Crews respond to house fire in Turtle Creek | At least 2 pets unaccounted for
PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FOUR STARTS NOW. AND RIGHT NOW WE’RE COVERING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY. THE CORONER HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE SCENE OF A CRASH. THIS VIDEO JUST BACK FROM ROUTE 366, IN LOWER BURRELL. CREWS RESPONDED THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 130 NEAR THE KINLOCH NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR NEWSROOM HAS REACHED OUT TO THE CORONER TO LEARN MORE. MEANTIME, IT IS A DAY OF TRANSITION FROM THE STEELERS. MOVING ON FROM HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN TO OUR WEATHER. NOW MOVING BACK TO WINTER, THINGS ARE CERTAINLY CHANGING. AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I’M KELLY SASSO AND GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M ANDREW STOCKEY. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON AND WHAT IS HAPPENING, STARTING WITH YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00. LET’S GET RIGHT TO THE WEATHER. WE BRING YOU A LIVE LOOK HERE AT THE RADAR. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THAT RAIN WE’VE BEEN SEEING TODAY WILL BE SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW. AND THAT COULD MAKE FOR SOME TOUGH TRAVEL TOMORROW MORNING. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, TOMORROW IS AN IMPACT DAY IN MY MIND. AND THE DISCUSSION WE HAD, IT WAS PROBABLY MORE OF A FAMILY RELATED DECISION THAN A FOOTBALL RELATED DECISION. STEELERS PRESIDENT ART ROONEY, THE SECOND NOT SHOCKED TO HEAR MIKE TOMLIN WAS STEPPING DOWN, BUT SAYS HE ALSO WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT CONVERSATION WORK TO FIND A NEW HEAD COACH IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. A MAN DIED THIS MORNING IN A HOUSE FIRE, HIS WIFE RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL. IT ALL HAPPENED AROUND 215 ON APPLE STREET IN THE LINCOLN-LEMINGTON-BELMAR NEIGHBORHOOD. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CHALLENGED BY THE HILLSIDE IN FRONT OF THAT HOUSE, AND THEY SAY THERE WERE HOLES IN THE FLOORS OF THAT HOME. ASTRONAUTS, INCLUDING PITTSBURGH’S OWN MIKE FINK, ARE NOW HEADING BACK TO EARTH. THEIR MISSION ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WAS CUT SHORT BECAUSE ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS HAD A MEDICAL ISSUE THAT REQUIRES TREATMENT. AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES. AT 4:00 ON THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TIME NOW FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER. LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT. METEOROLOGIST BRIAN HUTTON, JUNIOR IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT THE CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. BRIAN, YOU STARTED GETTING US READY FOR THIS. AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE TEMPERATURES REALLY BOTTOMING OUT HERE. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO SEE OUR TEMPERATURES DROP AS WE CONTINUE NOW THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO THE DAY TOMORROW. AND AS OUR TEMPERATURES DROP, THAT MEANS WE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW. THAT WILL HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AND AS ANDREW MENTIONED, TOMORROW IS AN IMPACT DAY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE AND THE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR ZERO THROUGH THE DAY AND WILL KEEP SNOW CHANCES AROUND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND BECAUSE OF OUR SNOW CHANCES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR VENANGO AND FOREST COUNTIES, ALONG WITH THE LOWER HIGHLANDS OF WESTMORELAND, FAYETTE, MONONGALIA, PRESTON AND GARRETT COUNTIES. FOR NOW, EVERYTHING IS RAIN ON RADAR. IF YOU LOOK JUST BELOW OUR BANNER THERE CLOSE TO TOWARDS AKRON, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE FIRST SIGNS OF CHANGEOVER BACK INTO OHIO THAT HAS OUR DIRECTION OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW HOURS, WE’LL ONLY BE AT 20 DEGREES TOMORROW. WIND CHILLS WILL STAY SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW CHANCES LAST THROUGH SATURDAY AND THEN EVEN COLDER AIR GETS HERE. AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND OUR TIME OF THAT TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW. SO YOU CAN PLAN OUT YOUR EVENING. THAT’S AHEAD WITH YOUR COMPLETE FOUR DAY PLUS. FOR MORE BRUTAL TEMPS ON THE WAY. OKAY, BRIAN. THANK YOU. IT IS GOING TO BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT HERE IN THE DAYS TO COME THAT YOU HAVE OUR WTAE APP. YOU CAN USE IT TO TRACK THE SNOW WITH A LIVE RADAR. YOU CAN ALSO FIND OUT FIRST ABOUT ANY SCHOOL DELAYS OR CLOSURES BY TURNING ON THE ALERTS. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET BACK TO OUR BIG STORY ON THIS WEDNESDAY. THE STEELERS ARE NOW MAPPING THE ROAD AHEAD AFTER HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN STEPPED DOWN YESTERDAY AFTER 19 SEASONS WITH ONLY THREE HEAD COACHES SINCE RICHARD NIXON WAS PRESIDENT, IT’S AN UNUSUAL PLACE FOR THE TEAM TO BE IN. AND TODAY, TEAM PRESIDENT ART ROONEY. THE SECOND TALKED ABOUT THOMAS DEPARTURE AND WHAT’S COMING UP NEXT. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS ASHLEY DOUGHERTY IS JOINING US LIVE FROM ACRISURE STADIUM THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THAT BRIEFING TOOK PLACE A BIT EARLIER. AND, ASHLEY, THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FOOTBALL TEAM MOVING FORWARD. HEY, GUYS. YEAH, THERE. SURE. ARE WE EVEN TALKING IN THE MEDIA ROOM WHERE WE ALL WERE 19 YEARS AGO? BECAUSE THAT IS THE LAST TIME THE STEELERS HIRED A NEW HEAD COACH. BUT IT HAS BEEN QUITE THE WHIRLWIND OF A 24 HOURS. THINK ABOUT IT. YESTERDAY THE MEDIA ARRIVED TO THE SOUTH SIDE FOR LOCKER CLEANOUT AND WITHIN AN HOUR GOT WORD THAT MIKE TOMLIN WAS STEPPING DOWN AS THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS HEAD COACH. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY. ART ROONEY JUST MET WITH THE MEDIA HERE AT ACRISURE STADIUM JUST A FEW HOURS AGO, CALLING YESTERDAY AN EMOTIONAL DAY. ROONEY MET WITH MIKE ON TUESDAY MORNING AND THAT IS WHEN TOMLIN INFORMED HIM OF HIS DECISION TO STEP DOWN. ROONEY TELLS ME THAT CONVERSATION LASTED ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. THE STEELERS PRESIDENT SAYS HE DIDN’T TRY TO TALK MIKE TOMLIN OUT OF HIS DECISION. HE WAS CLEAR ABOUT HIS INTENTIONS, ROONEY SAID. HE’D LEAVE IT TO TOMLIN TO EXPLAIN WHAT ALL WENT INTO HIS DECISION, BUT DID GET THE SENSE THAT IT WAS MORE OF A FAMILY RELATED CHOICE THAN A FOOTBALL ONE. HE ALSO SAID HE WAS WILLING TO TAKE ANOTHER RUN AT IT NEXT YEAR, WITH TOMLIN. WELL, IT WAS HIS DECISION AND YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT I WASN’T SHOCKED, BUT I WASN’T EXPECTING THAT CONVERSATION YESTERDAY EITHER. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET TO THIS STAGE OF A CAREER, OBVIOUSLY HE EVEN MENTIONED IT HIMSELF THAT HE WAS NEAR TO THE END IN THE BEGINNING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE THAT COMING. AND SO AS I SAY, I CAN’T SAY THAT I WAS SHOCKED. WE’LL GET TO MORE OF WHAT ART ROONEY SAID ABOUT MIKE TOMLIN’S CONTRACT AND WHAT THAT MEANS MOVING FORWARD LATER IN THE SHOW. BUT NOW THE SEARCH FOR THE NEW STEELERS HEAD COACH GETS UNDERWAY, ROONEY SAYING HE AND OMAR KHAN WILL LEAD THAT SEARCH. NO TIMELINE ON IT, BUT HE DID SAY HE EXPECTS IT TO TAKE WEEKS. I ASKED HIM, WHAT IS HE GOING TO TELL THE NEW COACH THAT THE STANDARD IS HERE IN PITTSBURGH? AND HE SAID, QUOTE, TO TRY TO COMPETE, TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP EVERY YEAR. LIVE AT ARKANSAS STADIUM TONIGHT. ASHLEY OTIS, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS. ALL RIGHT ASHLEY THANK YOU. WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT SOME EARLY INTERVIEW REQUESTS THIS AFTERNOON. ESPN’S ADAM SCHEFTER IS REPORTING THE STEELERS ARE LOOKING TO INTERVIEW THE RAMS PASSING GAME COORDINATOR AND DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR WITH THE RAMS CHRIS SHULA, AS WELL AS VIKINGS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND A FORMER MEMBER OF TOMLIN’S STAFF HERE IN PITTSBURGH. BRIAN FLORES NEWS ALSO SURFACING THIS AFTERNOON CONCERNING STEELER OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR ARTHUR SMITH. THE NFL NETWORK’S IAN RAPOPORT IS SAYING SMITH HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY BOTH THE ARIZONA CARDINALS AND THE TENNESSEE TITANS ABOUT THEIR HEAD COACHING POSITIONS. NOW OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES ALL THROUGHOUT THIS NEWSCAST, AND SEE ALL OF OUR COVERAGE RIGHT NOW ON WTAE.COM AND ON THE MOBILE APP INCLUDES PLAYER REACTION TO COACH TOMLIN STEPPING DOWN, AS WELL AS HIS IMPACT OFF THE FIELD. ALL RIGHT. WANT TO TURN TO THIS. IT’S TAKEN ALMOST A YEAR, BUT CENTURY THREE MALL IS NOW ALMOST COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED. ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE THOUGH, IS STILL PRESSURING THE MALL’S PARENT COMPANY INTO FIXING AND OPENING CENTURY THREE MALL BOULEVARD. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER ED DIORIO GOT THE LATEST UPDATE FROM THE DA AND BOROUGH OFFICIALS A BIT EARLIER TODAY. HE’S JOINING US LIVE RIGHT NOW FROM WEST MIFFLIN. SO, ED, HOW CLOSE IS THE MALL TO ACTUALLY COMING DOWN COMPLETELY? WELL, ANDREW KELLY, ACCORDING TO ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEPHEN ZAPPALA. ZAPPALA IT’S GOING TO BE JUST A FEW MONTHS. IN FACT, HE HOPES THAT IT’S DONE BY THE SPRING. AND PART OF THE REASON WHY HE HAS CONFIDENCE IN THE URGENCY THAT THAT TIMELINE BRINGS IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE PARENT COMPANY OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE MALL, CENTURY THREE MALL LLC, IS STILL FACING CHARGES OF CAUSING A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND CAUSING OR RISKING CATASTROPHE. THAT’S WHY HE HAS SOME CONFIDENCE IN THIS TIMELINE. NOW REMEMBER, THE MALL CLOSED IN 2019 AFTER SEVERAL SAFETY VIOLATIONS OVER THE YEARS DATING BACK TO 2015. CENTURY THREE MALL, LLC IS OWNED BY MOONBEAM LEASING AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY. ACCORDING TO ZAPPALA. MOONBEAM IS NOT ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEING THROUGH THE DEMOLITION OF THE MALL, BUT ALSO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CENTURY THREE BOULEVARD, WHICH CONNECTS ROUTE 51 TO ROUTE 885. THAT PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO COST CLOSE TO $2 MILLION, AND THAT’S ALL MONEY, ACCORDING TO CIPOLLA. THAT WILL NOT COME FROM THE BOROUGH. I’LL TELL YOU THIS, THOUGH. I’M NOT PAYING MOONBEAM A DIME, AND I DON’T CARE IF IT COMES FROM THE SENATE OR ANY OTHER SOURCE. THESE ARE CRIMINALS, AND I’M NOT PAYING THEM FOR WHAT THEY DID TO THE. IS TORN DOWN IN JUST A MATTER OF MONTHS. HOW LONG BEFORE WE SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PROPERTY? THAT WAS ADDRESSED TODAY. AND WHILE THERE’S NO SPECIFIC PLAN, ZAPPALA DID MENTION THAT HE HAS BEEN APPROACHED WITHIN THE LAST 3 TO 4 WEEKS BY DEVELOPER AND SAID THAT THAT DEVELOPER TOLD HIM THAT THEY HAD BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH CENTURY THREE LLC ABOUT POTENTIALLY DEVELOPING ON WHERE THE MALL USED TO SIT. NOW THEY’RE LIKE I SAID, NO DOCUMENTS WERE SHARED AND THERE’S NO OFFICIAL PLANS. BUT WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT WEST MIFFLIN BOROUGH OFFICIALS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS. ALSO, IN THOSE POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES, AT FIVE AND SIX COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT IN WEST MIFFLIN BOROUGH, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. YEAH, A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF THAT SITE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, STATE POLICE ARE NOW RELEASING SOME NEW INFORMATION TODAY ABOUT THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED RIGHT OUTSIDE OF A LOCAL PLANET FITNESS. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE EAST HUNTINGDON PLANET FITNESS. THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT, POLICE SAY IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. NOW, COURT DOCUMENTS STATE STEPHEN HELD SHOT THAT VICTIM THREE TIMES. HELD WAS LATER FOUND BY POLICE NEAR CONNELLSVILLE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. TROOPERS ELABORATED ON A POSSIBLE MOTIVE AND IT WAS KNOWN THAT MR. LOGAN WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS HIS ESTRANGED WIFE. YOU KNOW WHAT ESCALATED IT OR BROUGHT IT TO A HEAD YESTERDAY THAT CAUSED HIM TO TO FIRE THREE SHOTS AT A AT AN UNARMED PERSON. IS IS. WELL, TROOPERS ALSO CREDIT WITNESSES, INCLUDING AN OFF DUTY NURSE WHO RUSHED IN TO HELP THE VICTIM BEFORE POLICE EVEN GOT THERE. A DEADLY SHOOTING IN WILKINSBURG IS UNDER INVESTIGATION THIS AFTERNOON. COUNTY POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS FOUND SHOT IN THE HEAD ON SOUTH AVENUE AT CENTER AVENUE. POLICE SAY NO SUSPECTS ARE IN CUSTODY AT THIS TIME. WELL, THIS AFTERNOON AND ONLY ON FOUR. A YOUNG BOY BEING HAILED AS A HERO. HE IS BEING CREDITED WITH HELPING HIS FAMILY GET TO SAFETY WHEN THEIR HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FOR US, JOINING US LIVE IN MOUNT LEBANON. YASMIN, YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THIS YOUNG HERO. KELLY. THAT’S RIGHT. NINE YEAR OLD TELLS ME THAT IN THAT MOMENT, HE WAS EXTREMELY NERVOUS, BUT HE KNEW THAT HE DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO DWELL ON THOSE FEELINGS. INSTEAD, HE SPRUNG INTO ACTION THANKS TO WHAT HE REMEMBERED BEING TAUGHT IN THE MOUNT LEBANON FIRE DEPARTMENT. NOW, THIS WAS ON NEW YEAR’S DAY WHEN HE TELLS ME HIS MOTHER WAS IN THE KITCHEN BAKING A PIZZA AND SUDDENLY SHE YELLED, FIRE! HE SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY TOLD HIS FATHER TO PULL THE FIRE ALARM AND CALL 911. IT WAS THAT QUICK ACTION THAT THE MOUNT LEBANON FIRE DEPARTMENT TELLS ME IS WHAT KEPT THE FIRE MINOR AND NOT CATASTROPHIC. HEAVY SMOKE BEGAN FILLING THE FAMILY’S APARTMENT UNIT AND EVENTUALLY SURROUNDING HALLWAYS. BUT KNEW TO LEAD HIS FAMILY TO SAFETY AND EVEN LEFT AN EASY ENTRY FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO GET IN. AND, WELL, HOW DID A NINE YEAR OLD KNOW TO DO THIS? A FIREFIGHTER, CHRIS AND BRIAN TEACHING ME ALL OF THAT. NOW COMING UP AT FIVE, WE’LL INTRODUCE YOU TO FIREFIGHTER CHRIS AND THAT FIRE LIFE SAFETY PROGRAM THAT HE DOES TEACH ACROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY I
Crews respond to house fire in Turtle Creek | At least 2 pets unaccounted for
Updated: 10:44 PM EST Jan 14, 2026
Crews were on the scene Wednesday night after a fire broke out inside a home in Allegheny County. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Jan. 14, 2026 County dispatchers confirmed to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that crews were called to a home within the 500 block of McMasters Avenue following reports of a working fire. Our photojournalist was on the scene, where a ladder was seen extended to the top floor of the home. While on the scene, it appeared fire crews had gotten the blaze under control. It also appeared that multiple pets that were rescued from the home were receiving medical attention.Turtle Creek Fire Department First Lieutenant Mike McAllister said the homeowner made it out of the home without any injuries. He said at least two pets, however, remain unaccounted for. We’re told the home was partially damaged. The Fire Marshal will now initiate an investigation into 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.
TURTLE CREEK, Pa. —
Crews were on the scene Wednesday night after a fire broke out inside a home in Allegheny County.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Jan. 14, 2026
County dispatchers confirmed to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that crews were called to a home within the 500 block of McMasters Avenue following reports of a working fire.
Our photojournalist was on the scene, where a ladder was seen extended to the top floor of the home.
While on the scene, it appeared fire crews had gotten the blaze under control. It also appeared that multiple pets that were rescued from the home were receiving medical attention.
Turtle Creek Fire Department First Lieutenant Mike McAllister said the homeowner made it out of the home without any injuries. He said at least two pets, however, remain unaccounted for.
We’re told the home was partially damaged.
The Fire Marshal will now initiate an investigation into what led to the fire.
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