
For a second time in a week, residents at the Thomas Campbell Apartments in South Strabane were evacuated from their apartments, but, less than twenty-four hours later, were allowed to return. Residents were evacuated Wednesday after a sensor connected to an elevator in the building failed an inspection. Officials say the state inspector found that the elevator would still function even during an emergency when it is supposed to return to the ground floor. As they did following last week’s fire, residents were transported to an extended stay facility. Arthur Keys, the President of the Board of Directors at the complex says 55 residents were moved. He says repairs were made Wednesday evening and a follow-up inspection Thursday morning showed that everything was in working order and residents could return to their apartments. Residents living on the ground floor were able to stay since they do not require the elevator. Residents in more than fifty units were displaced by the fire that sent six people to area hospitals. One resident, a 78 year old woman, died this past weekend at a Pittsburgh hospital. Keys says repair work on the damaged units has already begun, but he declined to say when they would be ready to be occupied again.