Operations & Training

Watch CA Firefighters Tackle Residential Garage Fire

Dec. 19, 2020

Raw video from a Turlock firefighter's helmet camera shows crews working to extinguish a fire that broke out in a detached residential garage, stopping the flames from spreading to a nearby home.

By Erin Tracy

Source The Modesto Bee

A Turlock, CA, firefighter's helmet camera captured raw footage of crews battling a fire that broke out in a detached residential garage Thursday.

The Turlock Fire Department on Friday released video of firefighters extinguishing flames in a detached garage of a home on Merritt Street.

Flames were coming from the garage and patio cover when crews arrived at the home around 11 p.m. Thursday.

One fire crew used a hose to keep the fire from spreading while another crew cut away the aluminum garage door so they could get inside and fully extinguish the fire.

The garage was badly burned but because firefighters stopped it from spreading, the home was undamaged and the four residents are safe.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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