WITH 70 A TIME OF THAT FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL ON TUESDAY. SHOW YOU HOW MUCH COULD FALL WITH FUTURECAST THAT’S AHEAD. JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD BRIAN. THANK YOU. AND WITH THE CHANCE OF RAIN AHEAD THIS WEEK, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE WTAE APP. THE LIVE RADAR LETS YOU TRACK CONDITIONS. AND IF YOU TURN ON THE ALERTS, YOU’LL BE FIRST TO KNOW WHEN WEATHER WILL IMPACT YOUR PLANS. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET TO SOME BREAKING NEWS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A THREE VEHICLE CRASH ON THE LIBERTY BRIDGE OVERNIGHT. THIS IS VIDEO FROM THAT SCENE. POLICE SAY OFFICERS ARRIVED JUST BEFORE 1 A.M. TO FIND ONE VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, WITH THREE PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE. A MAN AND A WOMAN WERE PULLED FROM THE BURNING VEHICLE. A THIRD PASSENGER, A WOMAN, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. A MAN IN A SECOND CAR WAS CHECKED OUT BY PARAMEDICS, BUT DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. ANOTHER ADULT IN THE THIRD VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS STABLE. SO FAR, THE VICTIM’S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE CITY’S ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION UNIT IS INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT. THE LIBERTY BRIDGE WAS SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS OVERNIGHT, BUT THEY HAVE SINCE REOPENED. IT. NEARBY IN PITTSBURGH’S BELTZHOOVER NEIGHBORHOOD, POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING A SITUATION AFTER A PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT. OUR CREWS CAPTURED SEVERAL PITTSBURGH POLICE CRUISERS AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST WARRINGTON AT BOGGS AVENUE AROUND 2 A.M. NOW WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PERSON WHO WAS HURT AND WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED HERE. TURNING NOW TO THE GROWING CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND JUST RELEASED THESE IMAGES OF WHAT’S BEING CALLED OPERATION EPIC FURY. IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER IS NOW CONFIRMED DEAD, LEAVING THE FUTURE OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC UNCERTAIN AS THAT MASSIVE U.S. AND ISRAELI ATTACK IS UNDERWAY. IRAN IS STRIKING BACK, TARGETING U.S. BASES IN THE REGION. AND OVERNIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNED IRAN NOT TO ESCALATE THEIR ATTACKS WITH THE LATEST. HERE’S ABC’S ALISON KOSIK. IT’S THE ANNOUNCEMENT SENDING SHOCKWAVES AROUND THE WORLD. IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER IS DEAD. THE 86 YEAR OLD KILLED IN A MASSIVE, COORDINATED U.S. AND ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS IS NOT ONLY JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF IRAN, BUT FOR ALL GREAT AMERICANS AND THOSE PEOPLE FROM MANY COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED OR MUTILATED BY KHAMENEI AND HIS GANG OF BLOODTHIRSTY THUGS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE SUPREME LEADER’S COMPOUND BUILDINGS LEVELED. VIDEO POSTED ONLINE SHOWING CELEBRATIONS IN IRAN AFTER NEWS HE’D BEEN KILLED. IRANIAN VIDEO SHOWING MOURNERS LINING UP FOR HIS FUNERAL. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THE JOINT US-ISRAELI STRIKE WAS METICULOUSLY PLANNED FOR MONTHS. THE BRAZEN DAYLIGHT ASSAULT, DUBBED OPERATION EPIC FURY TRUMP LAYING OUT HIS CASE. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DEFEND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY ELIMINATING IMMINENT THREATS FROM THE IRANIAN REGIME. A VICIOUS GROUP OF VERY HARD, TERRIBLE PEOPLE. THE OPERATION INVOLVING U.S. AND ISRAELI FIGHTER JETS AS NAVY WARSHIPS FIRED TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILES. AT LEAST NINE CITIES IN IRAN WERE TARGETED, INCLUDING FACILITIES OF IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. THE PRESIDENT SAYING SEVERAL OF IRAN’S TOP LEADERS WERE ALSO KILLED. IRAN SWIFTLY RETALIATED. ISRAELI AIR DEFENSE, INTERCEPTING A BARRAGE OF IRANIAN MISSILES OVER TEL AVIV, SOME STILL BREAKING THROUGH. U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THE OPERATION COULD LAST FOR DAYS, AND THE PRESIDENT, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE MAY BE AMERICAN CASUALTIES. ALISON KOSIK, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. AND JUST HOURS AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF STRIKES, CELEBRATIONS AS WELL AS PROTESTS BEGAN POPPING UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN PITTSBURGH, ONE PROTEST TAKING PLACE AT SCHENLEY PLAZA IN OAKLAND. HERE’S REPORTER FELICITY TAYLOR HEARING FROM PROTESTERS AND LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. ABOUT 50 PEOPLE CAME HERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO PROTEST THE UNITED STATES ATTACK ON IRAN. IMPERIALISM SHUT DOWN AND THIS WAR SHUT IT DOWN. PROTESTERS SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP STARTED AN ILLEGAL WAR BY ATTACKING IRAN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL PERMISSION. THIS SERVED OVERSEAS ABOARD NAVAL SHIPS. YEAH. SO I’VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW WE SERVICE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNTRY GET JERKED AROUND TO DO THESE NONSENSICAL THINGS. WE SHOULD BE DEFENDING THE COUNTRY, BUT NOT ATTACKING OTHER COUNTRIES JUST BECAUSE WE DON’T LIKE THEM. NO WAR ON OUR MEMBER OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS DELUZIO, TOLD PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THAT HE’S ALREADY REQUESTED BRIEFINGS TO CONGRESS. LOOK, OUR CONSTITUTION IS CLEAR. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND CONGRESS DECIDE WHEN WE GO TO WAR, WHEN WE SEND AMERICANS TO FIGHT AND RISK THEIR LIVES. YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT’S REMARKS. HE EXPECTS THAT THERE MAY BE AMERICAN CASUALTIES IN THIS WAR. THE CONGRESS HAS NOT AUTHORIZED. OTHERS DISAGREE. PENNSYLVANIA SENATORS JOHN FETTERMAN AND DAVID MCCORMICK BOTH SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT’S MOVE TO ENSURE IRAN DOES NOT ACQUIRE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. THEIR TOP PRIORITY IS TO DESTROY THE STATE OF ISRAEL. SO HERE’S WHERE WE ARE. AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE SERIOUS, THEN THIS WHY I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE THIS FAR. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MULLAHS AND AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI, THE PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY WANT TO DESTROY AMERICA, DON’T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO. THE SAME GROUP SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROTEST UNTIL SOMETHING CHANGES. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE ON MONDAY. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PITTSBURGH’S OAKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD, I’M FELICITY TAYLOR, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO ALSO WEAVING IN. HE ALSO ISSUED A STATEMENT ON THE AIRSTRIKES, SAYING IN PART, MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE IRANIAN REGIME REPRESSES ITS OWN PEOPLE AND IS THE LEADING STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM AROUND THE WORLD. THEY MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO POSSESS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. HE ADDED IRAN POSES A DIRECT THREAT TO GLOBAL PEACE AND STABILITY. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SPENDING THIS WEEKEND AT MAR A LAGO WITH INCREASED SECURITY AROUND THE RESORT DUE TO THE STRIKES. THE SHERIFF THERE SAYS THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI AND HAVE EXTRA RESOURCES IF THEY NEED THEM. HE SAYS RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO INTELLIGENCE THAT SUGGESTS ANYTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A CLOSE EYE ON THE PROPERTY AFTER AN INTRUDER WAS KILLED BY SECRET SERVICE THERE LAST WEEK. THE SHERIFF SAYS THEIR OPERATIONS ARE WORKING AS THEY SHOULD. THAT FIRST LAYER, THE OUTER LAYER, YOU KNOW, WILL BE DETECTED VERY, VERY QUICK. AND THEN WE’LL RESPOND ALONG WITH THE SECRET SERVICE AND FIGURE OUT WHO’S THERE AND WHY AND AND TAKE THEM INTO CUSTODY. SO IT WORKS VERY WELL. THE SYSTEM IS SET UP VERY GOOD. AND WE’RE CONFIDENT THAT IT’S SAFE AND SECURE OVER THERE. HE REITERATED THAT HIS DEPUTIES ARE ALWAYS WORKING WITH THE SECRET SERVICE TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT, ESPECIALLY DURING A TIME LIKE THIS. AN OIL TRADERS ARE BRACING FOR WHAT’S TO COME IN THE WAKE OF THESE ATTACKS. DISRUPTION OF IRANIAN EXPORTS COULD TIGHTEN THE GLOBAL SUPPLY. IRAN SHIPS ABOUT 1.6 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL A DAY, MOSTLY TO CHINA. AND WE’LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE OF THIS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY WITH US. WE HEARD FROM OUR POLITICAL ANALYSIS TODD BELT EARLIER THIS MORNING. HE BROKE ALL THAT DOWN. AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE’RE BACK HERE AT HOME. PITTSBURGH POLICE CHARGED TWO PEOPLE WHO THEY SAY GAINED ELLIOTT. EXCUSE ME? SAY THEY GAINED ILLEGAL ACCESS TO THE GULF TOWER DOWNTOWN. 27 YEAR OLD AUSTIN SIECK OF HOOKSTOWN AND 33 YEAR OLD MARION LYNN BARNES OF MUNHALL ARE EACH CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASSING. THE INVESTIGATION CAME AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS SHOWED ONE MAN STANDING ON THE PEAK OF THE TOWER. POLICE SAY SIECK CONFESSED TO ENTERING THE TOWER WITH BARNES BY USING A PAINT SCRAPER TO GET AROUND THE LOCKED DOORS. THE TWO TOLD POLICE THEY RETURNED TO THE TOWER ON FRIDAY TO GET A HOODIE THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND. FOOTAGE OF THE CLIMB ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN. A CAR RIDE WITH A GUN ENDED WITH TWO MEN IN THE HOSPITAL. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SAFETY SAYS THE MEN WERE DRIVING NEAR ROBERTS STREET IN THE CITY’S CRAWFORD-ROBERTS NEIGHBORHOOD YESTERDAY. THEY SAY ONE MAN HAD A GUN IN HIS LAP WHEN IT ACCIDENTALLY WENT OFF, HITTING HIM IN THE LEG. THE OTHER MAN WAS HIT IN THE KNEE. DETECTIVES SAY THE MAN HAD A VALID PERMIT TO CARRY. NOW TO A DISTURBING STORY OUT OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY. POLICE IN ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP HAVE CHARGED TWO WOMEN AFTER A DOG WAS FOUND ABANDONED IN AN APARTMENT WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER FOR TWO WEEKS. A MAINTENANCE WORKER FOUND THE DOG IN A CLOSET AT THE ROSTRAVER APARTMENTS. SKYLAR MAJORS FROST AND KESHA BRADLEY ARE CHARGED WITH CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. ACCORDING TO POLICE MAJORS, FROST ASKED BRADLEY TO TAKE CARE OF THE DOG BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TEN DAYS. THE DOG WAS FOUND BARELY BREATHING AND HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED. NEXT FOR US THIS MORNING, A FIRE HEAVILY DAMAGED THIS HOUSE IN CANTON TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY YESTERDAY EVENING. THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE SCENE ALONG EDGEWOOD AVENUE. NEIGHBORS REPORTED SEEING FLAMES SHOOTING FROM THE HOME, AND FIREFIGHTERS SAY
Fire marshal investigates after flames break out inside Plum Borough home
Updated: 3:40 PM EST Mar 1, 2026
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating after a fire broke out inside a home in Plum Borough Sunday morning. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Officials with the Holiday Park VFD told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that crews were called to a home along Saltsburg Road near Firwood Drive around 9 a.m. following reports of a fire. The department said the fire was quickly extinguished and caused minor damage to the home’s exterior. We’re told no one was home at the time and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is now under investigation. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PLUM, Pa. —
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating after a fire broke out inside a home in Plum Borough Sunday morning.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
Officials with the Holiday Park VFD told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that crews were called to a home along Saltsburg Road near Firwood Drive around 9 a.m. following reports of a fire.
The department said the fire was quickly extinguished and caused minor damage to the home’s exterior.
We’re told no one was home at the time and no injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is now under investigation.
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