Fire Investigators: Electrical System Failure Caused Gulf Tower Blaze

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire’s Investigation Unit says it has determined the cause of last month’s fire at the Gulf Tower downtown.
According to investigators, the basement fire that sent smoke plumes from the top of the skyscraper was caused by a “failure of the secondary phase” of the structure’s electrical system.
They add that Duquesne Light Company’s infrastructure had nothing to do with sparking it.The Fi