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Dauphin and Lancaster County, PA units were alerted to the house fire in Londonderry Township (Elizabethtown, PA), Box 54-2, on Saturday afternoon (12/27/14).  Units arrived to find heavy fire and smoke showing from a ranch style house.  A tanker task force was assembled and a fill site was established about 3/4 mile from the fire.  Tankers shuttled water continuously to the scene.  Once the fire was knocked, crews located the body of a 78-year old woman in the house.  Fire marshals and investigators were called to the scene and determined that the cause of the fire was accidental.  More about the fire can be read on the PennLive Web site:

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/12/woman_dead_fire_londonderry_to.html

Here are a selection of photos from my friend Dale Feehrer of Feehrer Apparatus Photos (https://www.facebook.com/dale.feehrer.9) and myself.  I happened to be visiting family in Hershey, PA when this box was toned out.

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firemen after fighting a house fire

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fire department water tender

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fire trucks at night fire scene

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fire engine at night

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rural water supply at fire scene

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firemen at fatal fire scene

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fire scene at dawn

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fire scene at dawn

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A vacant residence in the 4000 block of Wiggins Road was destroyed in an evening fire Wednesday 17-December.  The initial call was received at 17:07. Colleton County (SC) Fire-Rescue Engine 6 arrived to find the single-story, wood-frame structure approximately 70% involved. The home is located in a remote rural area. Firefighter-Paramedics deployed multiple handlines to combat the fire.

The flames extended into a wooded area adjacent to the home and a tractor was requested from the Forestry Commission. Firefighters knocked down the heavy flames within 25 minutes, but were on the scene for 4 hours performing overhaul. Water supply was conducted with a tender shuttle. The Forestry Commission plowed a fire line around the property to contain the woods fire. The home had no power connected and the fire was apparently intentionally set. Fire investigators and the Sheriff’s Office are investigating the incident.

Engine 6, Engine 13, Tender 6, Tender 13, Tender 22, Tender 25, Medic 6, Medic 13, Battalion 1. and Car 107 responded. Asst. Chief Marty Stallings served as the incident commander.

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

fire trucks at night fire scene

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firemen at night fire scene

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firemen at night fire scene

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firemen at night fire scene

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More shots from the working fire in Chicago 12-28-14 at 8001 S. Morgan

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firemen on roof at house fire

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firemen with saw on roof at house fire

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firemen with hose enter house on fire

Eric Haak photo

firemen with hose enter house on fire

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smoke from house fire

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fire blowing out of window

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firemen with saw on roof at house fire

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fire blowing out of window

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Chicago fire truck at fire scene

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Chicago fire engine at fire scene

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Chicago fire engine at fire scene

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smoke from house fire

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fire blowing out of window

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smoke from house fire

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Montgomery County Fire & Rescue units from the 3rd and 4th battalions were alerted to the house fire on Paul Drive in Rockville towards the tail end of the evening rush hour on Friday.  First arriving units reported the working fire with fire showing from the 2nd floor.  The working fire dispatch was sounded, followed quickly by the RIT alert/alarm.

Firefighters from Rockville companies 3, 23 and 33; Kensington Company 5; and 25; and Rescue 2 (Wheaton) battled the fire.  Firefighters rescued a puppy from the house and the dog was quickly returned to its owner, shaken but unharmed.

Chiefs 5 and 703 had command.

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More photos can be viewed on my Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/59625319@N02/

Here are some of my pictures from the fire in Robbins. Got there fairly quick as we were in Harvey. Got some real good nighttime photos.

Josh

house fully engulfed in flames

Josh Boyajian photo

house fully engulfed in flames

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house fully engulfed in flames

Josh Boyajian photo

house fully engulfed in flames

Josh Boyajian photo

 Here is the link to the full gallery. http://chi-townfirephotos.smugmug.com/Suburban-Fires-/2014-Fires/Robbins-211-Alarm-137th-and-La/

Images from Dennis McGuire, Jr. from a 2-Alarm fire in Robbins, IL 12-19-14 that resulted in a Mayday response after a firefighter was injured when the house collapsed

house fully engulfed in flames

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

house fully engulfed in flames

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

house fully engulfed in flames

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

house fully engulfed in flames

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

fire truck with master stream at nigh

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

fire chiefs at night fire scene

Dennis McGuire, Jr. photo

Here is a link to more photos: http://312firephotos.smugmug.com/Suburban-Fires/2014/Robbins-Illinois-2nd-Alarm-MAY