Downtown Vincennes, Indiana fire revisited. New video gives better view of fire's progression & may cast doubt on some of the keyboard sizeups.

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Earlier coverage & fireground audio

This video above from WVUB Radio gives a much better view of the progression of the fire that began Saturday night at 2nd Street and Main Street in Vincennes, Indiana.

The previous early video and pictures posted on STATter911.com, like the shot above from Arthur Collins, gave the impression to many of our readers that this might be the intitial main body of fire presented to arriving firefighters. It shows flames breaking through the middle of the block, Side A (Main Street), ground floor windows at The Old Gimbel Corner Antique building. But some of the video we posted Sunday morning did show hints of a glow above the roof line coming from the other side of the building. I am not sure everyone picked up on that.

A couple people who were at the scene sent in comments to our legion of loyal and much appreciated KICs that, by the time fire broke through on the front, firefighters were already well engaged with a large body of fire and a collapse on Side C. This latest video gives a much better illustration of that and how the fire spread.

None of this is a slam on anyone. But after seeing this video, and aware of the first impression, I thought it fair that we share this one.

Below is another video, from WVUT-TV, it opens with a shot later in the fire, of Side C.