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Above is more than 16 minutes of what appears to be video of the initial attack on last week’s fire at a block long factory building on Hancock Avenue at Railroad Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Firefighters ended up pumping water into the structure for more than two days. Later video and TV news coverage is below.
For almost two days beginning Thursday night, firefighters shot steady streams of water into the burning building.
“You’ve got to give these guys a lot of credit,” Fossesigurani said. “Not only were they battling a stubborn blaze with heavy, acidic smoke, but they had to deal with the hot temperatures we had outside and then the heavy rain that followed. Our guys took a real beating.”
Firefighters were kept outside battling the blaze because of structural collapses.
Firefighters remained at the Nest Arts Factory on Friday morning as smoke continued to billow. Officials expect the smoldering to continue through the weekend.
Assistant Fire Chief Ismael Pomales said it appears an accelerant was used because of how big the fire was when firefighters arrived Thursday evening. He also says youths apparently hang around the building because of the graffiti there.
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nothing like a confession at 4:32 mark,
Arson, eh? Go figure. The kid in the video (11:35 mark) seems to know how the fire started…
Anybody else notice the kid say he set the fire in the first video posted @ 4.25?
Interesting. It sounded like the kid at 4:30 in the first video said he started the fire.
Sounds like a confession to me
yes, I noticed it a few hrs ago, the info has been relayed to the FD.
If they went inside they might not have been there for two days.
Uh, Obviously, a stupid comment if you weren’t there.
Just sayin’ the BFD is an interior Dept, must have been problems gaining access…
What’s the use in going interior? These buildings are widow makers! Most departments are interior departments until command makes the very responsible decision of staying outside. Remember Worcester?
Don’t worry. A fire like this will have him bragging to everyone, he’ll probably even call the police department to tell them about that cool thing he did.
Wow, the kid confessed twice—once at 4:25, and again at 11:30. That’s pretty concrete to me. I hope investigators get a copy of the video and prosecute these little delinquents.
It never ceases to amaze me how stupid people are nowadays. “I just set a fire that will eventually burn a block long building, and now I’m going to brag about it and post it on youtube. I’m awesome!”
Thanks to Dave for finding the video, I forward the info to a Friend and he got into the right hands. They are now looking for the group of Kids.
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/fairfield_cty/teen-admits-setting-fire-in-youtube-video#.T-0LWPVKwa5