Morning Roundup: Fire marshal investigating South Park blaze; Pittsburgh SWAT responds to domestic

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Aug. 20:

Fire marshal investigating South Park blaze

The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating what caused a fire to break out Monday evening in a commercial building in South Park.

The blaze was reported along Brownsville Road near Wrescom Street.

Broughton Volunteer Fire Department in a social media post said calls reported a lot of dark smoke billowing from the building.

There had also been an initial concern that someone was trapped in the building, which was not the case, the fire department said.

Several fire departments responded.

Pittsburgh SWAT team responds to domestic incident

Pittsburgh’s SWAT team responded Tuesday morning to a domestic incident at the border of Pittsburgh’s Homewood West and Homewood North neighborhoods.

The SWAT unit was called to the 7000 block of Idlewild Street. Public safety officials said SWAT was responding around 4:30 a.m. to an armed man who was barricaded inside a house following a domestic incident.

Police executed a search warrant inside the house but did not find the man inside, public safety officials said just after 6 a.m.

The investigation is ongoing.

Man struck, injured by car in Strip District

A man is in stable condition after he was hit by a car in Pittsburgh’s Strip District neighborhood Monday morning, public safety officials said.

Officers were dispatched to the intersection of Liberty Avenue and 25th Street around 8 a.m. after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle.

A Pittsburgh Regional Transit driver reported the incident, explaining a man who had been riding the bus ran across the street into traffic.

The driver who struck the man stayed on the scene and is cooperating with police, public safety officials said.

Pittsburgh EMS transported the man to a hospital in stable condition.

$1 million lottery ticket sold in Butler

A $1 million All Cash scratch-off ticket was sold in Butler County.

The Quick Stop on South Main Street will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the lucky ticket.

All Cash is a $20 game with top prizes of $1 million. Scratch-offs are distributed randomly, and the Pennsylvania Lottery and its retailers don’t know where winning tickets will be sold. Lottery officials find out where winning tickets were sold only after a prize has been claimed.

Earlier this month, an Indiana Township pizza shop sold a winning Powerball ticket worth $214 million.