Hope everyone made it out okay :(

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Thank you for posting this. I was outside walking my dog in North Point Breeze & heard a LOT of fire engines & whistles from that direction. Nothing on WTAE or WPXI, so of course I came here.

Weren’t 2 children killed and a firefighter hurt in a fire last night in Wilkinsburg?

I hope everyone made it out safe and there’s no foul play afoot.

Saw smoke after asking neighbors what happened. Hope everyone is ok!!

Nope. 2 kids died

Might not be foul play, just shitty slumlords

I'm just off Ardmore and we lost power within the last 30. Reported it to Duquesne light. Wonder if this is why.

That would be their 2nd fire this evening

I feel that… I rented for a long long time and never had a landlord who actually took care of anything… friggin sad.

The intersection of Swissvale Ave and South Avenue is probably closed off right now. The closest fire hydrant is on the other side of Swissvale Ave. One truck pulled up to it when we were waiting for the light. Two other trucks turned onto Penn Avenue while we were driving out of the area.

I hope anyone who was inside made it out. To see another beautiful house burn down is hard to witness. I wish I had the wallet to save them.

I didn't know there was a house fire just last night. Sounds suspicious but then again it's cold and there are a lot of homeless people in the area.

It could be coincidence, but two big fires two nights on a row is a little odd. Is this house a vacant that could have been occupied by homeless persons? I don’t think last night’s was.

From what I can recall, I'm pretty sure this is one of the many vacant houses on this particular road. The house next door is occupied though.

This is a different house fire

Yikes! Possible arsonist? Three fires in 2 days? Suspish.

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That was last night’s fire. Sad nonetheless but wrong fire.

Seems like. We got our power back though. Hope yours is too

Yeah was only out maybe 30 mins top and came back on shortly after I posted. Thanks.

News says the house was vacant and there were no casualties, thankfully.

Looking at the area on Google Maps, it's sad to see so many fine old houses in disrepair. Reminds me of Detroit ...

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And of course Detroit for a very long time had serious issues with arson on abandoned properties around Halloween. I certainly hope that isn't catching on here.

Devil's Night, when we watched Detroit burn on the 11 o'clock news ...

Yes, and it had been going on so long it was nearly all my parents remembered too.

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Is Pittsburgh becoming abandoned??

I'm not sure, but there seem to be a lot of empty houses in that particular neighborhood.

Do you know much about crafton heights??

No. What's going on there?

Haha nothing, besides the fact that I’m trying to move there so I’m just making sure I’m not moving to an unsavory part

The only thing I know about Crafton is it's where my brother-in-law got busted by the cops trying to score some crack for his wife, a recovering addict who occasionally went on a bender. Since my bro-in-law (being a country boy, and not a drug user himself) was obviously clueless, the cops let him off with just a warning.

Make of that what you will.

I'm in my 50s and every Devil's Night of my childhood, the 11 o'clock news was like prime entertainment.

Oh my god… not to laugh but I swear life is just a curb your enthusiasm episode. I wonder if crafton heights if much different from crafton

I have no idea. I've lived in plenty of bad neighborhoods, though, and my experience has been that if you keep to yourself, maintain situational awareness and don't participate in illicit activities, you'll usually be OK.

I live in an old trailer in the hinterlands now where I have sheep for neighbors. Can recommend!

Omg I need to google where that is!! Also, I grew up in pretty rough neighborhoods so I agree with you - I can never tell when people are being dramatic about crime And homelessness just because of perspective

Well, in all fairness, two victims in a recent shooting were women waiting at a bus stop, so you can be spectacularly unlucky.