Someone who was up fairly close shooting video at the July 24 fire at a petrochemical plant at Kharg Island in Iran was rolling when a large explosion occurred. You hear the blast more than see it because the photographer and most everyone else around him is running for their lives. Four people died in this incident. Click here to read more.
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A run for your life moment: Man rolling as deadly explosion engulfs petrochemical plant in Iran.
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News 13 in Florida says there is tension in the air between firefighters and police in Daytona Beach. The TV station’s story indicates some of it stems from the arrest of Firefighter Adam Silva twice last week on sex charges brought by two different women who say they were assaulted on May 19.
But does that explain two memos from cops that News 13 has uncovered about an incident last week when an 81-year-old woman was found on the floor of her apartment?
According to the TV station, police forced entry into the apartment just before firefighters got to the scene. When firefighters arrived at the apartment there apparently was some trouble. Here are excerpts from the story by reporter Saul Saenz:
But instead of rendering aid, the memo written by a police officer said the firefighter “handed me his blue medical bag saying ‘you guys seemed to control everything, you sure you don’t want it?”
A second memo from the other officer shows the firefighter held up a piece of equipment asking him if he “…wanted to hook her up to the monitor…yeah you guys want to handle everything else.”
Whether there is any validity to the claims by police or not, the fact is the reporter has the memos and they aren’t painting a pretty picture of public safety. Instead of someone in charge for the city taking control of this story, getting the facts out and putting it behind them, the TV station reports the officials are circling the wagons.
Reporter Saenz writes the interim fire chief and the police chief won’t comment. The spokesman for the fire department sent him to City Manager James Chisholm. And even the man in that high position won’t tell the taxpayers what is really going on.
My experience is a response like that will usually carry this story over many news cycles. We shall see.
NOTE: After almost a day on the site, these videos have now been removed from YouTube by the person who posted them.
From top to bottom, all four parts of a video from a house fire in Waldorf, Maryland (Charles County) on Thursday.
Fire in Utica, New York: One person is unaccounted for following an apartment building fire Friday night on Blandina Street. What was left of the building was demolished on Saturday morning. Click here for more.
One amazing older flashover video that you must see: If you have never seen the video from Spain where light smoke at an apartment building suddenly turns to flames throughout the structure, trapping two firefighters in the process, you will want to check it out. You won’t need subtitles for this foreign film. There is a lot going on in this video, including a couple of citizens who grab a ladder to help the firefighters. It is one compelling video. Click here.
Well it’s not as if my name showed up on the Mayflower Madam’s list: But I did make the Sunday paper in Charleston, South Carolina for being on another list. The Routley diaries have been released. More than two-thousand emails from the team that investigated the Sofa Super Store fire were obtained by reporter Glenn Smith after the Post & Courier filed a FOIA request. Since one of the emails discussed in the article was from or to me, I will refrain, for the moment, on giving you my assessment of this interesting situation that has developed. Click here and you can first digest this stuff yourself without influence from a clearly biased participant like me. But I will say that Glenn’s judgment is questionable if he thinks this rag is “influential”.
Newspaper looks at the issue of race in the Boston Fire Department: A study by Boston.com contends that many firehouse are “starkly and increasingly segragated”. Check here for the story.
FDNY staffing reduction: The union says the city has the formula wrong, but New York officials are ready to reduce the staffing at 60 engine companies from five to four. They are allowed to do so when the use of medical leave goes above 7.5%. Firefighter Close Calls has that story.
Big fire & big problem in British Columbia: Toxic runoff from a large fire Friday night in Kelowna has a creek and some back yards shut down. We have details and lots of video.
Also in B.C.: Just west of Kelowna a firefighting tanker aircraft crashed while fighting a wildland fire in Fraser Canyon. The crew of two is dead and the crash sparked another fire. Firegeezer has the story.
Funerals: This weekend I talked to some friends who went north and others who went south to attend the funerals of four firefighters killed last week. Click here and here to view coverage of the funerals of Lt. Steven Velasquez and Firefighter Michael Baik in Bridgeport Connecticut.
In Rocky Mount, Virginia Rhett Fleitz and his VAFireNews continues to lead the coverage of the deaths of Chief Posey Dillon and Firefighter Danny Altice. Here’s the main page. You can see the pictures Rhett and Drew Abel took here and here.
Four children rescued in the other Charleston: In West Virginia, news reports indicate one firefighter found three children and another found the fourth during a house fire early Sunday morning. Read the story.
Post lay-off proposal by union in San Jose: In an effort to get the jobs back for dozens of firefighters let go in recent days, the union in San Jose has offered new concessions to the city. This article indicates it may not be enough.
Fire, explosions & toxic waste. Watch the video from Saturday night’s fire in Kelowna, B.C.
No commentsThere were lots of fireworks in Kelowna, British Columbia Saturday night. You will find some of the more visual explosions in the middle video.
The fire is out but the problem has not been solved. There is toxic runoff from the large blaze that has contaminated the area around the building, nearby Mill Creek and a few back yards. Kelowna Fire Department Chief Jason Brolund summed it up this way to BCLocal.com:
“A major point of concern exists around the types of materials being stored in the building, including a welding supply, irrigation supply and agricultural supply warehouse. A volatile mix of explosive materials combined with fertilizers and pesticides have burnt, hence the need for the evacuation and ongoing concern regarding water contamination due to firefighting water than has runoff from the scene.”
The only reported injury is to a firefighter who suffered smoke inhalation. He has been treated and released.
The glow in the sky and the numerous explosions brought out the crowds. The blasts did not deter some of the onlookers. In the video below police try to move the people away from the burning building. Wonder how they feel now that they know they were likely standing in toxic waste.
This may be one of the more dramatic fire videos I have ever seen. Watch it from beginning to end. It will be worth your time.
Let’s give credit to Jason Poremba at Firefighter Spot for posting this one (Jason thanks his friend in Holland, Arnold Van Leeuwen for sending it his way).
It is apparently from Spain, but there is no indication when it was taken (the creases in the tape as the clip begins indicates it is likely old). There is a lot going on in this video and probably some very good lessons.
Watch CTV story with more fire video
There were two large apartment fires in Delta, British Columbia this week. The video above is from 9:00 PM Friday at senior citizens’ housing in the 4800 block of Evergreen Lane. Sixty-six people were left homeless af the fire ran the roof of a large building. The fire chief says there were no sprinklers or fire stops in the attic.
The video below is from a fire Tuesday in Delta that destroyed or damaged the homes of 80 people at Nordel Way and Scott Road. CTV reports it took 12-hours to handle this fire. On the video you will see that firefighters helped a number of people down ladders.
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