Prayers for the displaced tenants and pets. Sad day for all of them. Thank you to the first responders and all who helped.

@rickvaiBBB

Жыл бұрын

Find a new fetish. One truck and a hose put it out.

Those rowhouses fires are hard to put out 😮 because of their common cocklofts. When I was a volunteer, we respond to one. We lost half a street, and we were on there for over a day and a half. Hop Hopefully the firefighter who was Transported to the hospital recovered from his injuries. Thank you to all firefighters everywhere for protecting the citizens of your coverage area.

@jurgenkuhlmann9194

Жыл бұрын

Common attic - plus no firewalls. But this really sounds like a Germanism: "row house" - "Reihenhaus." The Brits call these "terraced houses." Cheers!

@josephbrown822

Жыл бұрын

That is so true, been to a few as a VFF as well and it was hell on earth. One was a community of town homes that were only up about 2 years and then poof, one gets and electric short fire starts then a whole row goes. Then the heat starts to get to the next one and the siding or roof catches and you have another one going, 6 departments for that call and by the next morning we finally had it pretty much down to clean up. We were some tired guys that day when we got home, took a shower and I was in bed and out before my head hit the pillow.

@ronfreniere8769

Жыл бұрын

@@josephbrown822 yeah that's what started the one I was at, and before we could get a on it, it moved so fast that half the street was gone before we knew it. Luckily there were injuries to anyone and everyone was able to get out in time, but many families were displaced.

Those poor people who live there!

I saw the same thing in South Baltimore about 10 yrs ago. Old wooden rowhomes with a common roof. Fire started in the second dwelling in the block which burned to the ground causing extensive damage to the closest adjacent buildings and moderate damage to the upper floors on the rest of the block. In all it involved about 12 homes. Excellent job covering the fireground action in this video.

I want you guys to know I want to thank you for being of service and protecting the people in your city and I'm so proud to be able to say I thank you God bless you guys and be safe and that goes for the women too

So sad.Thank you to all first responders. Thank you Bill for the video.🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒

Dang. Can I assume there are no firewalls between units?

@nubbyg9096

Жыл бұрын

Correct.

@MoparGuy1625

Жыл бұрын

Probably have a common cockloft and just traveled right through and most likely balloon framing. Aka. No fire stop at all

@azul8811

Жыл бұрын

@@MoparGuy1625 Row frames are not typically balloon framed. EDIT: I was unaware that some Row Frames were balloon construction. Here in the 5 Boroughs of NYC they are Braced Frame to the best of my knowledge.

@johngoglia-gh7ql

Жыл бұрын

Dried out probably usually 3x3 fire stops.. if aged like kindling

@johngoglia-gh7ql

Жыл бұрын

Homes built right after ww2 probably .Easton is or was manufactured town

So Sad Great Video Bill

Fire walls only work if they go up past the roof line. The building industry has gotten away with building fire walls only up to the attic or void space. Once the fire gets in there you are burning the roof's off of the entire block / complex. The same building industry that is also against residential sprinkler systems.

@RLTtizME

Жыл бұрын

So you live in an all concrete and sprinklered house? If not...were you too much of a cheap skate to build one that way?

Row housing fires are usually very bad, unless the first arriving company gets there early and gets water on the fire quickly.

Prayers to the people who lost their beautiful homes. Thanks and prayers to the firefighters

What a shame.These people lost everything.I would never live in a townhouse.😔

@pamd.happykat8187

Жыл бұрын

I'd pitch a tent under a bridge before I lived in one of these. Sad for all the residents and hope everyone got out safely and got any pets they have out. Great job to all the fire crews!

Having lived in townhouses the fire laws and codes of most areas require fire walls. The cheapest way to get that is a double layer of 3/4 sheet rock on each end of abutting units. The trouble is many job sites the electricians , plumbers , HVAC and everyone else will knock holes through the sheet rock to run various utilities. On top of that often main floor support beams are run through the wall with only some spackle mud slapped around them. Then where ever the frames meets in places like the walls in attics it is never sealed. End result is just like many apartment complexes the walls only last 15 minutes before the fire spreads to the next units.

@rosewetzel8284

Жыл бұрын

These huge fires happen way too frequently

As a former firefighter I will agree with some of the other comments and say there are some questionable tactics in play here. But being someone who has lived in this area I can tell you that there are many, many structures like this on narrow streets, many of which are on steep hills the in the city of Easton. This had the potential to become something much worse.

Looks like older row houses built with wood. One goes, they all go.

Hope everyone git out safe. Great footage Bill! ❤

Those poor people- I hope they can get the help they need to replace what was lost. It was this very fear that kept me from moving to that area when I was apartment hunting.

I hope everyone got out safely.

Great video. Firefighters did a wonderful job on such a difficult fire and with only 1 injury. Fabulous...🤗🤗

Wow, that sure was a busy one! We had a similar fire in my town, but it wasn't quite as bad. Did damage 14 rowhomes though - about half were then torn down.

With residences like these and apartments, you need to have renters insurance. When I used to live in apartments, I carried insurance because any fire in one unit would consume many more.

this is why i could never live in the city especially row houses i would constantly live in fear of the neighbors house catching fire and spreading rapidly to the one i was living in

@judis.1810

Жыл бұрын

I also could never ever live in "a row house", way too scary for me.

@wrecklessintent1982

Жыл бұрын

Then dont..

@RLTtizME

Жыл бұрын

You would probably get shot on the way to the store before that happens.

My hope is that everyone got out and that no one was hurt. Love from Marysville, California

Good coverage I was going to text you about this fire but I thought maybe it was too far to go.

Great video billy

@newsworking

Жыл бұрын

Thank You

Great video

Hmmmm.....Whole block of attached wooden houses likely with balloon framing and no firestopping between cocklofts.....what could possibly go wrong?

Great use of cannon gun.

I wonder why no one has figured out how to keep those firefighter personal emergency alarms from going of in the prep area.

An amazing concentration of fire apparatus and fire members. Those row houses are hell on wheels. Was water supply ever an issue, with all those engines at the scene?

Open attics were quite common in the UK too, and resulted in similar kinds of fire.

@Matt-Durham

Ай бұрын

Back in the 1800s early 1900s lol certainly not anymore not to mention UK houses are made of brick and concrete not this flammable wood and dry wall utter shit and abysmal danger.

I've never heard of cocklofts, but I have heard of firewalls, which obviously were not built into these structures. Remember always buy home or renters insurance.

What always strikes me when watching fires like this one, is the huge amount of damage the water alone does to these houses, even if the crews manage to put out the fire. None of these row-house homes here are safe enough or habitable to where the owners or residents can move back in. These structures end up being one huge mess of water-soaked wood and plaster and sheetrock and fire-charred wreckage. At the very least, these homes will have to be gutted to the frame and rehabbed from top to bottom. Wouldn't be surprised to see this entire row of houses condemned as unsafe and every last one of them torn down.

@Biggestfoot10209

Жыл бұрын

So what is your answer to this question?

@joscallinet6260

Жыл бұрын

@@Biggestfoot10209 It's most likely that these homes will be condemned and torn down. They were a disaster waiting to happen. Adding to this tragedy is the likelihood that the people living there could not afford the cost to have their homes rehabilitated. This appears to be a low-income district, with people living very close to or at the poverty level.

@Madmac96

Жыл бұрын

So, because water is used to put out fire, and water causes damage to the housing, we should just let them burn? You do realize that's ridiculous, right?

@joscallinet6260

Жыл бұрын

@@Madmac96 No, I'm not advocating that water NOT be poured on the fire in the quantities needed to extinguish the blaze - the firefighters had no choice but to do all they could to put it out. What I was getting at in my comment above was to say that PREVENTING fires - and the consequent need TO pour water on them - SHOULD always be the main objective. In the case of these unfortunate row-houses, their "goose was cooked" the moment that fire spread out of control. There was NO avoiding the fire and water damage that resulted. The only choice the fire crews had WAS to put out the fire as quickly as possible before it spread to additional structures in the neighborhood. Those houses were, in effect, SACRIFICED in order to save others. It's a shame this happened to what looked like q nicely-cared-for set of row houses, and most especially to the people living in them.

@JB91710

Жыл бұрын

What you saw here is Fountain Statue Fire Playing. When you saw the streams of water going through the windows, do you think there was even a little fire in those rooms? There wasn't even smoke coming out those windows. You have to go in there and surgically apply the water to the burning material and just the burning material. They destroyed that entire building flooding it like that. Absolutely no need for it either.

Typical fire in most cities in PA with attached row homes. And balloon construction cause once it is in the walls it's off to the races

Very sad 😢

They're older than they look. They've been covered in vinyl siding.

Well done to the fire department they did such a amazing job. That is why I wouldn't live in a weatherboard board house they are too much of a high fire risk!!!

Only the best okay.

Absolutely no way would I ever consider living in something like that

Why on earth stack that many together .thats asking for trouble

terrible loss to the families.

Sad !😭

Other amazing job bill

Looking at the water's color pouring from engine #2018's deck gun, when they return to station, they need to flush the tank and inspect, as well as check the anodes. I like the trench cut Forks FD did on venting, making an anchor point to stop further horizontal fire spread. In my opinion these are essential in row home wind driven conditions and are not used a frequently as the should. By in the olden days massiive fire spread was done with dynamite, but it's use is a tab bit founded upon today.

@JB91710

Жыл бұрын

Roof ventilation is ridiculous. Weren't there enough dormer windows for you?

Prayers 😢

Row houses depending on fire codes if they have gire walls

Woodframes... We used to build our cities in Europe like that in the Middle Ages. That made some spectacular fires then too.

When did they stop requiring fire walls?

@pattiabb3259

Жыл бұрын

Those houses are older than dirt. Probably wasn't any fire wall laws when they were being built

well now i know why it went to 5 plus alarms

That RED DEVIL sure knew where to run in that complex , sad to see it go up in flames on such a beautiful weekend . Hope all are safe involved.

Is this a Defensive fire or Offensive fire mode of attack? Fire Departments that mix the mode of attack place the safety of their firefighters at risk. You are either in Defensive mode or Offensive mode, but never both.

@JB91710

Жыл бұрын

From what we saw this is mostly an offensive fire. If you can't see what's burning, how are you going to get water on it?

07:00 Is that rust in the line causing the orange color in the water? Would that be a problem for the pumps in the engines if so? I wouldn't want to imagine what else would cause that color. 🤢

@Biggestfoot10209

Жыл бұрын

That would be no problem whatsoever. Could be they are drafting from a pond.

Looks like the street is too damn small for all of the firefighters and equipment.

This video show all outside attacks. I did not see one inside attack. Maybe it happened, the video did not show it.. Never seen so many sticks up with only one guy cutting the roof. So many people lost everything.

😔💔

Get in there and put it out. Master streams in windows won’t cut it.

This looks more like an apartment building then 15 homes.

Do you know if any pets escaped?

Normally you'd find this in Philadelphia or Washington, D.C., but wow, this is something else.

6:50: This must be a distress signal!

@chrisburns8894

Жыл бұрын

That was the evac tones building was in jeopardy of collapsing so they sold the air horns to let all firefighters know to get out asap

@jonarmedpiandsecurityoffic9051

Жыл бұрын

That's a GTFO tone, firefighters hear that and head to the door quickly

@jurgenkuhlmann9194

Жыл бұрын

@@jonarmedpiandsecurityoffic9051 Well yes, they MUST hear that signal when their own lives are in jeopardy, but I believe there is a chance that inside a fire building with all that noise around them, firemen might miss it. Especially when under stress, it is possible not to hear and see everything around you. So in addition, this warning signal should come over the radio from the Battalion Chief as well, if possible. All the best!

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Not good Henry……..

13d

Building codes in 1920's? Hmmm, interesting

This is O sad 15 ho es burn on a holiday whatxould havestartez auch adevaztati f

@tinagrier6641

Жыл бұрын

Fire ❤ hope those families are OK

Let fire 🔥 burn to water.....todays firefighting

I’m scared to fight inside . Obviously not volunteering paid fire fighters set back and relax

Let me guess... refried bean fire or frying chicken?

@wongd7946

Жыл бұрын

you got issues brodie

If one person is a shit head everyone loses 😢scarey

do you know the cause?

🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁LION c LIKE No. 272

I bet the owner is mad. His or her insurance just went up.

@chrisbarr1359

Жыл бұрын

Forget the premiums. They just let stuff that CAN'T be replaced.

They need better radios u can’t understand nothing they say

@Biggestfoot10209

Жыл бұрын

Double negatives. Didn’t you go to school.

@joeytheauditor1286

Жыл бұрын

@@Biggestfoot10209 nope

There is a number of chubies on the force.

@shelbymccoy3936

Жыл бұрын

Who cares? What a RUDE thing to say!!!! At least they answered the call when danger struck. Do you???

@rosesmith6208

Жыл бұрын

one thing I have learned in my short life, is that weight is one of those things is hard to control simply because we dont understand how our bodies work and why it does what it does, if you listen to the experts they will tell you it is a lack of self control, I am here to tell you that is only partially true, they will lead you to do the oppisite of what you should do, maybe they are confused maybe they are misled or maybe they are just evil and want people to stay unhealthy and to hate themselves who knows the heart of some people, i know wiht weight watchers they dont want you to be successful especially on your own otherwise you wont need them anymore and who will pay them?

@cherylt8590

Жыл бұрын

Chas aka Bigcheezmoe,what's chubies got to do with fighting a fire,my son was chubies and was one of the best firefighters out there,and went to every call,so are you a firefighter 😤 🚒🚑😊👍...

@cherylt8590

Жыл бұрын

@@shelbymccoy3936 ya really. ..

@bigcheezmoe

Жыл бұрын

@@cherylt8590 Cheryl, under strenuous conditions those with high BMI are associated with high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. They will end up having a hart attack while on the job thereby requiring emergency treatment during an already emergency situation.

Bacon burgers are ready.

didn't save a single house lmao

Alot of fat firefighter not wearing gear on fire scene

@IG10705

Жыл бұрын

That's their choice

@ryangalasso4015

Жыл бұрын

You have a mix between volunteers and paid guys who all have different levels of lax on rules