DLC: Thousands without power in Pittsburgh area after high winds, heat

STARTS RIGHT NOW. TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH HEAT REALLY TOOK A TOLL ON POWER LINES IN OUR REGION. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I’M KRISTIN POWERS AND I’M MIKE CLARK DUQUESNE LIGHT OFFICIALS SAY THEIR CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING ALL DAY LONG, RESTORING POWER TO AS MANY AS 20,000 CUSTOMERS. AND AT LAST CHECK, ABOUT 6700 HOMES IN ALLEGHENY AND BEAVER COUNTIES REMAIN IN THE DARK TONIGHT. DUQUESNE LIGHT SAYS IT BELIEVES THE WIND WAS A FACTOR IN BRINGING DOWN A POWER LINE ONTO A HOUSE, SPARKING A FIRE IN PITTSBURGH’S SPRING HILL CITY VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK AT A UTILITY CREW STILL ON SCENE THERE. FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED TO LLEWELLYN STREET THIS AFTERNOON FOR A HOUSE FIRE. TWO WOMEN WERE RESCUED FROM THE HOME, WHICH WAS ALSO ENERGIZED BY ELECTRICITY OUTSIDE. ONE OF THEM RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM A NEARBY FENCE, THEN FIREFIGHTERS WERE FORCED TO WAIT TO FIGHT THAT FIRE. WE WERE SORT OF IN A STANDING PATTERN UNTIL DUQUESNE LIGHT ARRIVED, OR UNTIL THEY SHUT THE POWER OFF. WE COULDN’T. WE COULDN’T PUT ANY WATER ON THE FIRE. AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE IT’S TOO DANGEROUS. WATER AND ELECTRICITY DO NOT MIX. SO BATTLING A LOT THERE, THE INJURED WOMAN WAS CHECKED OUT BY MEDICS ON SCENE. MORE THAN 50