I was 12 years old when our house burned to the ground at 2am. Back then there were no smoke detectors. My older brother and I just made it out. By the time we ran outside with our parents and little brother (under 1 minute) fire was coming out the roof of our bedroom. I'm 64 now, and I still shudder, even when I smell a camp fire. I'm glad everyone got out of this one. Fire moves so fast!

@glenbearh9109

Жыл бұрын

I worked at a psych state hospital and while a patient was in his room another set the mattress on fire. the patient went to the window but they are locked. I ran in and got him out however, my first thought was to lock the room to help stop the spread. Thank God I was able to see the patient through the smoke and bring him out. My pant leg caught fire but I patted it out. By now one could hardly see the lights on the ceiling but we got the whole ward of 25 people out. I still shake when I think OMG! what if I locked that door? I would not be able to live with that guilt.

@lindaraezer3013

Жыл бұрын

Same with me. I was 14. The PTSD just never goes away.

@yogib37

8 ай бұрын

I heard that a fire doubles in size every 6 seconds. Yeah it does move fast.

@OmarJassam

5 ай бұрын

0:46

@nickmad887

17 күн бұрын

GOD Bless you Friend.

They were fighting it from 3 fronts. This is a corner lot and they had most of the equipment protecting the garage on the other side as well as a 2nd garage just behind and the neighbor's house. If the garage caught fire, it would have leap to the neighbors garage (just a few feet behind) then the neighbors house attached to the garage and a third house only a few feet away. The other side of the house is fully involved, no chance to save it. Although this side looks like they are not fighting it, they are. This house is huge. Saving the garages was their only option to save the neighbor's houses. They have units on Central ave, Q st. Cadish Ave and R st.

@AtTheBarn

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the rest of the story. As you can tell from my comment above it does not look like they intended to save anything but I guess they decided early on to forget this house and just save the neighbors house. The water from the ladder truck and from the firefighter sitting on the tree was not even reaching the fire. A lot of wasted water that could have actually helped.

@robertsmith-dr5tm

Жыл бұрын

See how the smoke is blowing. The departments were all in the front trying to protect the exposures across the street.

@douglaslindsaychapman5188

4 ай бұрын

What you do not feel is the heat. The neighbour exposure needs alot of water to stay cool.

I use to joke about my house burning down ..but the loss of all your possessions and things that can’t be replaced would suck..

at this point it is just a controlled burn, because there is much to save now,

@Og-Judy

Жыл бұрын

Exactly .the entire inside is gutted.

@JB91710

Жыл бұрын

95% of USA fires are Controlled Burns.

Looks like the only thing not on fire is the fireplace 🔥

Sad to see such a nice home destroyed. With the wind the fire had a lot of help in spreading.

I always enjoy seeing how many expert fire fighters there are in the Comment section.... lol

@cheeseshark

Жыл бұрын

Yea, JB91710 is an expert for sure, just ask him.

Thank you, this one definitely goes into our training file.

What a beautiful house. I hope the family will be able to rebuild.

@jimbeekman4863

Жыл бұрын

Rebuild what?

@josephbennett3482

Жыл бұрын

Judging by how luxurious the house looks and the giant boat sitting on the trailer im pretty sure that the owners can pay for a new house , appears to be an upscale neighborhood anyway so it's probably rich people.

@meangene98

Жыл бұрын

The outside doesn’t look too bad.

@kimberlysevastyanenko3798

Жыл бұрын

​@@jimbeekman4863 Uhh, rebuild the house they lost.

Absolutely horrible !!! My thoughts and prayers are with the family on this terrible loss of their home and possessions. Thank God no one got hurt or worse.

@douglascrawford3896

Жыл бұрын

possessions can be replaced ,we do what we can at most fires ,some like this are beyond fighting and we stop the spread ......

I reckon these folks had to put their ship (on the trailer in the backyard) to sea to live on for a while until the house is rebuilt. Ship is nearly as big as the house was!

@nathanielbrown8517

Жыл бұрын

Is the ship behind on payments?

Feel sorry for the family that just lost everything sending prayers

@robertsmith-dr5tm

Жыл бұрын

News interview with the owner says she lost her husband to cancer two years ago and lost everything in the fire including her dog. Very sad

@retroquest3579

Жыл бұрын

Judging by the massive ship in the driveway, I think it's a safe bet they will be ok financially at least...

@teresabarentsvanbramer2897

Жыл бұрын

Anyone else notice the red hydrant in the back of the house?

@tubelooker71

Жыл бұрын

⁠They can’t even get to the hydrant.

@kimberlysevastyanenko3798

Жыл бұрын

​@@retroquest3579 Yeah, but the pain of losing everything, especially after what that woman had already gone through, is the worst part.

Defensive job 100%. From this view, there’s nothing you can do except protect exposures. Full involvement from basement to attic, with a partial structural collapse- house was gone long ago.

@georgemacdonald5282

11 ай бұрын

You really feel for the people who have lost their home, i hope everyone was alright

Wow, that boat. 👊

It’s like the fires of hell in that house, terrifying, yet mesmerizing at the same time. Always has been my worse fear, seen fires take out multiple homes, on windy days without rain for weeks. It is so scary how fast they spread.

one of the guys in the comments stated that the FD had only 30 active fire fighters, this is the double edge sword of living in a very nice and expensive small community 🙁

@brucegordon4992

Жыл бұрын

Mutual Aid ? 60 firefighters from 7 departments.

@JB91710

Жыл бұрын

How many firefighters do you think you need to do the job? 10 competent, real firefighters could have done better than 30 of those guys.

@roger0929

Жыл бұрын

More about middle class people not willing to pay enough taxes for basic services.

@cjritchie9701

8 ай бұрын

@@JB91710JB must of been having a bad lonely day when you disided to comment 30 Times on the same video

Always seems to happen when nobody home 😢 Kinda eerie to watch front windows as aluminum melts.

Looks like an ocean liner in the driveway.

I lived in a European concrete flat…. Cold damp dreary and depressing….I’ll take my coat warm non damp lovely wooden house any day

Great video. So sad to see the house go...🤗🤗

Such ashame. Was beautiful.

It's amazing to me how combustible that house was and how fast it burned.

@dennisheape971

Жыл бұрын

That's why I hate synthetic materials in house building. Some Countries even ban materials used in U.S. homes. Pitch roofing and Synthetic claddings are a couple.

@mikehoysler4322

Жыл бұрын

Nothin like living in a cinder block house

As a retired volunteer firefighter in Canada, why aren't their multiple stations fighting this massive house fire? We would have my station and at least 2 more.

@lawrenceforte5353

Жыл бұрын

Because the majority of the towns are voluntareer fire stations if this is in Massachusetts

@lklpalka

11 ай бұрын

You've maybe heard that we Americans are tax-adverse? Tax dollars to support infrastructure isn't our thing, unfortunately.

Its cool the boats bigger than the house, lemonade.

Wow fire every where

Protect that boat #1 priority, if you got that boat, you got insurance on house

Nice house before the fire started. They can get another house built

Nice video 👍 thank you for sharing 😁

Sell the boat and you could easily re-build....looked like a nice home

1. Save lives 2. Stop the fire expanding 3. Extinguish the fire or allow it to burn out in a controlled manner.

I have never seen part of a house just fall off onto the ground. That house is a total loss. I hope the family is safe

@Zboomafu

Жыл бұрын

omg its a total loss? No way

@HobbyOrganist

Жыл бұрын

The way that was built there wasnt much support in the corner, large windows, once it burned enough that was it

@lindatoten6452

Жыл бұрын

@@HobbyOrganist, I agree with you 💯 👍

@angieslives

Жыл бұрын

For some reason, this looks fake. Just by the water hits the fire. Also when they zoomed in to see the windows. They were all broken out perfectly the same

@lindatoten6452

Жыл бұрын

@Angle Flewelling , this fire is real. It had spread pretty fast. The heat from the flames popped the windows out. I am guessing the fire started in the back of the house. Yall correct me if I am wrong.

The constant, driving wind, and sooooo many open windows into the structure...literally like pouring a steady stream of gas onto a fire. That house was doomed. Other comments here about the firefighting being proactive to save nearby property...yeah that's all they could do. The heat from that can autoignite things by itself, and when the envelope of heat is pushed outwards with wind...its bad news if you have a house on the other side of this.

The irony of the local hydrant, but no way to access it.

That wind just pushed the fire through that old house 😮!

That house was forked, stick a fork in it done, on size up. With that wind you are going to have a major battle keeping it beat down enough not to spread. You know you are good when you can get it tamed and on a starving diet in the worst conditions.

Ive been through a total loss apt. Fire. Scary. A smell u never forget. I can smell this from my phone. Fire put aside, did anybody notice the big ass boat😮 !?!? Glad everyone is safe.

@Dana.1

Жыл бұрын

Yup. Caught it from early in the video.

@shaunsautorepairs5410

6 ай бұрын

At least they still have somewhere to live.....

I just hope she’s insured well

This house is toast (literally). Protect the exposures and let it burn.

They should be fighting the fire in front of the dwelling, and taking advantage of the wind. 2 large lines in the front world have made a huge difference. We’re is the command leadership? And yes I know what I am talking about. This looks more like a controlled burn than an actual extinguishing fire! Wow. Some departments are outstanding and some, not so much! What a shame.

@JB91710

Жыл бұрын

This is typical in 95% of USA departments. And, I also know what I'm talking about.

@RamboJohnJ

Жыл бұрын

@@JB91710 no, Jack. You don’t. Stop pretending like you do.

@choppermike3329

Жыл бұрын

@@JB91710 HaHaHa!!!! Oh yeah, you know what you're talking about!!!!! Where did you get your statistic from. You are hilarious!!!🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣😂 You make nothing but negative comments on these channels, grow up. But you are ridiculously funny, I'll give you that!

@choppermike3329

Жыл бұрын

@@RamboJohnJ👍🏻 He doesn't know Jack!

@jasminelindros8923

Жыл бұрын

@@JB91710 LOL! JB, you're so full of hot air you've probably started as many fires with your mouth as you've watched with your eyes. You've certainly never put any out.

I found out this was in Hull, Massachussetts. I had to do a little research since the poster didn't bother to identify the location or the department. You're welcome.

“WOW” just let it burn to the slab damn😮

It would have been nice if the poster gave a little bit more info as the where this house is. Hull, MA or some other state? would have been a good start.

@brucegordon4992

Жыл бұрын

Hull MA Specifically Q Street in Hull.

Wow! That Fire is Cook'n. Why even bother with water? Maybe the concern is to keep the heat from spreading to nearby homes. Fire has totally destroyed structure. Just wait for it to collapse, and become ash. Hopefully the owners have insurance on such a property.

Forget the houses. Save the boat!

At that point protect exposures and safe your water unless your on hydrates then try to keep the trees and everything safe .

I would like to see how long it took them to set up the fire line?

Their wooden homes, burning like a matchstick. Cheap made, held together with some nails and a lot of paint.

Absolutely terrible fire attack from the Fire Department....

"House Warming party"🎈🎈🎈🎉🎉🎊🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈🤣🤣

Easier to clean up the nails with a huge magnet than heavy machines

At this point the fire department should just let it finish burning itself to the ground...it'll be less to clean up later.

Once the building is fully engulfed, so long as it's not a crime scene, you're doing the building owners a favor by letting it burn, because the house is going to be totaled anyway. The longer it burns, the less demolition/clean up costs.

@arribaficationwineho32

7 ай бұрын

The hoses are to prevent neighbors from burning

A fire this far gone, the main thing is to protect the exposures so it doesn't spread. Especially with the wind.

Funny thing is that they have a red fire plug right in their backyard...

This fire is in Hull,MA…..on the south shore of Massachusetts, approximately 25 miles south of Boston.

Controlled burn??

Looks like a grill caught fire on the far end

How many companys are fighting that fire

JOBTOWN 🔥

This looks like a controlled burn of this property--the fire was well underway and rapidly spread and the collapsed part of the property on the right looks like the roof was purposely severed from the main body of the property. Unless this was from a gas leak explosion or something along those lines I would be hard pressed to believe this was an actual unplanned fire.

@brucegordon4992

Жыл бұрын

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@HobbyOrganist

Жыл бұрын

Why would they burn what looks like a perfectly good house? they burn old junk houses that sat abandoned for 20 years with it's roof having holes in it, this house looks like it was in good shape along with the lawn, it burned so fast because of the modern crap in these houses- all chipboard construction, laminated basically plastic "wood" flooring and carpeting, upholstered furniture with their guts basically being made like solidified gasoline, MDF with wood veneer furniture, styrofoam and foam insulation, plastic siding, asphalt roofing over chipboard, the stuff goes up like a gas can. You dont see this inplaces like Romania and Hungary, they build houses there out of kiln fired red terracotta blocks, stucco'd outside, roofs are covered with kiln fired red terracotta tile

@HobbyOrganist

Жыл бұрын

Investigators return to scene of massive blaze in Hull that destroyed home By Steve Cooper May 16, 2023 HULL, MASS. (WHDH) - Investigators were back at the scene of a massive fire in Hull on Tuesday, attempting to determine what caused the blaze that engulfed a home on Q Street the day before.

@retroquest3579

Жыл бұрын

Could be arson, but I doubt it was insurance fraud. That luxury ocean liner (lol) in the driveway is prolly worth more then the property was....

@brucegordon4992

Жыл бұрын

@@retroquest3579 Zillow estimates it at 1.9 million with 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms

Lots of money to buy or build a nice house, shame it was built in very flammable wood and without sprinklers which might have prevented this happening

That's what you get when you only build with wood a fire and the whole house is gone Here in the Netherlands the houses are made of brick only the roof and window frames are made of wood

Where was this video taken???

Is this Hull, MA? Used to go there to the beach in my younger years. :)

Cement board siding changes everything.

Wow... was a fire started in every room in this house....

No way you can fight against that wind fanning the flames.

@5.2litrecat45

8 ай бұрын

You can if you use the wind to your advantage, which was not done here, and why only three lines, why was another alarm turned in?

@1devilD

7 ай бұрын

​@5.2litrecat45 it might be lack of staffing at neighboring stations .....70% of the fire service is volunteers, keep that in mind.....maybe no mutual aid agreements between local communities / governments.....or lack of funding, or worse, lack of adequate water supplies, or the other departments are fighting another fire somewhere else or they were called to an accident scene or etc and the other departments near there are probably covering that department area also while the 1s are at that fire scene, thats called a.... move up order, and some states and cities say... if the fire fighter does not have interior certificates they can not go to citys calls or city move up's.... its also on the ic / chief decision based on the information available to them at the time and is based on several factors like neighbors homes, wind and etc to decide if they should do an offensive fire attack or defensive, in this case they decided defensive because it was wind driven.. and the goal is to keep as much heat as possible from igniting another home or car on fire and making it a larger fire....i encourage you to join the local fire department if they take volunteers, and see whats its like.... it's alot tougher then people think or see...

well if you want to live way out in west hell with poor fire protection this is something to think about

At that point it's just preventing it from spreading.... That sucks

Where was this house fire what state

Damn this house must have been dry wood, how sad to see it go.

Is that a hydrant on the side of the home?

I love when the photographers has to state the obvious and have the details of how it should be handled

never mind the fire ...look at the boat !

what the year is it ????

That's what happens when putting in stupid, unnecessary wide windows. It compromises the structural integrity leaving very little to hold up the roof and floors above.

... Well ... they lost everything material....but....the Good-Thing is that the Family has Lots & Lots of Money to "build-back" ...👍🙏😇

Fire, it’s so destructive and just destroys everything in its path. So sad to watch this video

They could live in the boat temporarily. I feel so bad for them. Losing everything.

Nice

Normal au état unis tous ou tout est en bois et surtout inflammable choix négatifs en plus. Déforestation en feux de forêts 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

And with so much of it going up even the basement

Looks like an arson fire to me.

Guys on the aerial taking a coffee break.. nice work up there

This is how not to fight a fire

Wow.😮

It is so comforting to see the VFD and its VFFs in a non-action video, depicting the Volunteers doing nothing in the way of actual firefighting, which is their normal non-aggressive system of fire suppression and extinguishment. You gotta Love them Volunteers, you just gotta !!! (i.e.) Look Ma, we got a brand new Ladder Truck Water Tower, so firefighters are no longer needed at fires. We just hook up to a water fire hydrant and then pour water onto the fire from a safe distance, a really safe distance.

@johnreiman297

Жыл бұрын

That is just the rich areas that do that. Us poor shmucks still run inside.

@JNAGSVA

Жыл бұрын

Hull Mass. is an all paid crew !! State jobs !!

@FloridaCatholicGuy

Жыл бұрын

Not even the FDNY would go into a building with fire blowing out of every window and door with the building collapsing.

@nebraskaninkansas347

Жыл бұрын

Look ma I have no idea how to fight fires. But love to act like I do.

@MrAndrew618

Жыл бұрын

Why don 't YOU join a volunteer department and show us all how it's really done? Or are you one of those career boys who think volunteers are nothing but hobby firemen? Go snap your suspenders somewhere else.

So could they put that on the market as a fixer-upper?

The fire ain’t going out when the fire dept is fighting it from 1/2 mile away !! Yes there’s a collapse zone … get the hell closer

Unfortunately, the structure is a loss. Protect the property around it and keep everyone safe. Risk verses reward.

great video, just liked and subscribed.

From the start of video house is lost contain and protect exposure and just let it go there is no stopping it even if you do manage to put it out the house is not rebuildable it is going to have to be torn down and start over anyway

I hope that’s not my fire department !

Look , I don't know about fires , I don't -- but what was causing all that black smoke ?

I feel for the people, so sad. It looks like an older wooden home, looks to be a total loss. Why do they have so little water going on this big fire and the black tower is doing nothing?? They have a bay or ocean there, bring in a chopper and do a few water drops it would be about out.

OMG 😱😱😱😱😢😢

Those guys need to go to Naval fire fighting school because that isn't working for them. House is lost.

@cjritchie9701

8 ай бұрын

Of corse it is, If they can’t save a fully inloved house you think they should go back to school? Mabey you should go to school

So very sad.... One question though. Why didn't they call for more help?

Was this fire set? There is way too much fire throughout that structure...

Move the damn boat, nobody got a truck, my bad, snotty neighborhood