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UPDATE
I’m usually much better than this. I missed an important clue or two (told you I was clueless). But, as expected, STATter911.com reader came through (including Grant Mishoe, editor of SConFire.com, John Ryan Buchan, and the following from our comments section – Firespot1, Dobbis, AFD360).
The Sutphen was the key for many of you. It belongs to the Pineville Fire Department in Louisiana. The fire was on Monday in Wardville. A body was found inside the home and a man has now been arrested.
A Pineville man has been arrested in connection to a Monday fire in Wardville where a body was found in the rubble, according to police.
The fire was reported around noon Monday at 120 Wayne St. in Wardville. Members of the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office SWAT, Louisiana State Police, Alexandria Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Violent Offenders Task Force searched Monday and early Tuesday for a suspect, 44-year-old John Richard Purvis of 419 Smith St. in Pineville, in connection to the case.
EARLIER
I find it interesting that people post videos on YouTube wanting the world to see what they have seen but very frequently don’t tell us where it occurred other. Many times a fire video will just, “This fire was on my street”. I end up spending a good portion of my time looking for clues in clips to try and figure out where the video was shot.
I think I do a pretty good job with my video detective work, but this video has me stumped. It only says “Structure Fire”. It doesn’t show any apparatus, close-ups with identifying marks on PPE, or other clues that usually help me (BTW, clueless is my normal state).
I guess I could assume it occurred in Louisiana, because the person who posted it goes by the name LouisianaHusker. But I try my best not to assume. So, my dear readers, I am assuming (there he goes doing what he just said he wouldn’t do) someone out there can put an end to my two day long search and give me some answers in our comments section.
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I wonder why Bubba and Billy Bob Joe Jim didn’t go help? They talked like they knew what was going on…maybe former members? Sorry Dave, other than they sounded southern, I don’t have a clue as to location.
Looks like one of those fires that did $50,000 worth of improvements to the property.
^^First place comment, very closely followed by CaptBillyBobBoJimBob’s. I too was thinking no wonder those dudes are in the doorway, they probably can’t get any further in!
It looks like it could be my house! I hate making extra trips to the dump so I always wait until my pickup is overflowing with garbage before I finally go. Fuel is expensive you know.
Took me about 20 minutes using my phone to find it. I’m here for ya Dave.
http://www.kalb.com/story/21723513/pineville-man-charged-with-murder-in-wardville-fire
I was called “Perry Mason” by a coworker a few weeks ago for always searching and finding info others seem not to find. So I took up your challenge.
1. Went to his other videos. In the trauma assessment video the FD he apparently works for or with was wearing a Pineville FR shirt.
2. The video was uploaded a day or so ago.
3. I search for a recent fire in Pineville, Louisiana and found a bunch of stories about a guy charged with 1st degree murder in a burned out home on Wayne Street.
4. Google Earth (street view) of 120 Wayne St. In Pineville is the same as from the video.
It was fun for a nerd like myself. Guess I better get back to school things and bills . . .
Google Maps street view for 120 Wayne St, Pineville, Rapides, LA matches very closely to the YouTube video.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20130320/NEWS01/303200320/Pineville-man-apprehended-connection-Wardville-fire
Dave – isn’t that Fred Sanford’s place?
This fire occurred in Pineville, LA in the Wardville section at 120 Wayne St. It was an arson that involved a murder. A body was found later during the incident. It is in Rapides County.
Yes, thank you Grant and the rest of you. I have updated the post and feel pretty shamed for not being able to find this one myself.
It’s ok Dave… that is to be expected with age. ZIIINNNGGG!!!
Yes, all this is correct. The body that was found was my brother-in-law Jonathan Sartin who was shot in the face and then the house was set on fire.
Lets break all the windows and hope for the best
From the dialect and the lawn items I suspect that it is one of Honey Boo Boos Neighbors!
When filming a fire scene, it’s better to just look like an idiot, then open your mouth and actually prove it.
When I got a glimpse of that Sutphen, I thought it had a familiar “tint” to it. The shot on the Pineville FD website confirmed it. That is the former Tac 44 from the Springfield FC (home of the Mile of Maroon) of Springfield Twp Delaware County PA outside Philly. Many of us call that color maroon, but they’ve insisted it’s Ben Franklin Red. Either way, it’s their old rig.
If the inside looked anything like the outside lord help the interior firemen.
I like Cap’n BillyBobBoJimBob’s size-up. Now, what kind of STATter911 merchandise did I win?
Dave, believe it or not, that video has a DC connection in it. The Springfield Fire Company mentioned in an earlier comment is where that Pineville apparatus (maroon) came from. Springfield Fire Company, Delaware County, PA is the volunteer fire house where a few DC firefighters got there start, namely the late Jim Gallagher (Deputy Chief Retired DCFD). I bet many rank and file wish that Jim was at the helm now instead of the current clown.
WOO HOO we made Stater911.
I know the guy that lives there