Dwelling, fire throughout, collapsed quickly near Holcomb & Goethe (4/23/16)
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While on “patrol” in Detroit, we found a job at Gratiot and Seminole. We arrived to find a rapidly spreading fire involving two dwellings and it had not been reported. We were with the Detroit photo guy so he was able to report it directly to Central immediately by radio. We observed all the operations from pre-arrival to collapse. They pretty much considered this a let-it-burn job but there were several occupied exposures nearby that were well covered. The tower ladder was primarily a water curtain for radiant heat until the buildings collapsed, then used for overhaul. This was a spectacular event to witness and I was able to get an assortment of some nice images.
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Made a quick trip to Detroit last week, overall very quiet. These first shots are from a couple of daytime box alarms that weren’t much to see by the time we got in.
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Last night while prowling Detroit we discovered a rapidly spreading fire that destroyed two dwellings. After reporting the fire we were able to observe the Detroit FD operations.
Chicago firefighters were called to a laundromat at 5130 W. Fullerton Avenue after 2AM Monday morning (4/4/16) and found heavy fire in a one-story, 60×100, commercial building with a bow-string truss roof. The building had no immediate exposures with parking lots on either side. After venting the roof, companies went defensive with Tower Ladder 14 setup to the west and Squad 2A to the east. There was a special call for an additional tower ladder which brought Tower Ladder 23 to the front of the building. Two multi-versals and the three elevated master streams inundated the building with water for two hours.
Heavy fire vented out the front of the building burning a car parked at the curb. The utility company was called to shut off gas to the building as a gas fed fire burned freely near the front.
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More photos at shapirophotography.net and chicagoareafire.com
A house fire at 2513 73rd Avenue in Elmwood Park, IL 4-3-16.
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Some shots from a 4-11 at Hastings and Wolcott in Chicago. It was a barrel works as I recall and the embers from this drifted a block away and burned out some rooms on the top floor of an occupied apartment building. I forget it’s exact location. We ran down there just as the companies arrived. It may have been a box or maybe they just grabbed units from the 4-11. Truck 1 was used here with their brand new E-One rig with the pre-piped waterway. This was November 1989.
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