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There is very little information with this video other than the fire occurred on Saturday and was possibly in Columbus, Ohio. A little Internet detective work came up with an article about a fire at 334 Buttles Avenue that described what looks like this rescue.
For confirmation the Google Street View image below of the neighborhood shows a similar looking apartment building in the middle of this block, along with Side B and D exposures that seem to match the video.
Click the image for a tour of the neighborhood
Now I could be wrong about this, but either way the video is sure worth watching. Here are excerpts from the WCMH-TV article:
A semi-conscious woman was taken to OSU Main Hospital Saturday night after her apartment building in the Short North was on fire.
Firefighters tell NBC 4’s ElJay Richards that the woman was found by firefighters in a second floor unit, above the first floor starting place of the fire in a six-unit building at 334 Buttles Avenue. Several other tenants were displaced by the fire, but not injured.
When firefighters pulled up to the intersection of Neal and Buttles, they could see flames in lower floor windows and immediately began a search of the three floors of the building. A neighbor across the street brought coats to occupants who had fled with only what they were wearing.
The injured woman as not identified by name. Fire officials said she suffered from smoke inhalation and second degree burns.
Other reports indicate there were multiple sources where the fire started and it has been determined to be arson.
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Nice grab. I hope fire departments around the country play this video every time the mayor gets a genius idea to cut trucks.
Great job Columbus Division Of Fire.Once again a team operation.
Nice post, Dave. That indeed was in Columbus, Ohio. Most of the responding units came from Station 1, located downtown.
http://columbusfire.8m.com/station1.html
http://columbusfire.8m.com/home.html
Nice work boys. And to the guy in khakis and a polo throwing a ladder – give him a raise!
I was the tillerman that took the vid.We were having our Station Christmas party when then run came in. We were right in the middle of driving our Santa around our station on the turntable for the kids to see. The kids never saw poor Santa driven past them that fast before. I have that on video also (very funny). Thats why I happened to have a camera in hand for the the fire. When we arrived their was no reports of anyone trapped. We got lucky. Thanks for watchin, Chasefire Columbus Fire Sta #1 1unit