Box Alarm, fire reported in a vacant dwelling at Intervale and Terry. Engine 53 on scene stretching on a dwelling. Chief 4 reports heavy fire on the second floor of a story and a half vacant dwelling. Companies on the Box Alarm: E53 E30 E59 L26 S1 C4. Josh Boyajian
07/04/16 Detroit, MI – Fire tore through several apartments on three floors of this large apartment building leaving many people displaced. A second alarm was transmitted due to reports of people trapped and the fire conditions on arrival. The fire was brought under control by aggressive firefighting.
07/03/16 Detroit, MI – On the evening of Sunday, July 3 the Nortown Community Development Corporation got a call that there was a fire at the Philetus W. Norris House at 17815 Mount Elliot in Detroit. The house was built in 1873 and was the home of Colonel Philetus W. Norris. Before starting the Village of Norris he made a name for himself as a spy for the North in the Civil War. The house was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It was designated a city of Detroit historic district in 1995.
April 18th, 2016 in front of Detroit Medical Center’s Heart Hospital. The ambulance had pulled out from underneath the bay after dropping off a patient. Detroit Engine 1 made quick work of it and it was an interesting few minutes of photography … to say the least.
Here are some photos and a video of the box alarm vacant house fire in Detroit at Camden and Dickerson.
Chief 9 reported smoke showing before even going on scene, Engine 50 went on scene and reported they were stretching on a dwelling. Chief 9 arrived on scene and reported a two-story vacant dwelling with fire throughout and that they were going to take a defensive posture.
We were about 15 minutes away when companies started going en route.
