Fire rips through Derry home, ignites fireworks

No one was injured when fire tore through a Derry home Tuesday night, igniting fireworks contained inside.

Firefighters responded after a fire was reported after 9:30 p.m. at 144 N. Ruby St. They knocked down the blaze in about 20 minutes, despite the fireworks going off and a hydrant that broke, fire officials said.

“We had the fireworks, and it didn’t help that the hydrant our truck was sitting on broke,” said Bradenville Fire Chief Mark Piantine. “We had to call in a tanker. We had (the fire) knocked down until the hydrant broke.”

Piantine said two adults and several children were displaced by the fire, which was reported shortly after 9:30 p.m.

Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.