Pittsburgh (PA) firefighters fought a five-alarm fire this morning at a high-rise apartment building in the city’s Shadyside section.
One man died on the fifth floor, according to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (http://bit.ly/Y1kYPj). Several other people were taken to hospitals to be treated for smoke inhalation.
Firefighters were conducting search and rescue operations on several floors of the building. Firefighters allowed some people to leave but sheltered others in their apartments because they believe it safer and more organized than taking them through debris-filed hallways to escape.
Read more details on this incident at http://bit.ly/Y1kYPj.
For firefighter training info on response to fires in high-rise structures, consider High-rise fire training: Operation “H.O.T.T.”, High-Rise Fire Eight Floors Down, HIGH-RISE /STANDPIPE HOSE PACKS: A PRIMER, part 1, and TRAGEDY IN A RESIDENTIAL HIGH-RISE , MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
