{"id":188303,"date":"2026-05-09T22:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188303\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:56:08","slug":"fire-under-investigation-at-brentwood-borough-dollar-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188303\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire under investigation at Brentwood Borough Dollar Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crews respond to Western Pa. Dollar Tree after fire report | Fire marshal investigating<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIMPACT RIDERS AND THE COMMUNITY NEARBY. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING, I\u2019M CARLOS FLORES. WE\u2019RE KICKING OFF MOTHER\u2019S DAY WEEKEND WITH SOME RAIN MAKING TODAY AN IMPACT DAY. SO LET\u2019S SEND IT OVER TO METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED WHERE THE CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. JILL. MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWER START TO YOUR SATURDAY WITH THE RAIN THAT CONTINUES TO FALL THIS MORNING THAT PROMPTED THE IMPACT A BREAK THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. JUST AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM LATER ON THIS EVENING, PRIMARILY AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN. AND MOST OF MOTHER\u2019S DAY IS ALSO LOOKING TO TREND DRYER FOR US ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. STILL, SEEING THAT WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN ACROSS ALL OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, ALSO EXTENDING TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. POCKETS OF YELLOW SHOWING UP THROUGH SECTIONS OF FAYETTE AND ALSO WESTMORELAND COUNTY, INDICATING MORE OF THAT MODERATE AND EVEN HEAVIER RAIN THAT CONTINUES TO FALL. MEANWHILE, ZIP UP TOWARDS THE NORTH AND WEST. THINGS ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO DRY OUT. NO RAIN BEING PICKED UP ON THE RADAR AROUND NEW CASTLE, ELLWOOD CITY. STILL SOME LINGERING DRIPS AND DROPS CLOSER TO BEAVER FALLS AND ALSO THE CITY OF BUTLER. AS WE CONTINUE ON THROUGH THIS MORNING, THOUGH, WE WILL SEE THINGS DRYING OUT FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. SO CLOSER. LOOK AT FUTURE CAST HERE ON YOUR IMPACT DAY. WE START WITH RAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THINGS WILL BE DRYING OUT. WE\u2019LL EVEN SQUEEZE OUT SOME SUNSHINE IN BETWEEN THOSE CLOUDS. BUT THEN AFTER THE SUN SETS. COLD FRONT SHOWS UP. THAT\u2019S WHERE WE COULD FIND SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER, ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO I-80. IF YOU PLAN AHEAD. AND OF COURSE, WE\u2019LL LOOK AHEAD TO YOUR MOTHER\u2019S DAY FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. JILL. STAY AHEAD OF THE WEATHER WITH THE FREE WTAE APP. TRACK THE RAIN WITH OUR LIVE INTERACTIVE RADAR AND KEEP THOSE ALERTS ON TO KNOW OF SHOWERS WILL IMPACT YOUR MOTHER\u2019S DAY PLANS. OVERNIGHT CREWS SPENT HOURS BATTLING A FIRE AT THIS HOME ON LASALLE STREET IN PERRY SOUTH. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS SAY NO ONE WAS INSIDE, BUT THE BUILDING BEGAN TO COLLAPSE AS CREWS BATTLED THE FLAMES. NO ONE WAS HURT AND THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. ALSO NEW THIS MORNING, POLICE SAY A MAN ACCUSED OF HITTING TWO TEENAGE GIRLS WITH A CAR IN WILKINSBURG IS ALLEGEDLY CONNECTED TO A STRING OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS THAT ENDED IN A DEADLY STABBING IN PENN HILLS THURSDAY. THAT SUSPECT IS 43 YEAR OLD GEORGE MITCHELL JUNIOR. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT STATES THAT AROUND 3 P.M. ON THURSDAY IN NORTH BRADDOCK, A WOMAN TOLD POLICE A MAN MATCHING HIS DESCRIPTION HELD HER AT GUNPOINT BEFORE DRIVING AWAY IN A BLACK CADILLAC. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO CARJACK AN ELDERLY COUPLE WITH A KNIFE ON DONNELLY\u2019S DRIVE, AND MINUTES LATER. THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT STATES OFFICERS RESPONDED TO SAMPSON STREET AFTER A VEHICLE MATCHING THE CADILLAC\u2019S DESCRIPTION STRUCK TWO PEOPLE. POLICE SAY RIGHT AFTER THAT, A BLACK CADILLAC HIT TWO TEENAGE GIRLS ON DOYLE STREET. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN IN WILKINSBURG, SKY FOUR. FLYING OVER THAT SCENE IS THERE. ONE OF THE GIRLS IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. WE SPOKE WITH HER PARENTS YESTERDAY. I WAS CRYING, BUT SHE WAS NOT MOVING. SHE KNEW SHE WAS IN PAIN. HER BONES WERE STICKING OUT OF HER SKIN. YEAH. I I\u2019VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY TWISTED LIKE THAT BEFORE. FAST FORWARD TO HOURS AFTER THAT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATORS WROTE IN THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT THAT AROUND 7 P.M., A DOOR TO DOOR SALESMAN REPORTED TO POLICE THAT A MAN, LATER IDENTIFIED AS GEORGE MITCHELL JUNIOR, ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO STAB HIM ON PENNY DRIVE BEFORE DRIVING AWAY JUST AFTER 9:30 P.M. POLICE SAY A WOMAN, IDENTIFIED AS 45 YEAR OLD JAMES HARRISON, WAS DRIVEN TO UPMC MERCY HOSPITAL WITH MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS, AND SHE LATER DIED. A WITNESS TOLD POLICE THEY FOUND HARRISON STABBED IN HER HOME ON PENNY DRIVE, COURT DOCUMENTS CONFIRMED MITCHELL JUNIOR WAS HER EX-BOYFRIEND. HE ONCE LIVED WITH HARRISON AT THAT HOME. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT THEN SAYS JUST BEFORE 11 THAT NIGHT, OFFICERS SPOTTED MITCHELL JR DRIVING HARRISON\u2019S SILVER NISSAN SUV NEAR HER HOME ON PENNY DRIVE. WHEN OFFICERS TRIED TO STOP MITCHELL, THEY SAY HE FLED. HE WAS THEN LATER SPOTTED AGAIN IN HARRISON\u2019S SUV. POLICE BEGAN TO CHASE MITCHELL UNTIL HE CRASHED IN ON FRANKSTOWN ROAD. POLICE THEN TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. GEORGE MITCHELL JUNIOR IS NOW CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. HE\u2019S ALSO FACING CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, ROBBERY, SIMPLE ASSAULT AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT. MITCHELL JUNIOR IS IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL. TO HEAR MORE FROM THE VICTIM\u2019S FAMILY AND FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CASE, HEAD OVER TO W WTAE.COM FOR THE LATEST. PITTSBURGH REGIONAL TRANSIT SAYS THE MONONGAHELA INCLINE IS OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. AFTER TWO INCLINE CARS BECAME STUCK ABOUT 80FT FROM THEIR STATIONS, WITH TWO PEOPLE INSIDE. THIS IS THE SECOND INCLINE RESCUE IN JUST SIX MONTHS. REPORTER JORDAN CIOPPA HAS A LOOK AT THAT OPERATION AND HOW THE CLOSURE IS IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY. PHOTOS SHOW FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE MONONGAHELA INCLINE TRACK OVERNIGHT AFTER THE CARS UNEXPECTEDLY STOPPED 80FT FROM THEIR STATIONS, TWO PASSENGERS WERE STUCK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS UNTIL THE RESCUE TEAM FREED THEM FROM THE CARS. IT\u2019S PRETTY SHOCKING. I MEAN, I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE I HAVE TO GET, YOU KNOW, RESCUED. PITTSBURGH REGIONAL TRANSIT SAYS THE INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE WAS CAUSED BY A CONTROL SYSTEM ISSUE. THE INCLINE IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, WHILE MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING TEAMS WORK TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IN THE MEANTIME, SHUTTLES ARE AVAILABLE IN PLACE OF THE INCLINE. IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, I WOULD SAY. I DON\u2019T THINK IT\u2019S LIKE EVERY WEEK IT HAPPENS, BUT IT IS FRUSTRATING AND I KNOW IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO FIX IT. I\u2019VE LIVED HERE FOR LIKE ABOUT TWO YEARS. I\u2019VE NOTICED LIKE I CAN THINK ABOUT LIKE 3 OR 4 TIMES IT\u2019S BEEN SHUT DOWN. I\u2019VE ALSO JUST ALWAYS HAD BAD LUCK WITH IT. THE RESCUE IS THE SECOND IN SIX MONTHS BACK IN NOVEMBER, NEARLY 30 PASSENGERS WERE STUCK ON THE INCLINE FOR HOURS WHEN THE CARS UNEXPECTEDLY STALLED. YET SOME COMMUTERS TELL PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR THEY DON\u2019T HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS. I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT\u2019S LIKE OLDER TECHNOLOGY, AND SO THERE IS A RISK THAT IT DOESN\u2019T WORK. WE\u2019VE HAD SOME ISSUES SINCE WE\u2019VE CHANGED OVER TO THE NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM. THEY\u2019RE GETTING THE GLITCHES OUT OF IT. I\u2019M SURE THEY WILL. TODD DEFIORE OWNS DIFIORE\u2019S ICE CREAM DELITE AND GRAND BREW ON MOUNT WASHINGTON. BOTH ARE JUST A SHORT WALK FROM THE INCLINE STATION. DEFIORE SAYS 95% OF HIS BUSINESS COMES FROM THE INCLINE, AND HE\u2019S CONFIDENT THAT WON\u2019T CHANGE. MY SEASON STARTS MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY, AND I\u2019M SURE THE PRT IS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP THINGS NICE, OPERATING AND RUNNING SMOOTHLY, JORDAN CIOPPA, PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND AS JORDAN MENTIONED, SHUTTLES AT THE INCLINE STATION WILL RUN EVERY 10 TO 15 MINUTES. AND PRT SAYS ONCE REPAIRS AND TESTING ARE COMPLETE, A STATE INSPECTION MUST HAPPEN BEFORE THE INCLINE CAN REOPEN. ANOTHER TRAFFIC ALERT THIS ONE IS FOR PRT BUS RIDERS. A PORTION OF THE EAST BUSWAY IS CLOSED THIS MORNING TO CREATE ROOM FOR A WINDOW WASHING PROJECT. THE CLOSURE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 P.M. FROM THE EAST LIBERTY STATION TO THE BUSWAY RAMP AT NEVILLE STREET. BUSSES WILL BE DETOURED USING CITY STREETS AND DELAYS OF UP TO 15 MINUTES ARE EXPECTED. RIGHT NOW, THE MOUNT WASHINGTON TRANSIT TUNNEL IS ALSO CLOSED. IT WILL STAY CLOSED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS IS FOR THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE REPAIRS THAT SHUT IT DOWN FOR NEARLY ALL OF LAST YEAR. THE TUNNEL IS SLATED TO REOPEN MONDAY, BUT IT COULD SHUT DOWN AGAIN AT THE END OF THE MONTH IF MORE SERVICE IS NEEDED. THIS MORNING, THE CRUISE SHIP TIED TO THE DEADLY TO A DEADLY HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK, IS NOW MOVING CLOSER TO SPAIN. 17 AMERICANS ON BOARD ARE EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE SHIP BY CDC TEAMS FLOWN TO A FEDERAL QUARANTINE FACILITY IN NEBRASKA. ABC\u2019S MICHELLE FRANZEN HAS THE LATEST. THE CRUISE SHIP LINKED TO A DEADLY HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK, WITH 140 PEOPLE ON BOARD, INCLUDING 17 AMERICANS. IT IS NOW HEADED FOR TENERIFE IN SPAIN\u2019S CANARY ISLANDS AT THE PORT. TENSIONS ARE RISING. WORKERS PROTESTING OVER FEARS THE VIRUS COULD SPREAD AFTER THE OUTBREAK HAS LEFT THREE DEAD. ABC\u2019S MAGGIE RULLI IS ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. WE\u2019RE IN THE PORT WHERE THE SHIP WON\u2019T EVEN BE ALLOWED TO DOCK. WE EXPECT IT TO ANCHOR IN THE WATER RIGHT HERE. EVERYONE ON BOARD WILL BE GIVEN A MEDICAL ASSESSMENT BEFORE BEING FERRIED OFF IN SMALL GROUPS. TAKEN TO THE PORT HERE IN HAZMAT SUITS, AND THEN BOARDED ONTO MILITARY GUARDED BUSSES AND TAKEN TO THE AIRPORT. THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS IN CONTACT WITH AMERICANS ON BOARD. CDC PERSONNEL WILL THEN ACCOMPANY THEM ONTO A CHARTER FLIGHT TO THE NATIONAL QUARANTINE UNIT IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. THE FACILITY WAS USED DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF THE COVID OUTBREAK. JUST TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE 17 HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS. THE QUARANTINE UNIT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU PUT PEOPLE WHEN YOU\u2019RE OBSERVING THEM, WHERE THEY MAY GET DISEASE, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY IN GENERAL DO NOT GO ON TO DEVELOP DISEASE. SPANISH OFFICIALS SAY THE PASSENGERS AND CREW WILL BE SCREENED AND WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED OFF THE SHIP ONCE THEIR AIRCRAFT IS READY FOR TAKEOFF. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE THREAT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS VERY LOW, AND HANTAVIRUS IS NOT EASILY PASSED FROM PERSON TO PERSON AS COVID OR THE FLU. WITH THE CHANDI STRAIN, IT CAN BE SPREAD FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN TRANSMISSION. IMPORTANT CAVEAT THIS REALLY TAKES CLOSE CONTACT. THIS TAKES A PROLONGED AMOUNT OF TIME BEING WITH SOMEONE IN AN ISOLATED SPACE. IT DOESN\u2019T SPREAD AS EASILY AS OTHER AIRBORNE VIRUSES OR AS RAPIDLY AS WELL. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE MONITORING AT LEAST NINE AMERICANS FROM SIX STATES, INCLUDING TWO WHO WERE POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO AN INFECTED CRUISE PASSENGER ON A FLIGHT. NO ONE HAS SHOWN SYMPTOMS SO FAR. THE CDC IS TREATING THE OUTBREAK AS A LEVEL THREE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC REMAINS LOW, BUT IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED. MICHELLE FRANZEN, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK THE PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT\u2019S ALSO MONITORING THE SITUATION. IT SAYS THE CDC HAS NOT INDICATED ANY PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENT WAS ON BOARD THE SHIP, AND THE VIRUS POSES A LOW RISK TO THE COMMONWEALTH. MORE THAN 200 TECHNICIANS AT BUTLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HAVE SUBMITTED A TEN DAY STRIKE NOTICE TO OWNER INDEPENDENCE HEALTH. THIS COMES ONE WEEK AFTER THE UNION VOTED TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE. NINE MONTHS INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, ISSUES FOR THE TECHS INCLUDE WAGES AND SAFE STAFFING. THEY\u2019RE PREPARING TO GO ON STRIKE STARTING MAY 19TH. IN A STATEMENT TO PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR, A HOSPITAL SPOKESPERSON WRITES, QUOTE, WHILE WE RESPECT THE UNION\u2019S RIGHT TO PROVIDE NOTICE TEN DAYS, NEITHER REFLECTS THE SIGNIFICANCE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE ISSUES BEING NEGOTIATED NOR OFFERS A MEANINGFUL PATH TOWARD RESOLUTION, END QUOTE. BUT THEY DID SAY THEY ARE PREPARED T\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Crews respond to Western Pa. Dollar Tree after fire report | Fire marshal investigating<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:22 PM EDT May 9, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating a fire that broke out inside a local Dollar Tree store Friday afternoon. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4In a social media post from Baldwin Fire Rescue, crews were called to the Dollar Tree in Brentwood Borough around 3:45 p.m. following reports of a fire. Multiple Baldwin Fire Rescue units responded, with assistance from the Brentwood Fire Department, the post stated. Officials said they were on the scene for 45 minutes before being cleared. Photos from the department showed fire damage on one of the merchandise racks inside. The county fire marshal is now investigating the cause. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating a fire that broke out inside a local Dollar Tree store Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n

VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4<\/p>\n

In a social media post from Baldwin Fire Rescue, crews were called to the Dollar Tree in Brentwood Borough around 3:45 p.m. following reports of a fire. <\/p>\n

Multiple Baldwin Fire Rescue units responded, with assistance from the Brentwood Fire Department, the post stated. <\/p>\n

Officials said they were on the scene for 45 minutes before being cleared. Photos from the department showed fire damage on one of the merchandise racks inside. <\/p>\n

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The county fire marshal is now investigating the cause. <\/p>\n

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