I believe all these firemen are volunteers. Well done guys, you are truly hero’s

@catlycardugganriley7857

4 жыл бұрын

Yes they are. My son was there. He is a volunteer

@timothybarney7257

4 жыл бұрын

The units from Tobyhanna Army Depot may be professional possibly.

@catlycardugganriley7857

4 жыл бұрын

@@timothybarney7257 You are prob right about that, but most were Volunteer departments. You do not find many paid departments in rural pa.

@timothybarney7257

4 жыл бұрын

@@catlycardugganriley7857 I'm from PA originally (Central PA/Blair County), so I know how that goes. Living in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York now (Ulster) and outside of the couple of cities in the area, everything is volunteer here as well.

@catlycardugganriley7857

4 жыл бұрын

@@timothybarney7257 Well then you know how it goes. Lol

Best tanker shuttle I have ever seen on KZread. I think New Jersey fire Dept's should take note about use of tanker shuttles correctly from this video.. GREAT JOB to all the Volunteer Companies involved with this call

@ffjsb

4 жыл бұрын

Any place that big should have an on site water supply...

@alexismspgaming8260

4 жыл бұрын

@@ffjsb should, could, would, but it didn't. Many places like this is rural areas are not going to have that luxury. Even if it were written into the codes 50 years ago what burned was built in 1902, so it would be grandfathered in anyways.

@ffjsb

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexismspgaming8260 I know that, but a good rural dept. would encourage preventive measures like installing a pond or storage tanks. The offset in insurance costs can offset the cost of installing something like that a great deal. And many times if you remodel a building, you have to do it to the new code.

@judecaporusso8599

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Alecksynas thanks glad you thought that about us

@dizzydevil547

2 жыл бұрын

@@ffjsb Im from the uk first time iv seen this vid ect ....im Impressed by the water tanker shuttle they had going ...Also looking at google maps there was a pool they could of used (but would have run dry quick) ...and there is Lake Minausin near by but looking at google its down hil and a bit far away ..also its fed by a creek and i think it goes dry a lot as it was when looking on the maps ..was more like a very lush green bowl if it hadn't been labeled as a lake i would of thought it was a pasture / clearing! ..OBV Local folks who have commented on here will know better than me im JUST guessing at that ;) BIG thumbs up though to all the Voulnteer Fire depts involved in this! ..here in the uk we dont have those and the more the gov make cuts to the fire service here and leave Large areas cover by just 1 or 2 stations so rural villages and some towns that had their own fire dept now depend on response from the city or nearby towns that still have a Dept ..we should have volunteer dept like the U.S!

One Hell of a tanker shuttle operation!!! Well done to everyone involved!!!!!

@Wa3ypx

4 жыл бұрын

Just a practice for when it really counts.

@mikeymcmikeface5599

4 жыл бұрын

How does that work in the winter when it's twenty degrees below freezing?

@Wa3ypx

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikeymcmikeface5599 You adapt and over come. Just don't have fare weather fires. Although, there IS fare weather firemen!

@judecaporusso8599

4 жыл бұрын

Ed Hauenstein thanks

Fires are always bad. Glad no one got hurt. Your coverage of this is awesome much better then coverage we get of local stuff on TV. Bravo for your camera work!

Hate to see a historic building lost to fire. From the Yelp reviews it was in decline already (Take Note Arson Investigators). Great effort by multi-agency response.

It's a sad shame this happened. I worked at pocono manor back in the early 90's and loved my time spent there. It's so upsetting that this place with such an incredibly long history has been destroyed. :(

@joeluigisgfiretrucks673

9 ай бұрын

I loved that hotel too I went before that’s ashamed that it burned down

Mr William, Another AWESOME video sir, thank you for your time and efforts, we definitely got our monies worth out of you on this one! You and especially the firefighters deserve several Cold 🍺🍺🍺 as well as several 👍👍👍 I'm very impressed with the efforts from both the firefighters and officers running the fireground operations, considering the lack of hydrants and size of water mains ,the winds and the void areas of construction, not only did they overcome the issues but they were sure as hell NOT coming back to a rekindle so to even bring in excavators 👏👏👏 one hell of a job to all! Thanks again Mr William job well done sir! Keep your videos coming!

What a shame for such a nice older building.Excellant video coverage.

kudos - well organized tanker shuttle and good exposure protection.

@markwillcox720

4 жыл бұрын

Great fireground operations, but there wasn't any exposures, what didn't burn the excavators knocked down!🤔

@firered30013

4 жыл бұрын

@@markwillcox720 There was a concrete (supposedly "fire-proof") multi-story building / extension either directly connected to or very closely situated to the fire building. I know concrete normally does not burn, but the interior contents do. And it appeared to have windows which had broken out exposing the interior contents to possible extension either by direct exposure of radiant heat.

Unfortunately, old wooden structures that have been modified time and time again, just do not survive wind-driven fires. Huge resort hotels in rural and scenic areas usually go this way. That fricken wind definitely did not help their fight. I'm amazed the whole place wasn't a seething mass of flames before anyone even arrived. Lots of voids and open space for fire to spread unknown to the naked eye. That's why tearing it down, while putting it out, is best practice.. If you don't, it will just rekindle and burn down later on.

@davidh807

4 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone that makes sense!

Geez how can you tell they are all volunteers …. it only says it on every fire truck

If they decide to rebuild might I be so bold as to suggest there be some fire walls?

@SoulHedgehog

4 жыл бұрын

There was a fire wall. The extension from the main lodge to the west wing, where the excavator was tearing WAS the fire wall. They waited to try to tear it down until after the fire had already spread over there. They were advised to do that tearing between the fire wall hours before they actually did.

@josephsize634

4 жыл бұрын

It was scheduled to close in 3 weeks for a 2 year remodel. It was built in 1902. The furnishings looked dated.

@sanddabz5635

4 жыл бұрын

@@josephsize634 Timing

@zyglo9826

4 жыл бұрын

Paul LaDuke...and, dare I suggest...SPRINKLERS?

Rare to see demolition during a ongoing fire..

@driftinggator47

4 жыл бұрын

Destroying evidence.

@jaredthompson3011

4 жыл бұрын

@@driftinggator47 There's a reason why they demolished it. It's mostly because it reduces the risk of debris falling and hurting people. They also did it to make an attempt to save some of structure which it didn't survive.

@thomasnetter2407

4 жыл бұрын

Actually not rare at all... I've been on dozens maybe even hundreds of fire scenes where they've brought in equipment to knock parts down to gain access to the seat of the fire or make a "trench cut" to head off the fire.

@outcast7602

4 жыл бұрын

my department does it all the time, if its an area that's a total loss its very helpful with overhaul

@MusicBear51

4 жыл бұрын

latham area , when the church I worked for burned last year, the FD started knocking down wall due to safety issues while it was still burning. Needless to say, I salvaged nothing from my office.

Wait, this just happened?? How did I not hear about it?...I just saw it on my recommendations. How weird. I've got family that live near there. How awful. I can't believe this just happened. What a tragic loss!

I feel for the employees who just lost their jobs a lot sooner than expected. Like what happened to Westgate Resort in Tennessee when hit by a wildfire.

@egold1006

4 жыл бұрын

Not really, owner has other property's around the area. It might be harder for the employees who took up residence there.

What a shame. The day before here in Columbus we had sustained 30mph winds gusting to 50-55.

Looked like a nice place, what a shame. at least no one was hurt.

@jacobbeckley5292

4 жыл бұрын

Sonic 7 Amen to that.😎👍🛠💎✝️🇺🇸🇷🇺

@markm-ci6rj

4 жыл бұрын

was that not a stretcher at 5:50?

@markwillcox720

4 жыл бұрын

@@markm-ci6rj looked like equipment and trama equipment only no body?

@jacobbeckley5292

4 жыл бұрын

mark m yes but it's Empty. There is only medical Equipment on there.😎👍🛠💎✝️🇺🇸🇷🇺

@markm-ci6rj

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobbeckley5292and ​ Mark Willcox : OK, thanks looked like a fireman on my small screen.

My goodness, what the heck happened? I used to live near the Poconos in Phillipsburg, NJ from the mid 80's to the mid 90's.

@judecaporusso8599

4 жыл бұрын

Orioles Fan kitchen fire went wrong

Now that how you find the hidden fire. Tough fire for sure ,

What started it

New meaning to controlled burn with trackhoe on site.

Was the call delayed? They didn't have much of a chance with a fire that advanced.

@EyeWatchThemAll

4 жыл бұрын

Massively strong winds from a storm that spawned tornadoes just east of this in New Jersey probably pushed the fire along.

@markwillcox720

4 жыл бұрын

Old wood frame construction, lots of void areas probably with newer construction covering up areas and no hydrants!( it's amazing what large diameter hose does on the fire grounds!) Hurray for 5" supply hose #LDH

@evangelistbrianbaker

4 жыл бұрын

Yes and Directed Energy Weapons with fire that can not be put out my water. They got there in plenty of time.

@josephastier7421

4 жыл бұрын

@@evangelistbrianbaker Drink!

@evangelistbrianbaker

4 жыл бұрын

@@josephastier7421 I have been studying these fires for over 1 and 1/2 years now and how they usually don't burn trees and leaves and front lawns, but level houses and burn cars and steel appliances. I can share with you many pics if you want.

No fire hydrants with this many structures around! Fires get a big head start while all that is being set up and tankers are filling with water. Did it have a sprinkler system?

@SoulHedgehog

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, there are several fire hydrants on site, and yes, they were being used. Yes, there was a comprehensive fire suppression system (albeit, very old). The fire was in the walls and ceilings, where it was inaccessible to preventative measures.

I still cannot fathom how, and this maybe because I live in California and not a sneeze away from a fire plug, how can a hotel and spa be built without a fire hydrant system in place! Sad loss of a beautiful building!

@mikedc3

4 жыл бұрын

Oldest part built in 1902. What year was the San Fran fire again?

Scary to think that a tinderbox like that could be allowed to operate as a hotel accepting paying guests. They were just plain lucky it didn’t happen at night when it would have been full of people sleeping.

@monicafavia5006

4 жыл бұрын

So should we simply close down every historic place because they are tinderboxes? There goes the Smithsonian - man that place is old, how about the Metropolitan Museum of Art? There are so many wonderful historic places and buildings it is very sad to see this one go.

@zyglo9826

4 жыл бұрын

Monica Favia...you’re missing the point. I never said every historic combustible building should be closed and torn down. I’m saying that buildings that offer overnight sleeping accommodations need to be held to a high standard of safety in order to prevent a recurrence of the many deadly hotel fires that have occurred in the US and worldwide. You cited the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art as examples of non-fire-safe buildings. These buildings don’t offer sleeping accommodations. Historically significant buildings can and should be preserved, and they can be made reasonably fire safe with some modifications. When I go to bed in a hotel room, I want to feel secure that the management has taken all reasonable measures to prevent fire.

@dizzydevil547

2 жыл бұрын

@@zyglo9826 I understand what your saying! ..BUT im from the U.K and the premier in near me a national chain of mid budget hotels that was modern burnt to the ground in 2019 ...(no one was hurt thank god) but it went from this .....kzread.info/dash/bejne/nIBkmbduZLHLhbQ.html to this ...kzread.info5b_UR8JttWo ..So witnessing that i will no longer stay in a premier inn or travel lodge ( saw one of those being constructed near me and it was all wood framing and isulastion on the inside with just cladding and a few sections of bricks on the outside! ....give me a hotel that is solidly built with interior brick dividing walls ect any time!

What the heck was that building made of? Building being pulled down and still a good amount of fire coming from it....

@notthatdonald1385

4 жыл бұрын

I think the upper floors fell into the unburned first floor giving the fire plenty of new fuel, and O2.

Oh my gosh I can’t believe this burned down This has me in tears

stupid questions here, but is the bulldozer work to help reduce the rick of collapsing later and help extinguish now?? and how are the bulldozers not getting electrocuted. does someone get all the juice cut to the whole bldg.?

@zachgetsguap7846

4 жыл бұрын

The point of the heavy equipment was to sift through the rubble when it was all on the ground to get to hot spots and more fire, because there was so much of the rubble. And that still didn’t quite do it because the next day when it was finally put out there were 2 more separate calls for 2 separate rekindles. Since the machines were already there, they might as well have used them to help knock down what was going to collapse anyway

What about the person that was carried out?

When I was a kid I stayed here while attending the Alpine Slide and watching a NASCAR race at Pocono Speedway

@tommyd1542

4 жыл бұрын

The Alpine Slide at Action Park? One of the country's very first urgent care centers opened up at the bottom of the road to Action Park and it was well needed. Too bad it took dozens and dozens of serious injuries and a number of deaths before action was taken to close the park down..

@JDSWeather

4 жыл бұрын

@@tommyd1542 yup was fun until I got a little Road Rash 😆

@atlanticocean640

4 жыл бұрын

JDS Weather First, Brewer, Maine News & Events I stayed there to for a nascar race. And I’m also from Midcoast Maine

@JDSWeather

4 жыл бұрын

@@atlanticocean640 cool I'm in Brewer, Maine

@atlanticocean640

4 жыл бұрын

JDS Weather First, Brewer, Maine News & Events I’m in Boothbay area

Yeah Someone is FIRED!

@paulsmallriver6066

4 жыл бұрын

You going to fire volunteers?

@jaysmith1408

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Smallriver he meant the contractors, or the kitchen staff, depending on the report you hear.

That is the Raison if all is constucktion of Wood. When the most of building is of stone constucktion then can you go in also the Building is fired. And you don't must make a Hot distroy. Why they dont have a Fire lake near by the Building. Normal at so extendet position from Hotel they must have, so that the Fire batallion can directly start the intervision and the battle to the Fire

@jaysmith1408

4 жыл бұрын

The oldest portion of the resort was from 1902. There have been pushes to mandate automatic suppression systems in older buildings, but the sheer cost for such a rarely used system makes many owners opposed to it. Accidental discharges can cause major water damage. As well, this resort is on top of a hill in a very rural township. The water system they have couldn’t possibly support the demands for this fire, both in volume and in pressure. We had a warehouse fire in a fully hydranted area, lots of pressure, but four engines and six quints drained the system. The ENTIRE system. The rep from the water company came to the scene demanding we shut down, he was out of water. The plant can only make 8000 gpm. We were pushing 10,000. Anyways, they do have a pool, but that water would quickly be drained. The nearest lake is 4 km away. Even in cases where there are hydrants, with high fire load and fire spread like this, frequently tankers have to be brought in to supplement what water you are getting from hydrants. The entire township department has two engines, a tanker, a truck, and three brush trucks. That brings 4,850 gallons of water. Five minutes, maybe? And they’re ten, twenty minutes away. Not counting mutual aid, but I don’t know their card off-hand. There are obvious downsides to building giant old wooden buildings on a mountain in the middle of nowhere.

great job with all the agencies involved. Glad everyone is safe.

There was a lot of mutual aid there there town from NY NJ and Pennsylvania came the mutual aid came from Pocono manor township Hackettown Jackson Twp maybe Dickson city and Scranton maybe that’s all I could think of

Here in Emory, we push the building into a pile in order to put out the fire. Eventually 😏

This sounds so intentional. They wre closing at the end of November for a 2 year renovation inside and out. . . . YEAH, SURE.

@jaysmith1408

4 жыл бұрын

David Rudmin reported kitchen fire, also electrical, rubber smell in wall. Shotty electrical work? A contractor burned down a building on our side of the state the same way.

@P4hs

4 жыл бұрын

@@jaysmith1408 - I'd be more likely to believe the legitimacy of an electrical fire than a kitchen fire but that still doesn't rule out foul play, e.g. with intent of receiving an under-the-table kickback..

@markwillcox720

4 жыл бұрын

Jewish Lighting! It's amazing where it can strike! 🤔👨‍🚒👍

@toddw6716

4 жыл бұрын

Wonder if they were having financial issues

@toddw6716

4 жыл бұрын

Had a meeting there once about 20 years ago. Needed work then.

It looks like to be a total loss... Such a shame...

How old was this hotel?

@jaredthompson3011

3 жыл бұрын

Oldest portion was 1902.

It looks like at least one section of the building survived, and seemed untouched by the fire, which was the high-rise part. Not sure if they are going to keep that section, or eventually tear it down.

@judecaporusso8599

4 жыл бұрын

Timothy Todd yeah nah every part was touched

Funny how this didn't burn down for so so many years. Kind of like the fires in Cali, just springing up everywhere by accident and blame it on high winds. High winds in PA right? I am from Maryland. High winds only at the coastline.

The fire Popes be doing a good and bless job

Holy moly how do these fires get started? That's ashame.

@WWIIREBEL

4 жыл бұрын

I understand that the fire started in the kitchen.

@SoulHedgehog

4 жыл бұрын

@@WWIIREBEL False. The smell of burning rubber in the wall/ceiling of one of the restaurants (a wall shared between the restaurant's dining area, the front lobby, and the former reservations/new security office) was reported by kitchen staff. This was in a location, where the day prior, lots of wires were being spliced and hung from the ceiling for new security cameras. With the ansul system and low ventilation, a kitchen fire could never grow to this degree. Also keep in mind that the kitchen itself was one of the last parts of the building to burn.

@allcot6219

4 жыл бұрын

You take an ignition source,,add fuel like wood or something combustible,,and oxygen.Poof you have a fire.Couldn't help myself with goofy statements.

@deborahevans4472

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks ww2 rebel

@deborahevans4472

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Jenkins then somebody will be in trouble.

Wow, surprised this wasn't on the national news but then I guess with all that's going on in California, this is pretty small potatoes.

@LasVegas68

4 жыл бұрын

The only thing on the national news these days is about Trump. You would think they could take 5 minutes to give us other news too!

@judecaporusso8599

4 жыл бұрын

JuniorFan08 we had companies coming in from New Jersey too

The water the tanker truck was dumping into the holding container looked like sewage water 🤮🤢🤮🤢

How long did it take to put it out? It looks like the Energizer bunny rabbit was working here.

@chrisgillmer3133

4 жыл бұрын

24 hrs

Great job by the firefighters, hopefully nobody was injured. Also, thought the Pocono resorts, hotels were a dead item in that area. Good to learn some are still in business!

@judecaporusso8599

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Johnson thanks

I am so sorry...

good job

Almost stayed there this summer ...!!!

Building full on Fire, Wooden Construction and strong Wind...> Let it controlled burn down. They should only protect the neighberhood Building. The Burning building was at arrival a Lost.

@jaysmith1408

4 жыл бұрын

Lappi Lappland Not necessarily. Highly likely, but depends on tactics. If you nip in right in the bud when it starts, you can keep it to a room, or at worst, a wing. When it runs the walls and gets out to the wind, you’re screwed. Given the place doesn’t have its own fire brigade, outside of bulldozing it, you’re not stopping it. We had a residential garage structure fire (likely started by a Tesla) where it was wind fueled. The home location is not fond of actually calling for help, so backup was 45 minutes delayed on dispatch, add response time. Anyways, only way to stop the extension to the house, was a public works employee driving a bulldozer straight through it. Apparently they did that here, albeit with an obvious delay of procuring gigantic backhoes in the middle of nowhere.

What a 'smashing' job!! Cripes American Building Regs must be great!!

A building that size size I thought would have a fire sprinkler system. I guess it’s to late now. Maybe the new one will have them.

@597umfd

4 жыл бұрын

HUH, Imagine that? Sprinklers? Probably would have saved the structure!

@mattmoschkau2831

4 жыл бұрын

It was built in the early 1900’s so it would not have been code and did you notice the water tankers shuttling. It’s possible this place was on well water, which means no sprinklers!

@claro371

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattmoschkau2831 You can definitely install a sprinkler system with a well. Would need a water tank and a fire pump. Would be a lot cheaper than this fire.

@mattmoschkau2831

4 жыл бұрын

Gregory W You really think trying to install a sprinkler system in a building that has original 1908 construction would be cheaper than this fire??? It was scheduled for a major renovation starting early next year. This fire is literally just cheap demo work. There is a reason investment companies stay away from older structures, it’s rarely a cheap option. These old buildings are literally piles of fuel. If safety is your concern and you want newer and more strict code enforced it’s cheaper to drop these buildings and start over. But when the historical and sentimental value outweigh safety, disasters happen.

@zyglo9826

4 жыл бұрын

Geocaching with Ugotafriendinpa...agreed. A hotel building of combustible construction, accommodating paying guests, without sprinklers, is a recipe for disaster.

The video of this fire was very well done. Pardon the pun!!!!

WOW!

That building could have been packed with tourists during the summer. If it started in a kitchen wall it climbed the balloon framing and ran the cockloft. I think me and my ex stayed there once way back.

The FAA used to have meetings there

Looks like water was a huge issue

Wood frame and hotels do not go together. Wood frame and a hotel without a sprinkler system is just plain stupid.

@timothybarney7257

4 жыл бұрын

Well, apparently they still meet code. Two hotels being built right down the hill from my office, both 4 story wood framed structures. I know of several others in the area built in the last 10 years that are also wood frame multi (typically 4) story structures. Most of them are Hilton and Marriot properties.

@kathyyoung1774

4 жыл бұрын

Did you read how old it was?

Hmmm hotel prices will surge....

What the hell 😰 oh my God no this is way too sad please you guys pray for the people 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😢

Would have been better with less shaking and zooming.

How do you give something like this a thumbs up?

@doreenblatz2440

4 жыл бұрын

Ginny Bandiera the thumbs up is for the person who took the time to video this so we can see how bad fires are and see firefighters do an amazing, hard, heroic job. Thumbs up for firefighters too. 👍

@CookieB220

4 жыл бұрын

Doreen Blatz not the point.

@doreenblatz2440

4 жыл бұрын

Ginny Bandiera what do you mean not the point? Is English your first language?

@kathyyoung1774

4 жыл бұрын

You are giving it to the video, not the disaster. Was the video well done or badly done? If you watched it all, it interested you. So give it a thumbs up.

Wow what a rager!

That's a gonner. :-)

they put the fire out, and then tear it down. Why didn't they just let it burn down?

@HeresTomWithTheWeather

4 жыл бұрын

The EPA

Must have a construction site nearby🤦

Should've just let go to control burn and be done with it. Why burn and demo it at the same time?

What a shame

My goodness Obviously the hotel did not have two hour fire barriers

@kathyyoung1774

4 жыл бұрын

Charles Tigrett None did 100+ years ago.

read that the hotel was supposed to shut down this past weekend for a 2 yr major renovation. Well I guess its going to be more like 3 or more now if they rebuild since the place went down to the ground. if the fire did start in the kitchen as your saying then I'm surprised that the hotels fire suppression system in the kitchen didn't kick in. With so many requirements that they have now in the kitchen surprised how fast the fire spread to the whole building.Yeah the wind didn't help either. on a side note great shot of how when you introduce air into a part of the building that shows only white smoke. Look at what happens at the 8:50 mark going forward when the boom excavator rips into the building and introduces air to the hole that was made. went from the happy white smoke to the darker gray to black in 10 seconds with flames showing.

Sad I worked there 7 years

@normanlugo9246

4 жыл бұрын

Jose I feel so bad for you. I hope you can find work soon again. It is not easy though working 7 years then to loose it all in seconds. I will pray for you and all those affected.

Oh, we have it out now. Lets open it up and build a big bonfire and get rid of the waste, whoops it spread to the rest of the building.

I say dude that place is toast

So sad a piece of history is gone, its kind of odd this build stood since 1902 I think it said and it burns down just as they were going close it for 2 years to do renovations, some of the renovations has to do with complying to ADA regs, I am just saying its easier to do so with a new building then it is to retro fit an old structure, odd

@gsavage115

4 жыл бұрын

Cherry odd, indeed.

Scary gas pipes burning

1:31 Well that can't be good. It's kinda like a catholic church collapse from whatever it could recently happen.

@judecaporusso8599

4 жыл бұрын

Loanne S. Lindley no it was a manor resort

@loannes.lindley3949

4 жыл бұрын

@@judecaporusso8599 Oh okay.

3:04 Fatality?

The loss will be millions of dollars. Glad everyone got out.

@craigmc7197

4 жыл бұрын

thanks didnt know that

@ljrlimited9490

4 жыл бұрын

thats what insurance is for.

No sprinkler system, huh? They had 117 years to install. Not even in the kitchen? Ridiculous. But WTH? "We're insured." If the ins co had threatened to drop coverage unless a sprinkler system were installed, things mighta turned out a little diff. Greed and stupidity.

@davidh807

4 жыл бұрын

I would imagine that the sprinkler system would have been done in the renovations.

@newjerseybill3521

4 жыл бұрын

the description does say "The protected wood frame structure featured hidden voids which helped spread the fire. 11/1/19.", so it sure sounds like it did have a system. Even new sprinkled apartment buildings can burn to the ground, just look at the Elmwood Park, NJ apartment building fire a few years ago.

@SoulHedgehog

4 жыл бұрын

Where do you people keep getting this idea that there was no fire suppression system? There was. It wasn't enough.

Why have those ugly pesky fire sprinklers when you can have nice big fires like this to entertain the public and get a big juicy insurance check in the end.

Wow Beautiful massive Fire on Hotel damage so we are in End time !

😥

If they aren't I would hate to pay the man hours they're worth.

I think this was a set up. Why have construction equipment on hand to tear down as the fire is active. This was intentional and it would take hours to get the fire out as it burns from the bottom of the rubble. Sad to see this happen. Insurance fraud????

@rockstarofredondo

4 жыл бұрын

Probably. Apparently they were about to close for renovations.

@ronstrulic4388

3 жыл бұрын

I would imagine they called for the excavator due to the intensity of this fire. The unsafe conditions and imminent collapse would not allow for crews to operate an interior attack. A structure that size the only option at that point is dig and expose the fire. Your fire investigation skills and operations are lacking.

Siding didn’t burn, so it’s probably asbestos or aluminum, holding in the flames like an oven.

@nphil93992

4 жыл бұрын

Aluminium burns, partly why the UK's Royal navy lost so many ships in 1982. That cladding will either be asbestos as you stated or something else. According to the website at least some of it is brick so may cladding over the original brickwork?

@enid0mom

4 жыл бұрын

Or Hardie plank, which is based on concrete. Makes it heavy if the walls be hind it weaken in a fire. Especially good where termites are a problem.

That was a great place to stay what a loss.

How the hell did that get passed by fire inspection! Its just a bonfire in the shape of a hotel. Builder need to be held responsible!!

@ethanmcdowell9677

4 жыл бұрын

Built 117 years ago. I'd wager a guess and say the builder has been dead for quite some time. But I'm no expert.....

@jaysmith1408

4 жыл бұрын

Ethan McDowell 80 years and a month

@marknagle57

4 жыл бұрын

@@ethanmcdowell9677 Most of what you could see burning was not older building, No sprinkler system in there?

@rickporvaznik5030

4 жыл бұрын

It was 100 years old.

@kathyyoung1774

4 жыл бұрын

You gonna go dig him up?

Жалко башню с часами! Проводка или чья то злая шутка? Какая беда! А люди как? Все покинули? Спасибо пожарному расчету !

I used to work there back in the 90s racist place I ever worked

@dday9257

4 жыл бұрын

Shawn Futch Tell us why it was racist.

@shawnfutch1290

4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Pearson ha too bad can't find another African who worked there under chef Larry in the ninety's WHY CAUSE IM THE ONLY ONE LOL

@kathyyoung1774

4 жыл бұрын

Here goes the politics again.

Great job …. nothing left

The place was certainly losing money so time to get rid of it. How many remember High Point Inn in Mt.Pocono where Burger King now sits? Onawa Lodge in Mountainhome? The list goes on. As long as that Inn stood, all of a sudden it's totally destroyed in the early hours of the morning while everyone is at work making it hard to get the volunteer fire departments on the scene? How convenient. Even the stone and concrete portions of the structure certainly suffered considerable smoke and water damage or were gutted out completely. You might as well tear it all down and plant trees and grass. It's become another Buck Hill Inn along with many other old hotels and inns that once dotted the Poconos, most of which succumbed to mysterious fires. Kalahari wins!

@davidh807

4 жыл бұрын

I doubt that it was losing money. They were going to shut down for two years for renovations.

@1940limited

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidh807 Maybe so, but I'm always suspicious when these things happen to places that have been around so long.

@davidh807

4 жыл бұрын

@@1940limited as you wish

That call was so bad no matter how hard we hit it, it just came back

@chatanaya1

4 жыл бұрын

Is English your first language?

@taunteratwill1787

4 жыл бұрын

Try to type without a blindfold next time. :-)

@judecaporusso8599

4 жыл бұрын

_ did you have to comment I was typing fast you felt the need to say something?

@judecaporusso8599

4 жыл бұрын

Taunter Atwill try not to get involved in something you don’t have to next time I will change it so you won’t be so unhappy bye

@taunteratwill1787

4 жыл бұрын

@@judecaporusso8599 Hurt that much? :-)))

They started to tear it down while still burning. Like maybe to help disguise the cause.

I’d like a full report from the fire company for insurance purposes was it arson? Was it faulty wires? I don’t think we will ever know now. Oops it was torn down during the 🔥

nice too see a firefighter operation a 2 and half with no helmet no exception to rule full ppe

Wow, just think of all the money they saved by not installing sprinklers.

@markwillcox720

4 жыл бұрын

They probably weren't required by code during construction, but if the rebuild (and I doubt they will) they will be required and the expense versus the loss of a fire is pennies!

@evangelistbrianbaker

4 жыл бұрын

There were sprinkliers in the mall here that was 60% destroyed. These are engineered fires which water can't put out. Same as in Cali

@kathyyoung1774

4 жыл бұрын

Consider the age of the bldg

Uh

Isn't this where dirty dancing was filmed?

Pues si se tardan para intervenir, mejor no asistan y dejen qué se consuma sólo, es una lástima que teniendo tanto personal tanto equipo, los equipos de trabajo son de excelente calidad, pues no comprendo por qué se les salió tan fácil de control, yo creo que sé tardaron mucho en instalar las mangueras y distribuirlas en puntos clave de incendio, y el no hacerse acompañar las mangueras ( superior e inferior) y ese es el trabajo de él jefe de bomberos 🚒

After all the years this place stood it comes to this? I smell a rat the size of the Empire State Building. All on the even of major renovations and a very windy day early in the morning. How convenient.

@davidh807

4 жыл бұрын

They said that it started in the kitchen. Kitchens are always more susceptible to fires.

@1940limited

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidh807 I'm not buying it.