Glow in the sky over northeastern Allegheny County

I am sure you have all seen the giant flame that has been lighting up the night sky and can be seen for miles, even down into the City of Pittsburgh, Penn Hills and Reserve Township. There have been a multiplicity of calls coming into the Allegheny and Westmoreland County 9-1-1 centers from numerous communities, all reporting a large fire in the area. Callers have reported this giant flame as being everything from a brush fire to a building fire.

You wouldn't believe how many times callers reported that the Pittsburgh Mills mall is on fire. So the calls have been processed and many fire pagers have been tripped over the past couple of days, sending firefighters out into the cold day and night responding to the reported brush fires, unknown type fires and building fires, only to find that the source ends up being the controlled flare burn of the gas well on Yutes Run Road in Frazer Township, behind the Pittsburgh Mills mall.

This controlled burn could go on anywhere from several days to a couple of weeks. So remember folks when you see this flame shooting into the sky, the Pittsburgh Mills mall is not on fire, because if it actually were on fire, there would be a bunch of smoke and probably a whole shitload more flames!! I am not sure how the guests at the Springfield Suites are getting any sleep, as the roar from the flare burn at the gas well sounds like a jet plane!

So this is what all the fuss is about and why everyone thinks there is one big ass fire somewhere....See for yourselves!