Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com posted some video and pictures of the big guns out at a 5th-alarm in St. Louis, Missouri yesterday. Click here for the visuals and details on the fire.
Below is early video from the fire as the ladder trucks and towers get into place.
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I'm curious why, with heavy fire showing on the 5th floor, they were applying water into the 6th floor. Were they hoping for drain-down from 6th to 5th? Or was it just "put some water in there, anywhere"? I've never fought anything like that, so am unfamiliar with the techniques.
Thanks.