UPDATE: Apartment Fire Displaces Five Dormont Residents

morning has displaced five Dormont residents.

Deputy Chief Jeff Arnold said the initial call came in at 2:47 a.m. Wednesday morning for a fire at 2728 Miles Ave. in Dormont.

“The fire started in the rear of the structure and the damage is pretty much contained to that,” Arnold said.

Arnold said the fire started on the first floor of the three-story building and reached a portion of the second floor as it climbed an outside wall, but the building did not have major structural damage.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, Arnold said. There were no major injuries and no damage to surrounding buildings.

Five people—two adult individuals and one adult with two children—received aid from the American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Region after the fire.

Red Cross communications officer Lauren Chapman said people from two of the affected apartment units are being housed by the Red Cross, and those from the third found housing elsewhere.

The Red Cross also provided food and clothes. Chapman said she did not know of any local funds or collections set up to help the people affected.

If you know of a collection set up to help the fire victims, please post below or contact me at erin.faulk@patch.com.