Couple jumps out window to escape house fire in Elizabeth Township

ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Two people have been taken to the hospital this morning as a result of a house fire on Rack Street in Elizabeth Township.

Around 2 a.m., a fire broke out at the home in a very populated neighborhood just off of West Smithfield Street.

Elizabeth Township Fire Chief Adam Janosko told Channel 11 that a husband and wife live in the house, and it’s believed that they jumped to safety from one of the windows onto a porch roof.

He said that they suffered from smoke inhalation and burns.

He also talked about some of the water issues his firefighters faced at this scene, saying, “The initial hydrant didn’t have the volume that we were looking for, so we utilized the second hydrant further down Smithfield and relied on tank water from Lincoln Borough.”

The Allegheny County Fire Marshall is investigating the cause of the fire.

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