PITTSBURGH \u2014 A man is dead, and his wife is in the hospital after a house fire in Pittsburgh\u2019s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood on Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n
The fire broke out at around 2 a.m. in the 6600 block of Apple Street. <\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Fire Battalion Chief Ed Farley said when crews first arrived, there was heavy fire on all three floors. <\/p>\n
Fire officials said a woman was able to escape and told crews her husband was inside. <\/p>\n
Firefighters pulled a man from a second-floor bedroom towards the back of the house. He was unconscious and then pronounced dead at the scene. <\/p>\n
His wife was hospitalized for smoke inhalation; she is listed in stable condition. <\/p>\n
Farley spoke to Channel 11 about some of the challenges the crews faced when they first arrived at the home. <\/p>\n
\u201cJust getting to a lot of these houses, getting our lines in place, you can see it is a little bit overgrown,\u201c Farley said. \u201dSteps are slippery. There are holes in the floors.\u201d <\/p>\n
The fire did not spread to the surrounding homes. <\/p>\n
Investigators said it appears the fire originated on the first floor, near the front of the home.<\/p>\n
An exact cause has not yet been determined. <\/p>\n
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