More than a week after a fire at the Second Avenue Commons shelter Downtown displaced more than 100 people, officials plan to move them to a facility in Allentown.
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey signed a disaster emergency declaration Friday evening over Tuesday’s fire at the Second Avenue Commons homeless shelter. The declaration taps the heads of the city’sEmergency Management, Planning and Permits, Licenses and Inspections departments to coordinate an emergency response. According to a statement released by the City