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News reports now indicate multiple people died in a two-alarm apartment fire reported around 11:30 this morning at 36 S. Fifth Street in Emmaus, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County). Officials, so far, have not provided an exact number of deaths.
The video above is from Newsworking‘s Bill Rohrer (newsworking). Video below from Mike Nester (firtog) of Nester Video Production. Video toward the bottom of the post is from Rich Rolen and includes what looks like a brief clip taken early in the operation.
Kurt Bresswein, LehighValleyLive.com:
Emmaus police tonight say multiple people died in a fast-moving fire reported just before noon at an apartment building in the borough.
“Thus far, the investigation has revealed that there were several victims inside the apartment who are deceased,” borough police said in a news release sent out just before 9 tonight.
The building had been the Clarence R. Ritter Funeral Home until the 1960s or ’70s, neighbors said, when it was converted into multiple apartments.
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What happened to sounding the roof?
Really – a half inch tip?
I saw that maybe that’s why they couldn’t deal with heat during the fire attack unreal.
What was the venting for at around 10:00 so the guy looking in the window could see daylight? I think that was kinda of dangerous putting him on the roof for NO reason!!
From that video, I see no reason why they were using an exterior attack. I suspect the clean turnouts and shiny helmets speak volumes.
Your clueless
You cant always go by what the outside looks like. When you go in you see what the conditions are like and so on. the inside was starting to giveway and the roof as well. that is when they called for an evac. It is for there saftey. remember when you are a firefighter our safety always comes first.
I think a bigger question is: how does a fire kill 4 people at 1130 in the morning?
Not all people work a day shift.
OMG what a cluster, side Alpha ( that is the front ) preparing for exterior and the charlie (rear) trying to climg roofs and go inside. So many wonder why some guys leave the Commomwealth for firefighting jobs elsewhere, here you have it boys!! If insurance companies ever begin to watch these (live videos) hold on because rates are going up or you may not have it all.
It truly embarassing to see the things we all do on here, no training or experience and if you do have it this shows that maybe a regional dept is truly needed thru out the state, but with the Fiduciary support of the money rich volnteers. Oh yes before you say it I did, I am and I do, that is the bingo, carnivals all the stuff, drove them, cleaned them middle of the night. When there is no one making policy, because everyone is a sole agency. This is not the first horror show nor I am sure it wil not be the last.
You can’t go saying things that you don’t know. They pulled out because the structure was unsafe inside. roof caved in floors were giving out.If you were not there then shut it. And plus these streets are so narrow that there is no room for anything. so stop bashing these guys because they all had to deal with the job and the deaths of people. IK soe of you may be firefighters so stop putting your brothers and sisters down.
The attack was exterior for a reason. An interior attack and searches were made before most of these videos were shot. Im not going into details, a collapse happened, if the attack wasnt exterior by then we would be dealing with un-imagiable. The roof was vented so that another flashover wouldnt happen. I understand the whole monday morning quarterback deal, but before the stories get too crazy, please learn the facts.