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One person taken to the hospital due to bus fire in Oakland

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – At least one person has been taken to the hospital as a result of a bus fire in Oakland on Monday evening. 

According to dispatch, just before 6 p.m., a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus caught fire in the area of Fifth Avenue and Tennyson Avenue. 

University of Pittsburgh Police have said that as of just before 6:30 p.m., the fire was extinguished and those in the area were evacuated safely. 

The condition of the person taken to the hospital was not made available. 

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It’s unknown if anyone else was hurt as a result of the fire. 

We’ve reached out to Pittsburgh Regional Transit for more information and are awaiting a response. 

Patrick Damp
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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.



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