Thick smoke, flames billow from shed in Armstrong County
DECADES IN THE MAKING. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. WELL GOOD MORNING. IT IS 901. I’M AVA RASH AND LET’S KICK THINGS OFF ON THIS SATURDAY MORNING WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED AND YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. STILL A LITTLE BIT OF SUN TODAY. MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN A LITTLE BIT BACK AND FORTH IT GOES HAND IN HAND AS WE START TO BRING IN SOME OF THOSE SUMMER TEMPERATURES. BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A WASHOUT OF A DAY. WE WANT TO GET YOU SET. SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE HOURS TO AVOID OUTSIDE LATER ON TODAY. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE BIG HEADLINE TEMPERATURES ARE FINALLY WARMING UP. WE’RE GOING TO NEAR 80 DEGREES EACH OF THE NEXT TWO DAYS. FEW SHOWERS, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ALONG FOR THE RIDE THIS AFTERNOON, DRIER TOMORROW BEFORE WE REALLY BRING IN SOME HEAT WITH HIGHS CLOSING IN ON 90 EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW INCHING CLOSER TO 60. YOU’RE ALREADY THERE IN GREENSBURG 58. MEANWHILE AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL 59. PRETTY POPULAR RIGHT NOW FROM INDIANA TO CRANBURY. ALSO NEW CASTLE IN WASHINGTON. ALSO LOWER 60S DOWN INTO MORGANTOWN. SOME FILTERED SUNSHINE, SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE DRIFTED IN AS WE GOT YOUR SATURDAY STARTED. A FEW MORE CLOUDS ARRIVE AFTER NOON TODAY. YOU’LL ALSO NOTICE YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. WE’LL PICK UP THE WIND. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE CLOSER TO 15MPH. THAT’S AS WE GOT IN SOME OF THOSE ISOLATED SHOWERS. EVEN A BRIEF GARDEN VARIETY THUNDERSTORM CAN’T BE RULED OUT, SO NOTHING SEVERE TODAY. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS ACTIVITY. NO WORRIES HERE. THIS MORNING. IT’S GOING TO BE AFTER ABOUT 2:00 3:00. YOU CAN SEE SOME ACTION. HERE’S 4 P.M. ON FUTURECAST AGAIN MIXED IN SOME DOTS OF DOWNPOURS EVEN SOME GUSTY WINDS WITH THOSE NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. EVERYTHING ROLLS EAST AS WE HIT DINNERTIME. SHOULD BE QUIET AS THE SUN IS SETTING. WE GET EVEN WARMER, BRIGHTER AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. AND THEN HERE COMES THAT SUMMER HEAT SURGING IN JUST AS THE WEEK BEGINS. I’LL SHOW YOU HOW LONG TEMPERATURES WILL STAY A LITTLE BIT TOASTY. THAT’S COMING UP IN YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, JOE. WELL, RIGHT NOW, FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING IN SALT LAKE TOWNSHIP. STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 630 LAST NIGHT ON HILLVIEW LANE. THE VICTIM IS STABLE THIS MORNING. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BUT NOT ARRESTED. NEXT THIS MORNING, A RETIRED CATHOLIC PRIEST AND FORMER PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE CHAPLAIN IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES OUT OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY. POLICE SAY 84 YEAR OLD ROBERT BURNS IS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A MAN BACK IN 2014 AT CHRIST OUR SHEPHERD. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY HE ALSO HAD AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER MAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY BURNS ALLEGEDLY USED HIS ROLE AS A PRIEST AND COUNSELOR TO MANIPULATE VICTIMS, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. BURNS ALSO URGED THE MEN NOT TO GO TO POLICE TO PROTECT THE CHURCH’S REPUTATION. HE’S CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED INDECENT ASSAULT, OFFICIAL OPPRESSION AND OBSTRUCTION. BURNS WAS RELEASED ON AN UNSECURED BOND AND IS DUE BACK IN COURT NEXT MONTH. WE’RE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM STATE POLICE ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION ON MONDAY. STAYING IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY FOR YOU. A FORMER MURRYSVILLE MEDIC, ONE EMPLOYEE IS BEHIND BARS THIS MORNING AFTER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS SEVERAL IMAGES OF CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL, SOME MADE WITH AI, WERE FOUND ON HIS WORK COMPUTER. POLICE SAY A COWORKER WHO USED THAT SAME COMPUTER ALERTED AUTHORITIES. GREGORY KELLY IS NOW FACING 17 FELONY CHARGES. MURRYSVILLE MEDIC ONE SAYS KELLY WAS NOT INVOLVED IN PATIENT CARE. INVESTIGATORS DON’T BELIEVE KELLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH ANY MINORS, BUT SAY THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY SUPERVISING THE USE OF AI IS CRUCIAL. WE’RE WORKING NOW TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THE PHOTOS WERE OF ACTUAL VICTIMS LOCALLY THAT HE KNEW. JUST BE MINDFUL OF THE APPS THAT ARE DOWNLOADED ON YOUR YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS PHONES. IT’S VERY EASY TO TAKE ANY IMAGE AND GENERATE IT INTO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF CHECKING KELLY’S PERSONAL DEVICES. ADDITIONAL CHARGES COULD COME AT A LATER DATE. COVERING BEAVER COUNTY NOW, OFFICIALS. ARE DISPELLING RUMORS CIRCULATING AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS A POLICE OFFICER HAD EXPOSURE TO DRUGS WHILE DESTROYING EVIDENCE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR SPOKE WITH THE OFFICER, AND HE SAYS HE WAS HANDLING DRUG EVIDENCE AT THE POLICE STATION, WHICH IS ONE OF HIS DUTIES. HE REMEMBERS LEAVING TO GO ON PATROL, GETTING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF A POLICE CAR AND FEELING TOTALLY NORMAL. THEN, IN HIS WORDS, IT WAS LIGHTS OUT. YOU HEAR ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, A PINHEAD AMOUNT OF FENTANYL WILL KILL YOU. IT ACTUALLY WILL. AND YOU KNOW, THAT’S IN THIS OFFICER’S SITUATION. AND I THINK THAT ALSO SHOWS FURTHER THAT HE’S NOT A DRUG USER BECAUSE IT WAS THIS VERY SMALL AMOUNT THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, COULD HAVE GOTTEN ON HIS SLEEVE. AND HE WHEN HE WIPES HIS FACE OR, OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IS ULTIMATELY WHAT ALMOST KILLED HIM. IT TOOK TWO DOSES OF NARCAN FOR THE OFFICER TO COME TO. HE IS DOING WELL AND BACK AT WORK. THE DA SAYS THIS WORK WAS PART OF A NEW INITIATIVE BY HIS OFFICE TO CLEAR OUT OLD EVIDENCE. SWITCHING GEARS NOW TO SOME NATIONAL NEWS FOR YOU. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BACK IN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING AFTER A THREE DAY TRIP TO CHINA. IT WAS THE FIRST VISIT OF ITS KIND BY AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT IN NEARLY A DECADE, AND A CRUCIAL MEETING BETWEEN THE WORLD’S LARGEST ECONOMIES. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JACKIE DEFUSCO JOINS US LIVE FROM OUR D.C. BUREAU. AND, JACKIE, WHAT CAME OUT OF THIS VISIT? WELL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM THE TRIP WAS JUST THE CHANGE IN TONE. WE ARE NOW SEEING THIS MUTUAL PUSH TOWARDS INCREASING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA, WHICH, OF COURSE, IS IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE TENSE TRADE WAR THAT UNFOLDED LAST YEAR. HERE’S HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT IT AS HE TOUCHED DOWN IN WASHINGTON JUST LAST NIGHT. TRADE DEALS. WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS, AND A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. AND YOU’LL BE HEARING ABOUT THEM. BUT THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. I THINK IT REALLY WAS A HISTORIC MOMENT. NOW, NO CONCRETE TRADE DEALS WERE ANNOUNCED DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TRIP TO CHINA. BUT AFTER THE SUMMIT, THERE WAS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER BOEING WILL MAKE ITS FIRST MAJOR SALE TO BEIJING IN NEARLY A DECADE. PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO NOTABLY TOLD REPORTERS ON THE WAY BACK THAT HE DID NOT DISCUSS TARIFFS WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING LOOMING LARGE OVER ALL OF THIS, THOUGH, WAS A WARNING FROM CHINA EARLY ON IN THE TRIP THAT IF WASHINGTON MISHANDLES ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH TAIWAN, THAT IT COULD RESULT IN AN OPEN CONFLICT. TAIWAN IS A SELF-GOVERNED ISLAND THAT BEIJING CLAIMS AS ITS OWN TERRITORY, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE HAS NOT MADE A DECISION YET ABOUT WHETHER HE IS GOING TO GO THROUGH WITH A WEAPONS PACKAGE FOR TAIWAN WORTH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND THAT IS RAISING SOME CONCERNS FROM AT LEAST SOME REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL. HE WAS PRESSED FURTHER ON THE MATTER ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL’S SPECIAL REPORT, WHO ASKED HIM IF THE U.S. POLICY TOWARDS TAIWAN HAS CHANGED. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. I WILL SAY THIS I’M NOT LOOKING TO HAVE SOMEBODY GO INDEPENDENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE SUPPOSED TO TRAVEL 9500 MILES TO FIGHT A WAR. I’M NOT LOOKING FOR THAT. I WANT THEM TO COOL DOWN. I WANT CHINA TO COOL DOWN. AND THE WAR WITH IRAN WAS ALSO A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION DURING THIS TRIP, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT THE U.S. AND CHINA AGREED ON THE NEED TO REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ FOR OIL SHIPMENTS. AND HE ALSO SAID THAT PRESIDENT XI EXPRESSED AN OPENNESS, A WILLINGNESS TO HELP WITH NEGOTIATIONS TO FIND AN END GAME TO THE CONFLICT, ALTHOUGH THAT IS NOT AN OFFER THAT CHINA HAS PUBLICLY CONFIRMED AT THIS POINT. AVA AND JACKIE, WE KNOW CHINA IS ONE OF IRAN’S BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS, WHICH REALLY PUTS AN EMPHASIS ON THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROCESS TO MAKE A DEAL HERE. YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO PIVOT, THOUGH, TO ANOTHER DEVELOPING STORYLINE FROM OVERNIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS U.S. AND NIGERIAN FORCES ACTUALLY KILLED AN ISIS LEADER. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? THAT’S RIGHT. AVA. SO PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN A VERY LATE NIGHT SOCIAL MEDIA POST. SO DETAILS STILL SOMEWHAT SCARCE THIS MORNING. BUT HE SAID IN PART, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST, THIS QUOTE THAT ABU BAKR AL MON COUNTY, HE SAID HE WAS SECOND IN COMMAND OF THE ISLAMIC STATE GROUP GLOBALLY, AND THAT, QUOTE, HE THOUGHT HE COULD HIDE IN AFRICA, BUT LITTLE DID HE KNOW, WE HAD SOURCES WHO KEPT US INFORMED ON WHAT HE WAS DOING. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT HIS DEATH WILL GREATLY DIMINISH ISIS’S GLOBAL CAPABILITIES. OUR GLOBAL OPERATIONS AND NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT ALSO CONFIRMED THIS OPERATION LAST NIGHT, ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THIS WAS A OPERATION TARGETING HIS COMPOUND, THAT OTHER LIEUTENANTS WERE TAKEN OUT IN THE PROCESS. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS JUST THE LATEST COVERT MILITARY OPERATION OVERSEAS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED THIS YEAR. FOLLOWING UP ON THAT OVERNIGHT MILITARY RAID THAT LED TO THE CAPTURE OF VENEZUELA’S FORMER LEADER NICOLAS MADURO, AS WELL AS THOSE STRIKES EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT ULTIMATELY LAUNCHED THE WAR WITH IRAN. AVA. ALL RIGHT. JACKIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND AMID THE WAR WITH IRAN, GAS PRICES REMAIN HIGH THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS UP TO $4.52 PER GALLON. IN PENNSYLVANIA, WE’RE AT 4.64. AND PITTSBURGHERS ARE SEEING LITTLE RELIEF PAYING 4.87 PER GALLON. WELL, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. A STRIKE IMPACTING ONE OF THE NATION’S BUSIEST COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEMS, LONG ISLAND TRANSIT WORKERS WALKED OFF THE JOB JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, AND IT MARKS THE FIRST STANDOFF AT THIS RAILROAD SINCE 1994. THE FIVE UNIONS THAT REPRESENT MORE THAN 3000 EMPLOYEES ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST PAY RAISE SINCE 2022. FOR NOW, MANY RIDERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE TO WORK DURING A TIME WHERE GAS PRICES ARE SURGING. THE STALEMATE COULD ALSO CAUSE PROBLEMS THIS WEEKEND FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TO THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND METS GAME. DAYS BEFORE A PLANNED STRIKE, TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS AT BUTLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RATIFIED THEIR CONTRACT AGREEMENT, AND IT COMES AFTER NINE MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS. THE UNION AND HOSPITAL OWNER, INDEPENDENCE HEALTH, FORMALLY APPROVED THE DEAL ON FRIDAY, AND
Firefighters worked quickly Saturday morning after flames fully engulfed a shed and almost migrated to multiple other structures, and a fuel tank, in Western Pennsylvania.VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 In a post from Freeport Fire-EMS, crews were called to Murphy’s Bottom Road in South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, following reports of a shed fire.The fire was reported around 9 a.m. Crews who arrived at the scene found a shed fully engulfed in flames. The flames endangered two other structures and a fuel tank, the post said. The post said firefighters were on the scene for an hour and a half before the scene was cleared. No injuries were immediately reported. It is unclear what led to the fire. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
SOUTH BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Firefighters worked quickly Saturday morning after flames fully engulfed a shed and almost migrated to multiple other structures, and a fuel tank, in Western Pennsylvania.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
In a post from Freeport Fire-EMS, crews were called to Murphy’s Bottom Road in South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, following reports of a shed fire.
The fire was reported around 9 a.m.
Crews who arrived at the scene found a shed fully engulfed in flames. The flames endangered two other structures and a fuel tank, the post said.
The post said firefighters were on the scene for an hour and a half before the scene was cleared.
No injuries were immediately reported.
It is unclear what led to the fire.
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