01/12/15 Passaic, NJ – Passaic firefighters battled this stubborn dwelling fire in frigid temperatures Saturday. Firefighters battled the fire in the attic unsuccessfully before withdrawing the crews . Two additional alarms were transmitted bringing mutual aid to the scene. All members were removed from the dwelling for a defensive operation. The fire took about an hour to bring under control. Several members were injured from the icy conditions.
11/15/14 New Haven, CT – Companies were dispatched for reported smoke and fire in the area. Upon their arrival they found heavy smoke in the area. A further investigation found a vacant, three-story, wood frame with heavy smoke and fire showing. Companies assumed a defensive attack using master streams and hand lines. Truck 1 was special called and went to work with their tower ladder darkening down the heavy volume of fire. There were no exposure issues or life hazards. The blaze took about an hour to bring under control. The cause of the fire is under investigation and is being called suspicious.
08/25/14 New Haven. CT – New Haven firefighters received a 911 call and an AFA, shortly after six o’clock in the evening, from Delaney’s Tap Room, reporting smoke in the basement. Responding firefighters found a two-story frame, residential over commercial with fire showing on the outside of the building extending up the siding. Live wires were also arcing on the establishment and poles near by.
Firefighters attempted to make an interior attack, but were thwarted by the catacomb like basement of the nearly 150 year-old building, the heavy smoke, and electrically charged premises. Battalion Chief Gould pulled members from the building and transmitted the second alarm.
Companies prepared for the firefight as heavy smoke pushed from the building. Due to the construction of the building and numerous additions over the years, the fire would burn for over six hours requiring the need for two more alarms. Thick, acrid, brown smoke poured from the establishment, blanketing the area and making the exterior firefight extremely difficult.
Parts of the 150 year-old building eventually collapsed into itself helping firefighters gain the upper hand and douse the remaining fire. Heavy equipment would have to be brought in the next day to assist in extinguishing the pockets of fire. The structure was a total loss.
Multiple firefighters were transported with various injuries from the blaze. The state fire marshal was brought in to help with determining a cause of the blaze.
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