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Two Separate Fire in same Building
B Platoon
Box 121 was transmitted at 16:12 this afternoon for a fire on the 2nd floor of 357 So. 3rd Street. Engine 5 had just wrapped up from a call at the Kennedy Towers at So. 4th and Spruce and responded. The Engine arrived on location within moments and reported a working fire with heavy smoke on the 2nd floor.
Firefighters stretched an 1 3/4 inch handline up to a rear bedroom on the 2nd floor and attacked the fire, which was quickly extinguished. Crews preformed minor overhaul to the room and cleared the building of smoke. The incident was placed under control within 20 minutes. The Red Cross was called to assist two residents from the 2nd floor of the 3 unit apartment building. Investigators are looking into the cause of the fire. Along with Engine 5, Engines 3, 1, 13 safety, Ladder 1, Tower 1, Rescue 1, Medic 602 and Car 5 responded.
November 21, 2005
C/A Platoon
This morning, Box 121 was once again struck for a reported fire at 357 So. 3rd Street. Members were changing shifts when the call came in at 07:33, some oncoming A Platoon firefighters reported seeing the smoke plume just prior to arriving for work. Smoke was also evident to many of the responding apparatus, Engine 13, which was on the way back to station from a med call, reported heavy smoke showing from 11th and Cotton Streets.
Engine 5 arrived on location and reported a working fire in a multiple occupancy with heavy fire showing. They soon after relayed a report from the occupants that everyone was out of the building. The crew then advanced a handline into the structure.
Car 6 arrived on location and updated the report to include smoke showing from all sides and fire through the roof. Additional handlines were put into service and both aerials on the box set up to operate on either side of the large corner property.
Crews inside the burning building mounted an aggressive attack but were hampered by intense heat as the fire raged above them in an open space below the roof. Once on the roof, crews from the aerials set about pealing away multiple layers of roofing material in order to make openings to expose the flames. The fire intensified and soon smoke began to push from the eaves on all sides. At 07:56, Car 6 called for the 2nd Alarm.
Firefighters began to make headway on the attack and soon the conditions improved. The ceilings in most rooms of the upper floors were pulled and the roof was opened enabling crews to access the remaining hidden fire. The incident was finally put under control after more than an hour, with much overhaul still remaining.
Ten persons were reportedly displaced by the fire, the Red Cross was called to assist. There was no immediate word on the cause or if the fire was related to the one in the building the previous day. The Fire Marshal is investigating both fires. There were no reports of injuries. Apparatus on the 1st Alarm were Engines 5, 3, 1, 14 safety, Ladder 1, Tower 1, Rescue 1, Medic 602 and Cars 6 and 10. The 2nd Alarm brought Engines 13 and 11, Ladder 3, Medic 601 and Cars 1, 9 and 600 to the scene.
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