Sun Valley, CA, Sept. 25, 2017—Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department arrived on scene to find heavy fire throughout a one-story, 14,000-square-foot, light manufacturing and retail firm. Crews deployed large-diameter hoselines and aerial ladder streams to contain the blaze, which was tearing through a building that was not equipped with an optional fire sprinkler system. Ninety-seven Los Angeles firefighters confined the fire to building of fire origin, fully extinguishing the flames in just 53 minutes.
Photo by Mike Meadows
Gratz, PA, Aug. 26, 2017—A call came in for a report of smoke in a residential structure. Upon the first-arriving unit, the box was upgraded to working first-alarm fire with heavy fire to the rear. Crews ultimately found themselves fighting heavy fire to the front and rear. Due to it being an original log cabin home, then a duplex later remodeled to a single, fire ran in voids in the walls and attic spacing.
Photo by Seth Lasko
Cliffside Park, NJ, Sept. 5, 2017—Fire units were dispatched for a reported smoke condition, and a working fire was located in the rear of a pharmacy. Companies advanced lines and vented the roof, but the fire stayed ahead of them and eventually operations were ordered to go defensive. Six elevated master streams and additional ground monitors were able to hold the flames from extending from the pharmacy and the adjoining discount store. The five-alarm fire was placed under control after a 3½-hour battle that required the response of a dozen departments.
Photo by Bill Tompkins
Grand Prairie, TX, Sept. 14, 2017—Firefighters responded to the scene of a two-alarm fire at a salvage auto parts business. Fire crews had to go defensive almost immediately upon arrival, deploying aerial and deck gun streams as the intense fire exploded acetylene bottles stored inside. One ignited bottle became a flaming rocket, flying hundreds of feet through the air from the structure. Due to the unseasonable heat, firefighters had to be frequently rotated to rehab throughout the incident.
Photo by Bob Fitch
