Eight people, including four children, were displaced by a one-alarm fire Sunday night in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County emergency officials said.

Pittsburgh firefighters responded to the blaze that began around 7 p.m. in the back of a house in the 1000 block of Glenn Avenue.

The home was unoccupied at the time of the fire, he said.

The Red Cross is providing the displaced families with food, housing and transportation.

Officials said the fire marshal is investigating.

First Published: July 6, 2015, 1:29 a.m.