Four-alarm fire in Hoboken, NJ: This video is from Lehigh Valley's Bravest's Daniel Clerico of an apartment building burning at 300 North Washington Street yesterday evening. There are still pictures here. No serious injuries reported. Audio from the fire can be found here and here. Read details here.
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The New Chicago, Indiana video that has a lot of people talking: Ed Malik's video of a house fire with an explosion in the attic from Friday already has more than 23,000 views. We have more than 60 comments. See it for yourself.
Apartment fire with firefighter overcome: Another Ed Malik video. This one from Merrillville, Indiana and an apartment fire yesterday afternoon. Click here.
Mayday in Baltimore: A mayday was called shortly after 8:00 last night when a firefighter fell in through the first floor into the basement of a burning vacant rowhouse in the 300 block of East 24th Street. The firefighter was taken to Maryland Shock-Trauma as a precaution. IAFF Local 734 has pictures and more details from the fire.
Oil company storage building fire: Video and news report from Jamestown, North Dakota.
Video & audio from Buffalo, New York house fire: A Don Murtha contribution from Saturday.
Jury finds in favor of Atlanta firefighters who sued: A jury believes a study group of black firefighters got answers ahead of time on a 2010 promotional exam for lieutenant. But this class action suit appears to be far from over. Read more.
The pedigree of Eagles player's Mack: Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com has the follow-up to last week's story about an NFL player's purchase of a 1971 Mack CF pumper. Check it out.
Geezer had a busy weekend: Lots of stories on Firegeezer.com this weekend including a tragic fire in Rochester, New York that left four kids dead. Bill also has the story of the indictment of an entire Virginia rescue squad on Medicare fraud.
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Pennsylvania fire company doesn't want new firehouse and there is talk of quitting over it: In Palmerton, borough officials voted to build a new firehouse tied to grant money but the firefighters think that's a waste. It has become so heated, there are threats that volunteers will quit over how this is being handled. Check it out.
How old is too old to volunteer?: That's the question in New Jersey where the top age for active volunteers is being raised by some departments. Read the story.
A very critical look at disability pensions in St. Louis: The Post-Dispatch has a detailed investigation into what they indicate is a high number of firefighters who have retired on disability pensions and the impact it has on the city's bottom line. Just the latest of similar stories from around the country. Here it is.
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Was this considered an arson fire? It looks like there was several apartments "off" at the same time.
How dare you post another video with two firefighters in the bucket .
LOL
I saw those 2 guys in the bucket…hope they had a good view of the fire, cuz they weren't doing anything for a long time.
I have to ask: Is it better to apply heavy outside streams early and flood the floors below, or to wait and apply them when the fire is out of control, thus flooding the floors below? Seriously, I don't have buildings this tall in my jurisdiction, and I really am curious how an officer decides what to do and when.
The two guys in the bucket were coordinating with the brothers on the interior. The bucket would knock the bulk of the fire down, and then the handlines would move in to finish the job. However, with two floors of fire they had their hands full. They battled that way for close to an hour, before the were finally driven out.
Great job by the brothers from Hoboken, Elizabeth and Newark!
Does anyone know what is causing the blue tinged flames around the 3:45 mark? Is it metal burning from the cornice? I've seen white flames before but never something like that, kinda reminds me of a magnesium fire.
I noticed the flame too. I thought maybe it was natural gas line.
That blue flame is actually gas. It took them two hours to shut it down.