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This is from the afternoon of Sunday, April 29 in the Brooklyn neighborhood known as DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). Video taken by neighbor Chris Frank. Thanks to Vito Maggiolo for alerting us to the video.
Firefighters grappled with an outdoor blaze at a Con Edison substation in a trendy Brooklyn neighborhood Sunday, officials said.
An outdoor reactor – which transfers voltage – caught fire at the plant on John and Bridge Streets in DUMBO around 5:15 p.m., a Con Ed spokesman said.
Residents reported that they felt their buildings shake.
Con Ed spokesman Chris Olert denied there was an explosion, however. He said a fire broke out in a piece of reactor equipment in the station, located on 89 John Street.
An FDNY spokesman tells us the fire was brought under control at 6:39 p.m., mostly using foam. A Con Ed spokesman confirms there were no injuries, and no customers were affected with outages as a result of the fire, which broke out around 5:15 p.m. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion, which the spokesman attributed to the sound of oil igniting. The cause remains under investigation.
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Hmm, looks like bunch of yardbreathers(streetbreathers) standing around with their thumbs up their ar$e wondering what to do next. It isnt until the, I assume, BC arrives and after a short little “huddle” a plan actually starts to formulate. No hustle, 9 mins till a line is actually flowing (into the gutter at that). I don’t see how people can bust nuts over these FDNY slacks.
I doubt anyone was going in until after ConEd told them the power was off, and that takes more then just flipping a switch at these things.
Or they were waiting for Con Ed to de-energize the yard so that they could flow water without being electocuted!
always nice to know how the trolls feel about watching the pro’s go to work.
You, sir, are a moron.
I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul.
‘Yep’, you have no clue what you are commenting on. Don’t attempt to make the readers believe that you have more experience than a major city fire department at dealing with this type of fire. The FDNY is a fire service leader, what background do you have that makes you believe that you are quaified to critique their operations?
Did you forget the fact its a sub station you can be my guest and have the hose line ill just wait for the fireworks to start. Obviously you have no clue how to handle a class C fire.
Yep… head back to the couch….while there read the FDNY SOP on Fires at Con-Edision Facilities prior to your ‘yep-ping’. Hustle at an electrical plant? Oh yeah, thats a great idea
If you had any idea at all at the well thought out and extremely detailed SOP that has been written for decades, it clearly states, take a defensive position and await arrival of a Con-edison White Hat (Con-ed employee) prior to making ANY entry into ANY Con-ed facility. The con-ed white hat employee and IC will consult to determine the best cause to extinguish the fire (if applicable). Many times, power is removed and units are instructed to allow material to burn off.
In the interim, gates were opened…lines stretched and defensive posture taken. I grow so tired of persons who have comment with nothing to base it on.
Please feel free at your next electrical substation fire to rush in with the line an just make the plan up as you go. Let me know how that works out for you…
So they were forcing the door to the building why? Would that be deviating from SOP’s? After all, you did say “ANY entry into ANY Con-ed facility”.
I’m hoping your comment is sarcastic. If it’s not, however, did the thought ever cross your mind that maybe…….. just maybe……. before flowing water into an ELECTRICAL substation, that they MAY have been waiting for confirmation that the power was secured???
Please tell me you were joking……
Me thinks you’re a bit too harsh, ‘Yep’. I don’t think anyone was waiting for the BC to show so much as they were waiting for the Con Ed guy in the blue jumpsuit. There’s waaay too much going on behind that fence that’ll kill you and it ain’t going anywhere so why rush.
Go ahead, spray some water on a fire at an electrical generator. Idiot.
Having been on an incident at one of these facilities, all I can say is they staged a little too close for me. Until the Con-Ed white hat puts his hand on it and says “See, it’s dead,” you basically keep the area clear, and wait for the purple-k wagon.Potential for explosion is incredible.
This is the type of fire when it is okay to slow down and do things right. This is not a single family, or taxpayer that FDNY may see regularly. This is a rare and dangerous situation. High risk, low frequency. All fires go out eventually, No need to rush here.
Not to be a wise ass, but everyone forgot to point out to this no clue observer that, if they were to listen and watch the sprinkler system was operating all the time. That is why when the clearence was given for entry the biggest part of the flame impingment was exstingushed.
Nice job as usual FDNY. I’m guessing they are better trained at dealing with these types of incidents than many of us. Quick question, does someone who knows these facilites better than me know what is in the vessel in the middle of the yard that is protected by the deluge sprinklers? Obviously some produce that ConEd really wants to keep cool.
Former electric substation operator here (Los Angeles Water & Power), now 20 year firefighter. I HAD to jump in late on this conversation to point out the idiocy of Yep’s post.
I give Yep a big “NOPE”.