Helmet Cameras Give Two Views of PA Residential Fire

Dec. 15, 2020
A Harrisburg battalion chief and a firefighter captured dramatic raw footage on their helmet cameras as flames spread through two floors of a burning three-story duplex.

Dramatic helmet camera footage captured Pennsylvania firefighters tackling a fire that erupted at a duplex over the weekend.

The fire broke out at about 6 p.m. Saturday at a duplex in Harrisburg, WGAL-TV reports. Flames had engulfed two of the structure's three floors by the time firefighters arrived at the scene, and it took them about an hour to get the fire under control.

The main video was taken from Battalion Chief Brian Bastinelli's helmet camera, while the inset footage was from another firefighter's camera.

No injuries were reported during the call, and the fire caused around $60,000 worth of damage. In the past, the duplex has been the location of several small trash fires that likely had been started by squatters.