According to the now unsealed federal indictment, Prasad Margabandhu is charged with conspiracy to maliciously destroy property by fire as well as mail and bankruptcy fraud.
“Prasad is a known actor in our district here,” said Pittsburgh councilperson Bob Charland. “He owns a handful of properties both within the southside, Arlington and Oakland as well as outside of the district. I know he owns properties in Carrick as well. He is one of the worst property owners in the city of Pittsburgh, probably the worst,” said Charland.
The wildfire in the mountainous area east of Mililani Mauka is now 90% contained and has blackened 1,681 acres, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in its final daily update on the blaze.
A 71-year-old Greensburg woman died in a fatal fire early Friday morning, Oct. 27, at a Dornin Street apartment building in Greensburg.
According to a public information release report filed by Westmoreland County Coroner Timothy Carson’s office, Westmoreland County 911 was notified of an automatic fire alarm at approximately 1:38 a.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at an apartment complex located at 828 Dornin St., Greensburg.
Firefighters extinguished the fire before finding the late Patricia M. Baylett inside her apartment.
Deputy Coroner Steven A. Whiteman pronounced Baylett dead at the scene at 3 a.m.
An autopsy was scheduled for later that day by Dr. Jennifer Hammers Pathology. Toxicology results will not be available for several weeks, the coroner’s office said.
The Greensburg City Police Department is also investigating the incident.
Pittsburgh firefighters rescued an older woman stuck inside the house.
Crews rescued an elderly woman trapped inside the house, carrying her to safety. Emergency medical services transported her to the hospital in stable condition.
Two other victims from the home were also transported in stable condition.
Paramedics also transported two Pittsburgh police officers to the hospital for smoke inhalation as a precaution.
Date: February 12, 2023 Incident Type: Fire Location: Polish Hill Summary:
Around 10 p.m., Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire responded to a fire at a commercial structure on the 3000 block of Brereton Street in the Polish Hill neighborhood.
One person was evaluated by EMS on scene and detetermined to have no medical injury or issue.
They were provided warming services during the duration of the fire.
The fire was brought under control at approximately 10:52 p.m.
The Fire Investigation Unit also responded to the scene.
The cause is not determined at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.
“My brother came in my room screaming, ‘Madi. There’s a fire. We gotta go!’ We grabbed my dog and ran outside,” said Madi Parrotto.
Madi and her brother, Nick, could only watch as flames tore through the roofs of their neighbors’ homes, with six families total having to rush out of their homes.
“Everyone was just panicking. Everyone was knocking on each other’s doors, trying to get everyone out. But the fire was just crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Parrotto said.
Melissa Smith was at work and learned of the fire through her doorbell camera system.
“It’s unbelievable that a car could do that and how fast it caused these units to go up,” Smith said.
Chief Scott Garing of the Harmony Fire Department said the front of the second unit, where the car was parked, sustained the most damage, but none of the six units were a total loss. Garing said there’s a reason for that.
“It started to spread through the roof and common walls. The firewalls in the attic are what stopped it from spreading,” Garing said.
Smith, who had to deliver the news to her next-door neighbor who is out of town, said her home only sustained smoke damage and she is thankful her kids and neighbors got out safely.
“I’m good, yeah. I’m very lucky,” Smith said.
No injuries were reported. Crews at the scene told us the fire remains under investigation.
Washington County 911 dispatchers said one person suffered burns and another suffered smoke inhalation at the scene of a house fire in Charleroi, Washington County.
The fire was reported around 3:45 a.m. Tuesday on the 700 block of McKean Avenue.
A fire underneath a Pittsburgh bridge caused the ‘T’ rail system to stop operations.
According to Pittsburgh Regional Transit, the fire was located underneath the Panhandle Bridge, the bridge the light rail cars take to cross the Monongahela River.
A Pittsburgh Regional Transit representative said the fire was at a homeless encampment and may have been out, but engineers needed to check the bridge for any potential damage.
Allegheny County dispatchers say police, firefighters and medics were dispatched to the 1200 block of 8th Avenue in Natrona Heights at around 5:50 p.m. Sunday.
One person suffered minor burns but did not need to be taken to the hospital, dispatchers said.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has learned an older woman lived in the home. She woke up and saw her couch on fire. Officials said she suffered burns on her hands while trying to put the fire out but did not need to be taken to the hospital.
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Fire officials said the home was fully engulfed by the time crews got there.
The fire chief says it may have been an electrical fire, but the official cause remains under investigation.
Emergency crews responded to the scene of a motel fire in South Greensburg on Thursday.
Firefighters battled the blaze at the Knights Inn on South Main Street just before Noon.
Multiple rooms were damaged in the fire. No one was hurt.
The fire chief told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Jim Madalinsky that this was the second time in a week crews were called to a fire at the motel. The previous one was on the other side of the motel property.
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There is no word on what caused the blaze. Fire officials are investigating.
Two people were rescued from a fire in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood early Tuesday morning, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV said. City fire trucks were at the scene of the fire along Beechview Avenue, between Sebring and Hampshire avenues. The fire at the two-story home was reported at 4:45 a.m.
A Christmas Day fire destroyed the Thompson Meat Market in West Sunbury.
A historic business in the heart of West Sunbury was completely destroyed in a Christmas Day morning fire.
The first call came into the Butler County 911 Center around 10:15 a.m. for heavy smoke coming from Thompson’s Country Market on Route 308. According to emergency dispatch calls, the fire appeared to start in the back of the building.
If you would like to donate to those impacted by the fire you can visit or reach out to Three C’s Pizza in West Sunbury. They are accepting some of the following items:
Extra small women’s clothing, size-8 women’s shoes
Extra large women’s tops, large (size-16) women’s bottoms, size-10 women’s shoes
Double-extra large men’s tops, size-34 men’s pants, size-13 shoes
Extra large or double-extra large men’s tops, size-9 shoes
Allegheny County dispatch confirms that two people have been taken to the hospital after a fire broke out at a residence in Brentwood Wednesday evening.
First responders were on the scene at 2800 Brentwood Ave. in Brentwood. According to Brentwood Emergency Management Coordinator John Balkovec, firefighters completed three rescues, with two people transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Two dogs died at the scene from smoke inhalation.
Five families are displaced at this time, Balkovec says. The cause for this fire is under investigation.
The fire broke out at the 3400 block of McClure Avenue stated the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, and many calls were made to emergency services alerting them.
It was stated by officials using Broadcastify, that there were four children in the home
Starting off as a two-alarm fire, it became a larger situation and another fire company was called to the scene.
An hour into the ordeal, it was reported that a female was taken to the hospital in stable by serious condition. A firefighter, who suffered from an arm laceration, was also taken to the hospital.
The Pittsburgh Public Safety stated to NBCNews that there were three other residents of the home, and they were unaccounted for.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two children have died in an early morning house fire in Sewickley.
The fire broke out just before 3 a.m. along Miller Way.
Allegheny County Police say that two children were pulled from the home by firefighters, but died at the scene. The two children have not yet been identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office.
Police say that an adult was able to get out of the home. They were taken to the hospital, but their condition has not been made available.
Allegheny County Homicide detectives and the County Fire Marshals Office are investigating.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
The two children have not yet been identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office.