Fire Investigators Determine Overnight Allentown Fire Was ‘Intentionally Set’

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police say the overnight fire that displaced a family and destroyed a home in the city’s Allentown section was “intentionally set.”
The home along Excelsior Street caught fire around midnight Wednesday.
Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Brian Smithmyer
A family of six was able to escape the two-alarm fire on their own.
Firefighters were able to bring the flames under control in about 45 minutes and no injuries were re