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Long Island 4th-alarm: This is Bill Bennett’s video from the fire Saturday at a commercial strip in Long Beach. Part 2 is here. Read more about the fire that damaged 9 businesses.
Explosions & fire at refinery on PA/DE border: The Sunoco refinery on the Delaware River straddles Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania and Claymont, Delaware. Explosions Sunday night rocked both sides of the line and sent fire into the sky. Click here for our coverage that includes raw helicopter video.
Must see video: If you haven’t watched the clip from Thursday’s explosions at a tank farm in Lamesa, Texas, stop what you are doing right now and click here. Also, check here for the slow motion version. n addition we have links to the interview with a local fire official and details about the close call for the photographer.
More must see video: Another videographer rolling at the right time. This one is a fire that occurred while a gasoline tanker off-loaded at a service station in Perth, Australia. Fire officials report the tank suddenly ruptured creating a fireball that engulfs the structure. Click here.
Two rescued from Prince George’s County fire: Picture and details from the rescue of a woman and child at a burning home in Seat Pleasant, Maryland on Saturday night. Check it out here.
Hood strut ends up in firefighter’s leg: Pictures and details from a May 8 car fire in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. As firefighters popped the hood on the engine a strut took off and impaled itself in a firefighter’s leg. We have pictures, details, a list of resources from Firefighter Close Calls and video of a similar incident. Click here.
NOLA Bourbon Street fire raw video: No injuries but lots of damage to the Tropical Isle bar in the French Quarter on Saturday night. Read and watch the story. The raw video is here.
Charleston paper’s oversight of those who are supposed to be doing the oversight: In Charleston, South Carolina the city’s Public Safety Committee in under scrutiny by the Post and Courier’s Glenn Smith. Charged with keeping watch over the fire department and other city public safety entities, the committee rarely meets and there are a lot of questions about its role when it does meet. Read the story.
11 fire engines destroyed by fire: That was the scene on Saturday at UK’s Fire Service College in Gloucestershire. The video and story are here.
Audio added from Buffalo mayday: We now have a link to the audio from Erie Fire Wire on our story about Thursday’s fire injuring six firefighters in Buffalo. There is also a good look at the structure from Street View. Click here for the coverage.
George, we hardly knew you: This marriage lasted less than two weeks. Boston hired a safety director for its troubled fleet on May 4. Now they are looking for safety director number two. Firegeezer is on this one.
We have an open relationship: They are considering fire chief and firefighter swapping between two communities in New York. Johnson City and Endicott are looking at the idea of having just one fire chief and moving firefighters between the towns to cover holes in staffing. Read the details.
Auto repair shop fire: Video from a fire in Amherst, New York that involved a business and attached apartments. Another good Street View image gives you a nice look at the structure before it burned.
Firefighter takes the sting out of the fire: An interesting story from Salt Lake City and a firefighter who excels at customer service, even when it involves more than 300 beehives. Check it out.
Firefighter Spot videos: Jason has an interesting wind whipped car fire video and more at Firefighter Spot. Just scroll down.
