{"id":238234,"date":"2026-07-08T10:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238234\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:13:07","slug":"massive-fire-breaks-out-at-vacant-church-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238234\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive fire breaks out at vacant church in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-08-001040-e1783494789423-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1197688\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VIDEO\/PHOTOS: A massive fire broke out at a vacant church in Pittsburgh\u2019s Mount Washington neighborhood on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Grandview United Presbyterian Church near Grandview Avenue and Kearsarge Street caught fire around 6 p.m. on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smoke billowing high into the sky from the 3-alarm fire was seen from numerous spots in Downtown Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Views of the Pittsburgh skyline showed a plume of smoke above buildings in Downtown, as Pittsburgh firefighters worked on the ground on Mount Washington to contain the fire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire drew onlookers who watched as crews battled the smoke and flames. Pittsburgh Public Safety asked people to avoid the area as the fire ripped through the church. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire was brought under control just before 9 p.m. However, crews were expected to remain overnight to monitor hotspots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the big things is the size of this structure and the complexity of this structure,\u201d Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Assistant Chief Matthew Davis said. <\/p>\n<p>CBS Pittsburgh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO\/PHOTOS: A massive fire broke out at a vacant church in Pittsburgh\u2019s Mount Washington neighborhood on Tuesday evening.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8338,28,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-238234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-mid-atlantic-region","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}