Massive flames shot through the roof of the Avonmore Italian Club in Westmoreland County on Saturday morning. The Italian Club was left with a huge hole in the building after the roof collapsed during the fire. Chief John Shaffer was a few blocks away at home when the call came in.

“Got a report of a small kitchen fire, nothing heavy,” Shaffer said. The Avonmore Fire Department is less than a block away from the Italian Club and firefighters got there quickly, but the fire burned faster and firefighters could do little to save the building.