current fire scene photos that are not NEWS
This was a fire I took in after work in 08
Still and Box at 5922 W Erie in Chicago (IL), 2 1/2-story frame, 25×50, totally involved. Box on arrival by Truck 29
Got there 3-4 minutes after 96 and the group. Tower Ladder 14 members were on the roof.
Right after the 4th image was taken, 2-2-4 ordered members off the roof since there were no lines on the second floor and conditions were deteriorating in the attic beneath them.
Dan McInerney
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On 8/2/2022, the Manchester (NH) Fire Department was dispatched for a reported fire on Beech Street, just a few blocks from the central fire station. Truck 1 was first-due and reported a fire in the rear of a mutli-story, OMD, with power lines down and fire running up the exterior siding. A second alarm was ordered soon thereafter and a third alarm was also struck, bringing all but one company in the city to the scene. Companies made a trench cut in an attempt to keep the fire from spreading further in the cockloft. About 25 minutes into the fire, crews were evacuated from the building and a defensive attack was made. Multiple handlines and four ladder pipes operated at the scene. Due to the size of the response, mutual aid from around the area covered Manchester stations until mid-afternoon when the fire was under control. The temperature at the time of this fire was just over 90 degrees.
Sean Fesko
On 1/15/2022, the Ashland, Holderness, and New Hampton (NH) Fire Departments were dispatched to a reported building fire just down the road from the Ashland fire station. Crews arrived quickly and reported heavy smoke and fire showing. A second-alarm was requested bringing in more towns from around the Lakes Region. Hampering firefighting efforts were temperatures hovering around 0-degrees and moderate winds pushing the wind chill down to about negative 20-degrees.
On 8/1/2020, Boston (MA) Fire cover companies acting in District 11 responded to a reported fire in Brighton. While the initial location had no fire showing, a returning engine company found the fire down the street and restruck the box.
Sean Fesko
A woman was killed and seven others, including three firefighters, were injured after a fire in a Calumet City (IL) apartment building 5/30/22.
Firefighters arrived on the scene and reported heavy fire on the second floor in a unit in the rear of the building, with flames extending to the seventh floor and the roof.
Four building residents and three firefighters were transported to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The Darien-Woodridge FPD and surrounding departments responded to a fire in an attached garage in the 2100 block of Sunnydale St in Woodridge, IL on the evening of 5-30-22.
Daniel Hynd
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3-11 alarm at 5000 N Clark Street, in Chicago, IL. One (1) civilian transported yellow to Weiss Hospital
