Call about homeless people tunneling into Pittsburgh apartment building's basement leaves residents on edge

An abandoned building next to a large residential complex in Pittsburgh's Troy Hill neighborhood is leaving residents concerned about security due to a possible "tunnel." The city told KDKA it's planning to take action against the vacant structure's owner after dispatchers reported a complaint from the Heinz Lofts' management office on Thursday morning. "They're saying that they found evidence that the homeless people have tunneled into their building through the basement of an abandoned building next door," dispatchers said.

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"The abandoned building hasn't been cleared, unknown if anybody's inside or in the tunnels. They said with the tunneling there's also extension cords."Pittsburgh police told KDKA they got called to respond around 11:30 a.m. for a possible criminal trespass/forcible entry into the Heinz maintenance room that someone had accessed by picking up a boiler grate and reaching it underground, appearing to run electricity from that room to the abandoned building. Sarah Scru