Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, March 12:
2 injured in Elizabeth Township house fire
Two people were injured and taken by ambulance for hospital treatment after a fire broke out early Wednesday at a home in Elizabeth Township.
The fire was reported at about 2 a.m. in the 5200 block of West Smithfield Street, according to an Allegheny County 911 supervisor.
Elizabeth Township No. 1 Fire Chief Adam Janosko told TribLive news partner WTAE the two people who were injured escaped from the burning house. A woman jumped from a second-floor window onto a porch roof while a man was able to exit through the front door. The extent of their injuries wasn’t clear.
Firefighting crews were trying to determine if a dog also was inside the house.
A hydrant that was closest to the home didn’t have sufficient water volume, according to Janosko. “We utilized a second hydrant further down Smithfield and relied on tank water from Lincoln Borough,” he said.
The house was heavily damaged, and there was some exterior damage to a nearby home.
Crews remained at the scene after 5 a.m.
An Allegheny County fire marshal is investigating the cause of the blaze.
Rivers Casino reports data breach
Pittsburgh-area residents are among those who received a letter indicating their personal information may have been involved in a data breach at Rivers Casino Philadelphia.
TribLive news partner WTAE received copies of the letter from several residents who said they’d never been to the Philadelphia casino.
The casino told the station the affected computer files included patron information from Rivers Casino locations in Phiadelphia and Pittsburgh.
According to the letter, the casino recently “determined that an unauthorized actor accessed and/or took certain files stored on our computer servers. … To help prevent another incident from occurring, we have implemented additional measures to enhance the security of our network.”
The casino said it determined on Feb. 16 that the involved files may have contained patrons’ date of birth, Social Security number and driver’s license number. It hasn’t indicated how many patrons were affected.