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Previous coverage & video from this fire here & here

More video from the fire Tuesday at the Ozark Treasures Thrift Store, 1026 St. Louis St. in West Plains, Missouri. This time is is helmet-cam video from part of the crew on the initial attack on the loading dock and rear of the store.

This video captures collapse the roof and wall on Side B and the removal of crews that were up close on Side A starting at 11:00 in the video.

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Earlier coverage from STATter911.com

TV news coverage of fire

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Click here for first four minutes of radio traffic

FireDispatch.com has posted a little more than four minutes of early radio traffic from Monday’s fire at the Stag Hotel in Watsonville, Califronia that left 17 people injured. There is above for the audio and some new video shot at ground level during the early stages of the fire. Also above is a link to TV coverage that includes some of the triage and treatment of victims from the fire.

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Sheldon Community Fire & Rescue 

This is a house fire yesterday handled by Sheldon Community Fire & Rescue in Houston, Texas. The description says there was a problem initially with low water pressure.

Sheldon is one of the growing number of departments that apparently has a band travel with the firefighters whenever they extinguish fires.

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 Part 1 of video

This is Part 2 of the raw video from a fire that damaged four businesses early Sunday morning in the Fashion District of Los Angeles. It is from firelensman at YouTube.

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This is from a fire that damaged four buildings early Sunday morning the Fashion District of Los Angeles. It is from firelensman at YouTube.

KABC-TV:

About 150 firefighters responded to the blaze at the two-story building near Olympic Avenue and Maple Street.  It took crews about an hour and 40 minutes to put out the blaze. 

One firefighter suffered a cut on his arm. He was taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, where he was treated and released. No other injuries were reported. 

Los Angeles Times:

Fire crews responded to the fire near Maple Avenue and Olympic Boulevard at about 2 a.m., said Brian Humphrey, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman.

While battling the fire within the building, the roof began to give way, forcing firefighters outside, he said. The blaze was put out about an hour and 40 minutes later.  

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Still pictures from recon2photo

Video, still pictures and fireground audio from yesterday’s fire at 908 N. Carey Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Engine 8 and Truck 10 were first on the scene coming from quarters two blocks away. The videographer makes note that Truck 10 is one of the companies scheduled for closing on July 1. Here is part of the description of the fire from the website for Engine 8 and Truck 10:

Engine 8 ran into a little snag when their pumps malfunctioned.  With the fire being fueled by winds it spread quickly up the interior stairwell to the upper floors.   With a lack of water units were forced to stand fast at the front door until they got water.  Eventually crews were able to enter the dwelling and fully extinguish the fire. 

The video is from FFNick07 at YouTube.

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Video above from Newsworking’s Bill Rohrer.

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Previous coverage including fireground audio

IAFF Local 22

Philadelphia Fire Department

Engine 7, Ladder 10 Facebook page

Next news briefing scheduled for 4:00 PM EDT. Click here to watch it.

UPDATE:

During a press conference shortly after 4:00 PM Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers provided a more complete timeline of the rescue and recover of the firefighters trapped this morning. Here’s the information -

Collapse – 5:56 AM

FF Chaney removed – 6:12 AM

FF Nally removed – 6:22 AM

Lt. Neary removed – 7:06 AM

FF Sweeney removed  – 7:25 AM

EARLIER:

At a noon hour press conference Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers says the firefighters who died and were injured in the collapse this morning of a furniture store at 2411 Kensington Avenue had gone back into the building to confirm that earlier efforts to extinguish fire in the exposure building had been successful. It was at that time, approximately a half-hour after the fire at a vacant warehouse and other exposures had been declared under control, that a wall and part of the roof collapsed at the furniture store. Four firefighters were trapped for an extended period as their colleagues worked to free them.

Above is raw video from the press conference during the noon hour.

Killed were Lt. Robert Neary and Firefighter Daniel Sweeney of Ladder 10. Firefighter Pat Nally is in critical but stable condition. Firefighter Francis Chaney is in stable condition. A fifth firefighter was able to free himself from the rubble and was treated and released.

Lt. Robert Neary and Firefighter Daniel Sweeney, Ladder 10.

Pete Mucha at Philly.com:

“With deep regret,” Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers has disclosed the names of two Philadelphia firefighters who perished this morning battling a fire in a furniture store that spread from a raging five-alarm blaze that leveled an aging Kensington warehouse.

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Neary was hoping to retire soon, and Sweeney was the son of a recently retired fire captain, according to Ladder 10 colleagues.

It took firefighters about two hours to dig out all of the trapped firefighters, said Deputy Fire Commissioner Ernest Hargett.

 Google Maps view of furniture store at 2411 Kensington Avenue. Collapse reported to have occurred in the rear of the building. Click here to view the area.

WPVI-TV:

The fire was first reported around 3:15 a.m. inside what was the Thomas Buck Hosiery Factory, which has been abandoned since the mid 1970s. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find heavy fire showing from all six floors of the building. Residents describe hearing explosions coming from inside the factory inferno.

Hot embers whipped up in strong winds started fires at six nearby homes and several surrounding businesses, including the furniture store. Firefighters were trying to extinguish the flames inside the furniture store when a rear wall collapsed, trapping five firefighters.  

One of the firefighters managed to free himself but four others were trapped inside for several hours until they were finally pulled from the rubble.

WTXF-TV:

Neary had 38 years in with the department, and he had four unit citations in his career.

Before joining the fire department, Neary was a Philadelphia Police officer for three years.

Neary leaves behind a wife, Diane, and their three children.

Firefighter Daniel Sweeney was a second-generation firefighter and joined the Department in July 2006. He was at Ladder 10 since 2007.

Sweeney already had two unit citations in his career.

Above is this morning’s initial press conference.

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The Baltimore Firefighters Union, IAFF Local 734 posted the clip above that includes fireground audio and video from yesterdays dwelling fire in the 800 block of Druid Park Lake Drive. Here’s the description from the union’s website:

Just before 3:30 pm on April 6, 2012, Fire Communications alerted Box Alarm 52-2 for a reported dwelling on fire in the 800 block of Druid Park Lake Drive, West Baltimore. Some units had to take alternate routes due to a double shooting at W North Avenue and McCulloh Street. First arriving companies reported an end of group dwelling with heavy fire showing. Battalion Chief 3 arrived, reported fire on the 1st & second floors of a three story dwelling. A working fire was transmitted, bringing additional units to the scene. A few moments later, fire began to penetrate the roof and engulf the third floor. Battalion Chief 3 at that moment ordered a defensive attack due to the integrity of the building. Crews used monitor pipes, large hand lines and ladder pipes to pour water on the fire from a safe distance. The Fire Investigation Bureau has the fire under investigation and no injuries were reported.

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Photo from Baltimore Firefighters Union, IAFF Local 734.

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More videos from plane crash

Additional audio from ScanMD.org

Above is fireground audio from today’s jet crash in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Below is more early video showing forcible entry by police officers and firefighters as they perform searches in units adjacent to the fire.

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This is from a fire reported at 5:23 PM on Monday at a house in the 700 block of North Stratford Road. Firefighters discovered a dog dead in the house.

Video and story from ArlingtonCardinal.com:

Dark smoke was coming out of the front door when firefighters opened the door. Brown smoke rolled out the top of the front door as firefighters advanced a hose line to the kitchen.

Firefighters reported a fire in the kitchen in a single-family ranch home. The fire was knocked by 5:35 p.m.

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