Three people have been taken to hospitals after fire broke out in one apartment at a high-rise for senior and disabled residents in western Pennsylvania.
Authorities in Brackenridge haven't released the names of the victims, but say two were taken to a nearby hospital for possible smoke inhalation while the third — a man in the unit that caught fire — was being treated at the burn unit at UPMC Mercy hospital in Pittsburgh.
A neighbor tells reporters that man smokes even though he uses oxygen. She says she broke down his door about 4:30 a.m. Friday after she heard him calling for help in his third-floor unit in the Brackenridge Hall Apartments.
The building is run by the Allegheny County Housing Authority and, according to its website, has 63 units on seven floors.
