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Three alarm fire broke out early evening Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 910 West St. in Homestead.
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Crews demolish vacant Homestead house after three-alarm fire

Steve Willing/KDKA

Crews demolish vacant Homestead house after three-alarm fire

This story was updated at 7 a.m. on Thursday, May 12.

Crews demolished a house in Homestead that caught fire Wednesday evening and occupied firefighters for hours.

The three-alarm fire was reported around 7 p.m. at a house in the 900 block of West Street, Post-Gazette news partner KDKA-TV reported.

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Overnight, crews knocked down the rest of the structure. 

House demolitionThe demolished house in the 900 block of West Street in Homestead.(Brian Smithmyer/KDKA)

No injuries were reported.

Dozens of firefighters from several fire departments spent hours fighting the flames. 

KDKA reported that the house had been vacant for several years and that the fire may have damaged a second vacant house nearby.

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The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating the cause.

First Published: May 12, 2022, 12:03 a.m.
Updated: May 12, 2022, 11:02 a.m.

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Three alarm fire broke out early evening Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 910 West St. in Homestead.  (Steve Willing/KDKA)
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