Two firefighters had close calls during a second-alarm fire in Pawtucket, RI, on Jan. 6, 2012. One firefighter’s foot went through the roof and the other firefighter almost rolled off the roof when it burned through underneath them.
Dedication: This issue of Firehouse® is dedicated to Firefighter Crisanto Leo Lionell, 54, of the California Department of Corrections; Firefighter William “Jumbo” Elliott, 49, of Pompano Beach, FL, Fire Rescue; Chief Samuel Butler, 52, of the Evans Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department in Maxton, NC; and Firefighter David Crenshaw, 63, of the Anderson County, SC, Fire Department, who died in the line of duty, January 2012.
WOONSOCKET, RI, JAN. 10, 2013 – Five families were left homeless after a fast-moving fire tore through their three-story, six-unit, balloon-framed, vinyl-sided apartment building. An attack line was pulled to attack the exterior fire running up...
