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Larry Shapiro on the scene early Tuesday morning of a basement fire on Hiawatha Lane in Riverwoods, Illinois. According to Larry, firefighters entering the first floor found the floor soft and were able to back out before the floor collapsed. Eventually, as you will see in Larry’s video, foam was used in the basement.
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Sprinklers throughout the house would of kept property damage at a minimun
Looked like the fire was largely within the partitions and under the floor. Or at least the images pointed to damage consistent with that kind of fire pattern. The sprinklers really wouldn’t have been effective, unless there was something within the room, ablaze. It may have prevented the wall and ceiling from burning. But What I see is the fire vented up through the wall of the staircase. In fact, it looks like it was a massive electrical failure.
Is this a joke?
Fire starts at 3am…its day break and there is a smoking house full of bubbles.
Which firefighter sells windows on his off days?
Hi expansion foam was popular many years back for stubborn basement confined space fires, not sure how many departments are using it now, but with the proliferation of engineered lumber trusses and the quick failures of floors, this old technology may be something to look at.
They sure did a great job at breaking every single window in sight. If I heard correctly a crew eventually went to vent the roof?!? About a 3 story home, fire in the basement and you vent the roof?
Thank God everyone got out safely. Not sure if fire sprinklers would have helped too much. They think it may have been the boiler that stared it. They are such a wonderful caring, couple. Three of the children in the house were kids they were taking care of for a sick friend. Pray for them. This was a dream house, put together with loving care on the site of their previous home!
WOW….yes foam does work and once again we all cant really judge a whole lot on this video because we didnt have a 360 of the house. So….Im assuming there wasnt a walk-out basement to deliver high h2o flow or to apply the magic bubbles? At what time did the floor gave way, I did see the slant in the floor in one room but there were several rooms where some over haul or inspection holes were being performed so clearly those floor were intact. A lot of un needed damage was done by knocking out those $600 safety glass windows too, hope that bub didnt strain his shoulder and back trying to take them out. Hopefully the homeowner had insurance and no Jakes got hurt in this one.
-Be safe out there
A LOT of damage done to the home. How much was totally necessary? ALL the big windows? C’mon and then ventilate the roof to?
I think they were a little excessive on the windows and damage to the inside.
Up goes the insurance rates! Feel sorry for the family.
Bet their next house has sprinklers.
I can see taking the windows out if the floor is unsafe, how else do you get to the fire? What I am amazed at is that the house remained standing after burning for so long. Most 60 day houses would’ve collpased or totally burned out long before they could have gotten the High-Ex on scene.
That was fascinating to see – a first for me.
Sure looked like a serious pain in the behind fire -all up in the walls and such.
I couldn’t help but think a smaller simpler house might not have gotten so damaged. Then I had a reality check memory of those recent rip roaring fires in VA and MD in the modern construction mega McMansions. Here there was smoke, bubbles and holes every where. There the things burned to the ground in about the time it’s taken me to type this!
Hi-Ex Foam! Got to love it. Somebody on this scene watched Emergency when they were young. It’s a good safe tactic after all else had failed. Cellar nozzles would have helped too. Wow, next week I could be commenting on high pressure fog! The lost art of firefighting is making a comeback.
The fire started in a hallway that runs directly under the front foyer. It was not a walk out basement and had only one set of stairs to the basement. As the first in engine company, we made it from the front door into the basement in zero visibility and high heat conditions and put out a high volume of fire as we went. The floor was solid as we entered. As soon as we made it down into the basement, we were pulled out by the second in engine company officer who stated the floor was spongy from the front door to the basement door. We made a quick egress safely by following the hoseline. The second engine wasn’t as lucky, as they followed us out the floor started to go, being aware of their surroundings, they bailed out of the front windows. Within about 10-15 minutes of the initial alarm, the floor had collapsed. The construction of the house was extremely high end, except for the TGI Joists that were holding up the 3/4in plywood and 1/2in marble floors on the first floor. With an all clear from the residents, we went defensive. 3 cellar nozzles were put into play. The fire ran the walls of the A side. The large front windows were broken to send crews inside to keep the fire on the first floor. The basement was also finished, with multiple rooms and high ceilings, again with high end construction. We will risk a lot to save a lot, We will risk little to save little, We will risk nothing to save nothing. The residents made it out and everyone went home to their families.