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12066 Dexter, Detroit – Second alarm commercial building fire 10/04/14

Glenn Duda

night fire scene with Pierce fire engine

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heavy smoke from commercial building at night

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heavy smoke from commercial building at night

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Sutphen tower ladder fighting massive fire

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Sutphen tower ladder fighting massive fire

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Sutphen tower ladder fighting massive fire

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Sutphen tower ladder fighting massive fire

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Glenn Duda photo

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Sutphen tower ladder fighting massive fire

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Detroit fire engines at huge night fire scene

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Sutphen tower ladders fighting massive fire

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Sutphen tower ladders fighting massive fire

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heavy smoke from commercial building at night

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13585 Wadsworth Rd. Wadsworth , IL Alaniz Irrigation

Newport pulled box 14-48 to the 3rd alarm for a well-involved house that was also the office of a lawn sprinkler service. A tender shuttle supplied water to multiple handlines and then into Zion’s truck. Heavy fire consumed the house as crews where forced to fight from the outside. Jeff Rudolph

fire truck at fire scene

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firemen with hose line at fire scene

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firemen with hose line at fire scene

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fire truck at fire scene

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fire chief at fire scene

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house on fire

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fire truck at fire scene

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Here are some photos I took at Wadsworth’s 3RD Level Box on Sunday (11-16-14). I was down the street with a friend when we saw the smoke. I didn’t have a radio on me to see what was going on. We drove down towards the smoke and saw the fire. Newport had just gotten on the scene with the first Engine when I arrived. I got some photos of the apparatus and the house. There was a fire in the garage the previous night. Took to long too be a rekindle. This fire is now under investigation.

Niko Stefani

 

firemen at house fire with big flames

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fire truck at fire scene

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firemen with hose line at fire scene

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firemen at house fire with lots of smoke

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fire truck at fire scene

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fire truck at fire scene

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firemen at house fire with lots of smoke

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fire truck at fire scene

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firemen at house fire with lots of smoke

Niko Stefano photo

firemen at house fire with lots of smoke

Niko Stefano photo

fire trucks at fire scene

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Chicago Fire Dept working fire at Hurlbut & Newcastle in Old Norwood Park

Dan Shevlin

Also from Steve Redick

Arrived about 15 minutes into this job and was greeted with fire venting from the roof. Companies made the attic and hit the fire from below in pretty short order. Some items of interest … note the positioning of truck 55, some call this beaching … seemed to work very well here. Also note the ground ladder placement covering all sides of the structure. The images of squad 7 are of the same rig used in the show Chicago Fire. The 7 on the door looks like a good tape job to me and makes me think they’re gonna have this rig for a while. An interesting job in a normally very quiet area.

Steve

firemen on a ladder with fire through the roof of a house

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fire through the roof of a house

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firemen on a ladder with fire through the roof of a house

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Chicago fire engine

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firemen on a ladder with fire through the roof of a house

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Chicago ladder truck at fire scene

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fire truck from the Chicago Fire TV show

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Chicago ladder truck at fire scene

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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.

Glenn Duda

fully-engulfed house destroyed by fire at night

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silhouette of firemen at night fire scene

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silhouette of firemen at night fire scene

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fully-engulfed house destroyed by fire at night

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fully-engulfed house destroyed by fire at night

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firemen with multi-versal at night fire scene

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firemen with multi-versal at night fire scene

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night fire scene with Sutphen aerial tower

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night fire scene with Sutphen aerial tower

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night fire scene with Sutphen aerial tower

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night fire scene with Sutphen aerial tower

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portable command board at huge night fire scene

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night fire scene with Sutphen aerial tower

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night fire scene with Sutphen aerial tower

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More photos can be seen at www.allhandsworking.net

Here are some more images from the 2-11 in Chicago on Saturday (11/15) morning.  There was a fire in this same building back on February 15, 1999.  The circumstances were very similar to this one.  The 1999 fire was on a Sunday morning and started around 0700 hrs.  Like this one, the fire was on the third floor of the building and had multiple people who jumped to escape.  15 were transported back then.  Thankfully only 2 people were transported from this incident (that I was aware of).  If you look in the one image, you will see a gentleman waiting patiently at his window to be rescued.  His apartment was right next to the fire apartment but the woman who jumped was three windows to the south of the fire apartment.  There was no smoke coming from her apartment at all.  People tried to calm her down but she panicked and jumped 3 floors.  Luckily, she landed on the muddy ground below and not on concrete.  She was injured but conscious.

fire blows out of apartment window

Eric Haak photo

fireman rescues residents from apartment building via ladder

Eric Haak photo

fire blows out of apartment window

Eric Haak photo

fireman rescues residents from apartment building via ladder

Eric Haak photo

fireman rescues residents from apartment building via ladder

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fire blows out of apartment window

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fire trucks at Chicago fire scene

Eric Haak photo

More pics can be seen at www.wcfs.smugmug.com.

Hartford, Ct responded to 22-24 Hamilton St at 1925 hours for a report of a fire on floors 2 & 3. A second source reported people trapped. Engine 15 reported a working fire on their arrival. District 1 struck the 2nd alarm on his arrival. One child was rescued and transported to the hospital along with a firefighter and police officer. Very soon after companies arrived they had a partial collapse of the rear and floors 2 & 3 of the B side. Fire also extended to the D side exposure along with numerous cars and trees in the rear yard. Three tower ladders were put to work along with numerous landlines.

Stay safe,

Patrick Dooley

heavy fire and flames at night fire

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fire blows out the 2nd floor window

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Sutphen tower ladder at Hartford fire

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heavy fire at night building fire

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heavy fire at night building fire

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More pictures at www.squadfirephotos.com