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2009 starting off HOT! CFD run #2 for 2009 is a huge structure fire! Photos, Video, & Audio here...
By Andrew Pollack on 01/04/2009 at 01:45 AM ESTI'd already mentioned in this previous post that our first run of 2009 was a structure fire on a really cold night. Well, shockingly, our SECOND run of the new year was also a structure fire. The weather wasn't as cold -- this time it was just below freezing -- but the fire was much, much larger.
I rolled up in our Ladder 7, and just our luck we were 20 seconds behind Falmouth's Tower truck. They ended up putting their stick in the air and running their master stream for hours, while we ended up "staging" off to the side in case another call came in or additional resources were needed. That did give me time to take a bunch of pictures. Other than taking these pictures, I didn't do much at this one other than move a couple of trucks around.
Most important -- nobody was hurt.
Here's a link to the WCSH-6 TV News story....
Here's the Second Signal recorded audio from the fire radios for the call....
Video shots -- also taken with my little digital camera. The last one is my favorite.
57 Seconds Lots of steam, smoke and fire. Freeport's Tower truck working from above with its master stream | 19 Seconds Close up on the tower using its master stream with lots of fire around it | 6 Seconds More backgound - lots of fire and smoke | 15 Seconds Crew in tower fighting lots of fire and smoke | 22 Seconds Massive Fire showing behind the crew in the towers |
Pictures -- As usual, click any of these thumbnails to see the full picture.
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