{"id":287183,"date":"2026-09-16T09:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/287183\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:20:24","slug":"fire-ems-and-police-respond-to-boat-fire-on-the-allegheny-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/287183\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire, EMS, and Police Respond to Boat Fire on the Allegheny River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"published-on small-text\">Published on September 16, 2026<\/p>\n<p>       &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main-page-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/allegheny-boat-fire.jpg\" alt=\"photo shows a sunken boat in the water, with debris around it, and a reflection of a bridge in the water.\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Just before 1:00 a.m., Pittsburgh River Rescue, the <a xjbqb8w=\"\" x1ejq31n=\"\" x18oe1m7=\"\" x1sy0etr=\"\" xstzfhl=\"\" x972fbf=\"\" x10w94by=\"\" x1qhh985=\"\" x14e42zd=\"\" x9f619=\"\" x1ypdohk=\"\" xt0psk2=\"\" x3ct3a4=\"\" xdj266r=\"\" x14z9mp=\"\" xat24cr=\"\" x1lziwak=\"\" xexx8yu=\"\" xyri2b=\"\" x18d9i69=\"\" x1c1uobl=\"\" x16tdsg8=\"\" x1hl2dhg=\"\" xggy1nq=\"\" x1a2a7pz=\"\" xkrqix3=\"\" x1sur9pj=\"\" x1fey0fg=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PghFire?__cft__[0]=AZjuUWRc8YSqoBSK6kBDhH-RPE2I9O4kyPamEYBo3yJPQ7wa14N4sjxglzSNHC9pJXVpeGGU_fBKTFt-ANRfE7OL0mkLPqcHpFofQUog2DKwckRIPpL0ao43TIYpS8IzCm4-Ig5G8ANSH21q8QEk3r9zpFwXZFnJSgivm14OFpB49c8r9hRhti31pmI&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" role=\"link\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire<\/a>, the Fire Boat, and the Fire Investigative Unit (FIU) responded to a reported boat fire on the Allegheny River between the Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson bridges.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Upon arrival, crews found the boat fully engulfed in flames. The fire was extinguished by approximately 1:15 a.m. The boat has since sunk.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">River Rescue searched the area but was unable to locate anyone on the boat or in the water nearby.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The <a xjbqb8w=\"\" x1ejq31n=\"\" x18oe1m7=\"\" x1sy0etr=\"\" xstzfhl=\"\" x972fbf=\"\" x10w94by=\"\" x1qhh985=\"\" x14e42zd=\"\" x9f619=\"\" x1ypdohk=\"\" xt0psk2=\"\" x3ct3a4=\"\" xdj266r=\"\" x14z9mp=\"\" xat24cr=\"\" x1lziwak=\"\" xexx8yu=\"\" xyri2b=\"\" x18d9i69=\"\" x1c1uobl=\"\" x16tdsg8=\"\" x1hl2dhg=\"\" xggy1nq=\"\" x1a2a7pz=\"\" xkrqix3=\"\" x1sur9pj=\"\" x1fey0fg=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PittsburghPolice?__cft__[0]=AZjuUWRc8YSqoBSK6kBDhH-RPE2I9O4kyPamEYBo3yJPQ7wa14N4sjxglzSNHC9pJXVpeGGU_fBKTFt-ANRfE7OL0mkLPqcHpFofQUog2DKwckRIPpL0ao43TIYpS8IzCm4-Ig5G8ANSH21q8QEk3r9zpFwXZFnJSgivm14OFpB49c8r9hRhti31pmI&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" role=\"link\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Bureau of Police<\/a> Real Time Crime Center identified video showing an individual boarding the boat and fleeing the scene shortly before the fire occurred.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has been notified of the incident.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">At this time, anyone with information is asked to call FIU at, 412-782-7646.<\/p>\n<p>        Contact: Eliza Durham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on September 16, 2026 &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Just before 1:00 a.m., Pittsburgh River Rescue, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-287183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287183","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=287183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}