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Fireground Video: Mayday Called at Youell’s Oyster House 3rd Alarm Commercial Fire. 5 Allentown, PA Firefighters Injured at Scene.
1 commentUpdated with a second video from newsworking (below the first) and dispatch audio at the bottom.
Five firefighters were taken to local hospitals with injuries.
Two firefighters who entered the burning structure at 2249 W. Walnut St. suffered burns and were treated and released from St. Luke’s Hospital-Allentown. Two other firefighters were injured when an exterior wall partially collapsed on them, and one firefighter slipped on the ice rushing to their aid.
Capt. John Christopher said those three firefighters are being treated at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest and are expected to be released.
More coverage at MyFoxPhilly.com and Mcall.com and FirefighterNation.com
Peabody, MA Firefighter James Rice Dies in The Line of Duty at Hancock Street Apartment Fire
3 commentsEarlier report on Fire Critic.com here
Officials have identified James Rice as the firefighter who died at a fire today in Peabody, Mass.
The fire went to 3 alarms at 5 Hancock Street in Peabody. Firefighters from Danvers, Salem and Lynnfield also responded to the fire to assist. The initial call came in around 1:30pm.
Firefighter James Rice leaves behind a wife and 3 children. Reports are varied on his age between 38 – 46 years old. He was an 11 year veteran of the Peabody Fire Department.
Many were circulating the news very early on twitter. They used the nickname “Jim” when referring to James. I am not sure that he went by Jim or not.
More updates on Fire Critic Facebook Page
News Links:
- Two-alarm fire in Peabody
- Massive blaze at home on Hancock Street in Peabody
- Peabody firefighter injured battling three-alarm blaze
- UPDATE: Hancock Street Fire is Out; 13 Left Homeless
- UPDATE: Firefighters Battle Three-Alarm Blaze; One Firefighter Taken to Hospital
- Statter911.com has some additional photo links and information
Updated: One Firefighter Dies at Three Alarm Apartment Fire in Peabody, MA. 13 Left Homeless
1 commentUpdate 16:49 hours:
According to multiple news sources including MyFOXBoston.com, a firefighter has died from injuries sustained at this fire. There is a news conference scheduled at 5pm.
PEABODY (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – A firefighter was killed on Friday after battling a fire on Hancock Street in Peabody.
The firefighter was rushed to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
16:36 hours:
A fire broke out at an apartment complex at 5 Hancock Street in Peabody, Mass. today leaving 13 homeless. The fire went to 3 alarms and apparently sent one firefighter to the hospital.
FirefighterCloseCalls.com reports other firefighters were injured as well.
The call came in around 1:30pm and the fire was out by 3:00pm.
Peabody firefighters were on scene with firefighters from Danvers, Salem and Lynnfield.
There has been no official word about the condition of the firefighter taken from the scene. There have been unconfirmed reports on social media about the firefighter, but Peabody Fire has not confirmed his condition. A 5 p.m. press conference is planned.
Photo from http://www.myfoxboston.com
Updates to follow
News:
This fire occured on April 3, 2011. The three alarm fire was at 824 Mountain Avenue in Westfield, New Jersey. See more great footage of fires from AllHandsGoingToWork on Youtube.
Around 5:30pm, firefighters were called to this Henchman Terrace house for a reported structure fire. Upon arrival, the 3rd floor was fully involved. A 2nd then a quick 3rd alarm were transmitted.
Interior crews had to back out and go to exterior operations as conditions deteriorated and the fire tore through the roof.
Besides the house being at the end of a deadend street, frozen hydrants, ice and several feet of snow hampered firefighting efforts.
The fire was declared under control about 2 hours after the initial alarm.
North Attleborough, MA aka North Attleboro, MA
North Attleborough firefighters were busy battling a 3 alarm fire at a historic home on South Washington Street today.
Fire Chief Peter Lamb collapsed on scene and was transported to the hospital.
This report says the the Fire Chief was hospitalized for a flu virus or stomach bug.
Chief Pete Lamb also has a web site at petelamb.com. It hasn’t been updated for a while though.
Chief Lamb was recently in the news after he got a bad midyear review by a fire commissioner. Apparently, Chief Lamb did not inform town officials that he planned on running for the board of selectmen. Read that story here.
Fire Chief Peter Lamb is steamed over a midyear review in which a fire commissioner deducted points for the chief’s failure to inform town officials he planned to run for the board of selectmen.
North Attleboro Chief Peter Lamb is placed on a stretcher after collapsing at a fire on South Washington Street. (source)
Firefighters responded to the home, located at 168 South Washington St., at around 2:45 p.m. to find heavy smoke in the basement and the first floor. It is not clear whether anyone was home when the fire occurred.
Smoke continued to billow from the house as firefighters were given an evacuation order at around 3:30 p.m. Firefighters chopped holes in the roof to vent the smoke as they continued to fight the blaze.
A ruptured (and burning) gas line hampered firefighters while battling a 3 alarm fire in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The fire would end up injuring 4 firefighters. One of the tenants in the house is a local paid on call firefighter. The fire was at 12 Hazel St. in Uxbridge.
WCVB-TV, Ch. 5 Multiple towns responded to a fire at 12 Hazel St. in Uxbridge which injured several firefighters.
The news links are below followed by a decent video of the blaze from ProvidenceFireVideos.com.
Have you ever wondered about the victims of incidents you run. I admit that occasionally I am interested in the outcome if we run something interesting.
What about the people whose houses burn?
I posted on the triple decker fire in Woonsocket, RI fire the other day. You can view that post here as well as an additional video below.
One of the tenants in the building on fire also runs a blog titled “Sheepless in Rhode Island“. The woman says that her and her husband were able to make it out of the house with the clothes on their backs and the computer tower. They are unsure if their two cats survived.
I just thought it was kind of interesting seeing the flip side of things. As a firefighter, I am glad to hear that they got out safe and I hope they might not have lost everything.
Today, Woonsocket Firefighters battled a 3 alarm fire through the roof in a triple decker with extension into one of the exposures.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Firefighters are tackling a three-alarm blaze in a triple-decker house at 97 Rebekah St.
Flames still engulfed the structure at 12:45 p.m. The alarm was turned in around 12:15 p.m.
Providence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski
Update: Here are some links to the story…
Children Escape Brooklyn House Fire By Jumping From Window
Boy hurt jumping from window; 15 displaced by fire
Thanks to Backstep Firefighter for the links!
I just watched a video and I will share it below. The house is small, yet the amount of firefighters on scene is a lot. It is in New York. In order to get that many firefighters on scene, MY city would be looking at close to 3/4 of our resources. Plus there is a platform AND a stick in the air. That takes some keen apparatus placement.
The description states that it went to a 2nd alarm and quickly to a 3rd alarm. Again, as I look at the house I think that it just so small…sure there is an exposure about a foot away, but it is brick.
Then the camera man pans out to the exposure. Not only is it brick, but it has several windows on the side the house is. Oh, and the exposure is about 6 stories high and a block or two long. Then it puts everything into perspective!
Much of a Carmel strip mall was reduced to ash and cinders after fire ripped through the building early Thursday, ravaging two eateries and a wine shop.
Carmel firefighters received the initial call about smoke and haze in the Dunkin’ Donuts, 1300 block of South Rangeline Road, about 2:20 a.m. but were unable to find the cause after about an hour of searching the roof and ceiling with a thermal imaging camera, said department spokesman Bruce Knott.
Chalking it up to issues with the store’s heating and cooling system, firefighters left, only to return about an hour later as the roof erupted into flames. The three employees inside at the time of the fire managed to escape without injury.
Dunkin Donuts on fire from Jon Sands on Vimeo.
You Can’t Win Them All: Springfield, NJ Firefighters lose Apartment Complex in 3 Alarm Fire
1 commentSpringfield, NJ firefighters battle a 3 alarm fire in this apartment complex in September. The video states the fire was in the cockloft. Unfortunately, the firefighters are unable to suppress the seat of the fire and end up going defensive.
We can’t win them all.
Check out this 3rd alarm fire in Allentown, PA. The fire shows that there is plenty of roof work for everyone before they had to back off to an adjacent roof and move to a defensive attack. It is hard to tell what is going on inside or on the ground because the video doesn’t show it. However, by all accounts these guys should be content with the work of the day. After all, there was plenty of it!
San Francisco firefighters found themselves battling two mutli-alarm fires today. One involving four apartment buildings in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and another involving several warehouses in the Bayview District. The Bayview fire went to four alarms while the Haight-Ashbury fire went to three alarms.
Needless to say, SF firefighters were very busy.
Photo from http://www.nbcbayarea.com by Bryan Carmody
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