Greensburg landlord charged with obstructing emergency companies throughout cellular dwelling fireplace

Mar. 8—The owner of a Greensburg cellular dwelling destroyed by fireplace was charged this week with obstructing emergency companies, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

The Fox Hill Avenue dwelling was engulfed in flames round 12:30 a.m. March 1 and a resident was hospitalized for remedy of accidents. Overhead energy traces broken by the flames had been reside and sparking on the bottom, almost injuring a number of first responders, in line with metropolis police.

The world across the traces was cordoned off with yellow warning tape.

Round 1 a.m. a person later recognized as Jon P. Brady, 64, of Ligonier Township, was seen close to the warning tape. Quite a few first responders warned him to keep away from the wires, however police mentioned Brady lifted up the tape, ducked beneath and walked by the realm, in line with court docket papers. The primary responders continued to yell at him to cease to no avail.

“This interfered with firefighting actions as personnel concerned in extinguishing the fireplace needed to be re-directed now to this space,” Sgt. Hank Fontana Jr. wrote within the grievance.

Police mentioned Brady walked towards firefighters and the trailer earlier than an officer stopped him. He gave the impression to be intoxicated, in line with the grievance.

The property is owned by Brady Providers of Ligonier, in line with county data.

The fees had been despatched by summons. A preliminary listening to is about for Could 11. Brady didn’t have an legal professional listed in on-line court docket data.

Firefighters had been on the scene till about 3 a.m. Performing Police Chief Donald Sarsfield mentioned the reason for the fireplace is undetermined.

Renatta Signorini is a Tribune-Evaluation workers author. You possibly can contact Renatta by e-mail at [email protected] or by way of Twitter .