Thick plumes of smoke billowed through Squirrel Hill Tuesday morning as flames tore through a nearby apartment building on Forward Avenue – one street away from Murray Avenue, which has several storefronts and businesses.
Mindy McHale owns StrongerNow – a women’s fitness studio. She had to hold her client’s scheduled morning session virtually, from home, as the fire raged on.
“It’s a slow afternoon here – slow morning, slow afternoon, so luckily, we didn’t have any clients we had to reschedule,” McHale said. “My first concern is for the people who were affected by the fire.”…