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Kitchener, ON firefighters responded to 111 Second Ave for an early morning house fire May 8, 2017. P4 arrived on scene reporting heavy fire venting from the front bedroom window. Firefighters pulled an unconscious women from the home who was transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Crews were pulled from the structure once the occupant was found. Heavy fire vented from the front and rear windows and eventually took hold of the attic. The Ontario Fire Marshall has been called in to determine the cause of the $150,000 blaze. Box 690 provided rehab.

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firefighters battle house fire

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flames through roof of house on fire in Canada

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flames through roof of house on fire in Canada

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flames through roof of house on fire in Canada

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flames through roof of house on fire in Canada

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flames through roof of house on fire in Canada

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aftermath of house fire

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Kitchener fire trucks at fire scene

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Kitchener fire truck at fire scene

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firefighters decon after battling house fire

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Kitchener fire trucks at fire scene

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Kitchener fire truck at fire scene

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firefighter rolls hose after fire

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fire chief speaks to media at fire scene

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Images are from a still & box on the 5600 block of South LaSalle this morning. Engine 84 landed around 5:20 with rear porches and asked for the box. Eric Haak

Firefighters at fire scene

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Firefighters at fire scene

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Chicago FD Squad 5A

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Chicago FD Squad 5A

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Chicago FD Engine 84

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Firefighters at fire scene

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 37

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Chicago FD Engine 84

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 37

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 37

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 37

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Chicago FD Engine 47

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fire trucks at fire scene

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Here are some photos of the Box Alarm for the house fire in Berwyn at 3310 S Home Ave. The fire started at approx. 11:45 hours. Companies arrived on scene and reported heavy smoke and fire showing from the roof. The Box Alarm was initiated about 10 minutes into the incident. One victim was found deceased. Thanks. -Jeff Braun Jr.

Spartan fire engine o a hydrant

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master streams directed at house fire

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heavy smoke from house on fire

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smoke and flames from house on fire

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Oak park FD E-ONE tower ladder at house fire

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fire trucks at fire scene

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hose lines off of fire engine on a hydrant

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more photos at chicagoareafire.com and here and here

Kitchener, Ontario fire fighters were dispatched for a kitchen fire at 37 Edna Street at 19:20. A2 arrived on scene first reporting light white smoke coming from the eaves of the 1.5 story house. P3 pulled two 1.75” attack lines while P4 picked up the hydrant and pulled one 1.75” line from their pumper. The fire started in the rear of the house on the main floor and extended up to the second level. The fire was knocked down in 25 minutes, with extensive overhaul on both floors. Box 690 provided rehab. Photos and video taken 10 minutes into the fire. Units on scene Pump 2, 3, 4 (using spare pump 9) 5, Aerial 2, Rescue 1, and Car 23 (PC).

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heavy smoke from house fire

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Kitchener ON FD Aerial 2

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Kitchener ON FD Engine 9

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heavy smoke from house fire

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heavy smoke from house fire

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heavy smoke from house fire

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firefighters vent roof at house fire

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firefighters vent roof at house fire

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Kitchener ON FD Engine 9

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Kitchener ON FD Rescue 1

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Kitchener ON FD Pumper 3

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Kitchener ON FD Engine 2

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Kitchener ON FD fire trucks and EMS units

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A truck driver is credited with saving the lives of three people following a multi-vehicle accident on I-95 near the 49 mile marker northbound, Sunday 30-April at 09:53 in Colleton County, SC. Apparently, a car collided with a pickup truck causing the pickup to spin out of control on the rain slick highway. The car slid down the embankment and struck a tree trapping the male driver. The pickup truck came to rest sideways in the travel lanes. A northbound tractor-trailer was able to stop quickly and maneuver sideways stopping within two feet of the driver’s door of the disabled pickup truck avoiding a collision. A second northbound pickup truck drove into the rear of the tractor trailer at a high rate of speed with about five feet of the truck going under the back of the trailer. The male driver of the second pickup truck was heavily entrapped in his vehicle.

Both northbound lanes of I-95 were blocked by the wreckage. The first Colleton County (SC) Fire-Rescue unit found the driver of the second pickup truck conscious but entrapped. A medical helicopter was requested, but declined the flight due to poor weather conditions. The driver of the car was also trapped with the roof crushed into the passenger compartment. The man had no pulse and was not breathing. The Coroner’s Office was notified.

Firefighter-Paramedics removed debris from the passenger side of the pickup truck and were able to enter the vehicle. Access to the patient was limited, but patient care was initiated while other crewmembers deployed Holmatro rescue tools, using hydraulic spreaders to remove the driver’s door. Crews had the tractor trailer driver carefully pull the truck forward about three feet to provide room to displace the dash. The hydraulic spreader was used to push the dash forward and off of the patient who was extricated with spinal precautions and transported emergent by Medic 13 to the trauma center at Trident.

When the Coroner’s Office completed their investigation, extrication began on the passenger car. Hydraulic spreaders were used to remove the driver’s door, then cutters were used to remove the front section of the roof to free the driver who was transported by the Coroner’s Office. A female passenger in the same vehicle received only minor injuries and was transported to Colleton Medical Center by Medic 26. Northbound traffic on I-95 was stopped in the area of the accident for over two hours.

Engine 1, Rescue 1, Medic 1, Medic 13, Medic 26, Battalion 1, and Car 109 responded. Battalion Chief Brent Dalton served as Incident Commander.

Barry W. McRoy ,Fire Chief ,Colleton County Fire-Rescue

firefighter uses Holmatro spreader at crash site

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firefighter/paramedics with Stryker cot at crash site

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aftermath of pickup truck that slammed into a semi trailer

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firefighters use Holmatro spreaders at crash site

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firefighters use Holmatro cutters at a crash site

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