Pennsylvania Firefighter Reportedly Caught in Flashover

  • Source: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh
  • Published: 03/27/2017 12:00 AM

A fire on Sunday morning destroyed a three-story building that was home to a diner and apartments in Butler. Emergency dispatchers said the fire was reported shortly after 9 a.m. at a building on Center Avenue that houses Hutch's diner and two floors of apartments. One firefighter was reported caught in a flashover by the rapidly spreading flames and exited through a window and onto the roof of a neighboring building, where other firefighters helped him to safety. "He was actually hanging there for about 5 to 10 minutes until we could get a ladder up to him," Butler Fire Capt. Kevin McAfee said. "It was pretty scary seeing him hanging there."



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