6 homes destroyed in massive fire - Ashland, PA - 02/21/2019
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- A fast moving fire ripped through 6 homes on Brock Street in Ashland, PA Thursday afternoon. Most of the homes were collapsed within twenty minutes despite a quick response from the fire department. Photos and additional details: www.fireandfilm...
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6 homes destroyed what a shame, hopefully nobody involved fighting the fire or residents were hurt.
everyone got out safely
It could have been much worse. The containment held up in spite of the winds. There was no way to save those old structures. They are basically big piles of kindling.
Yeah especially not having fire breaks in those old buildings, and with a common attic space, they go up in quick succession once the fire gets inside the structure voids (walls, ceilings, etc).
@@BenjaminEsposti they should outlaw those kind of developments all together fire breaks / walls don't always work
3 alarms an one hose working !!!! ???
That is so terrible. I feel so bad for the fireman & those people that lost everything. Thank you
The asst chief his house he had to put flames out. That has to be hard.
Nice work on the coverage. Looks like challenging conditions to work in.
Definitely
such a tragedy my prayers go out to all that have been affected by this and for the First Responders that were able to put it out
BFD ny CHIEFS all fighters well trained nice job from different depts worked as one
WOW! This must have been what they call a "Cold Day in Hell" for this IC. All in all, it looks like it went the best that it could. I'm sure there is a wealth of information gathered from this incident.
Ein Pappschachtelhaus ans andere geklebt. Der Horror jeder Feuerwehr.
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Some heavy fire conditions there Great Clip
Nice video. The fire department did a good job saving the hole block from going up.
How many fires a year do they get?
A dozen or so
@@FireandFilmdotcomlast major multi structure was six or seven years ago. I live in Aristes, PA
Good grief! I'm so very sorry for those that lost everything. it is my sincere hope that all citizens and firefighters were unharmed. great work on the video. has there been A cause determined yet?
No, State Police say there may be too much damage to find a cause
Was the fire down the road related ? Maybe wind blew embers ?
That's what it appears
@@FireandFilmdotcom did they save that structure?
@@notthatdonald1385 Yes
Oh my harsh that’s terrible. Thank you
there was water issues that didn't help any
Its Winter in PA. When we are hit with Snow a lot of tge Hydrants were freezing.
Any word yet on the cause?
What caused it to spread so fast?
No hydrants in Ashland Boro?
Or there are hydrants but they couldn't provide enough water for this fire. Which one??
By hydrant, do you mean ua-cam.com/video/lwPhkifckRE/v-deo.html?
There are hydrants, tankers called in to supplement the municipal supply
So many of these fires happen in the Winter.
Ashland for its size has a lot of fires.
A tanker brigade in an american city....Geez. Maxsd out the water system and had tankers and barely cauh=ght the fire.... Tough call, good job.
be safe fellas
Row homes suck!!! When one starts they all seem to go. Pray for the occupants that they have insurance and their lives. Good work firemen(and women)!! Was this arson??? 2 fires on the same block???Maybe the ambers blew to the second fire.
Here where I live they tore down the old post WW2 duplex public housing & put up east coast style row houses on the same footprint. Good idea until 1 of them catches on fire. 3x more people & cars on same footprint making access hard . One fire started in a living room occupied by former Mung tribesmen who had turned it into a common area open flame cooking pit.
Gas leak or maybe propane leak?
Gather round boys we're going to have a party. We were after 1 but got two, but then we got three, but then we got four but then we got five and then we got six. How many fire companies, how many firemen, how many dispatchers giving instructions. If the homes had been yours I bet they would have been saved. I've never seen so many firemen standing around doing nothing - perhaps they were not being given direction from their commands? One of the comments said the houses were so old they were like tinderboxes and would burn like kindling - I contradict that comment because the fire departments were not quick enough to respond with multiple alarms and then the men had no direction. Pity the poor people who lost everything not the firemen standing around.
that why fire wall were kneaded hope the folks dint lose any pets
6 houses?
I am sure it is three or more houses extra comparing with bricks, because of that stupid plastic. (and wood?)
6 houses
@@FireandFilmdotcom
I mean, with brickhouses it is only one house, maybe 2 or 3 , but not 6.
What's in a name--Ash-land indeed. Too bad pine lumber is so economical as a building material.
Why is it that a pass alarm is sounding yet nobody reacts?? Every pass alarm should be addressed immediately we can’t let ourselves become deaf to such a vital part of a firefighters life line. Otherwise good job for what you had to deal with
What exactly is a pass alarm? Are those them alarms they wear that I always hear going off in every fire video I see? What are they for?
Nature wins with wind.
why are the houses so close to each other ohh my bad pennsyltukey we like bein close to are neighbors
It's row housing, sometimes called townhouses. It's cheaper to build because there is less siding and roof covering each unit and it uses less land.
I could be wrong but that fire looks like it started from a Natural Gas explosion which could be either caused by a gas leak or surge or over pressurization in the Gas Line pipeline or there was a similar incident in Massachusetts a couple months ago stuff like this terrifies me and my wife be cause we have Natural Gas in our apt building in Brewer, Maine
CWM030 I don’t know if you seen his comment it’s not on the thread if not I’ll repost it for you here
I do not believe this street has residential hook-ups for gas
@@FireandFilmdotcom could be propane then as Propane is just as explosive as Natural Gas I say this because look at the debris field in front of one of the fire trucks
@CWM030 The way debris is strewn over the road and the way the one building was splintered wood watch some Gas leak/ explosions videos on UA-cam and you'll see what I'm talking about
@CWM030 Thank you while watching the video I noticed debris in front of a fire truck and a mattress on the other side of the road as well as other debris
it looks like elctrical
may I be this stupid to ask why a lot of houses are made of wood? In the Netherlands it's all concrete and brick...
In the USA it's all about the money $$. Built cheap, built to burn.
surround contain attack. simple SCA. I DESPAIR.
Title of this video, "6 Homes destroyed in massive fire" is totally misleading. Yes, the original room fire did become a massive fire which eventually consummed 6 residences. But the real title should have read, "6 Homes Lost In Fire Due To the Confused, Unprofessional and Poorly Trained Volunteer Firefighters," who responded to the emergency call, Period !!! This fire cannot be blamed nor should its destruction be used as an excuse for the non professionalism of its local FD's officers and firefighters, when in reality, the fire only did what fires are allowed to do by firefighters who are not professional at their job.
The video was well filmed as to the fire's confligration , unfortunately, it exposed the fallacy of proper firefighting knowledge and compentcy supposedly held by the local Volunteer Fire Department's membership. Inasmuch, requesting additional mutual aid apparatus and manpower is only helpful if the responding officers and firefighters are competently and sufficiently trained in the actual profession of firefighting.
The above is the direct, logical and sane reason why there should be absolutely {NO} VFD's in the United States, (i.e.) Firefighting is a "Profession" the same as a doctor, lawyer, pilot etc. etc. etc. it is not simply a partime job on a volunteer basis that can be properly performed by any Tom, Dick, Harry nor Jane who thinks that being a volunteer may bring some excitement in their lives. Firefighting is a "Profession" which requires the abnormal mental and physical ability to do that which 99.9% of average people cannot proficiently do.
This fire was well advanced and blowing into the street before anyone called 911. The FD arrived on scene to find 4 homes fully involved auto-exposing to the adjacent properties and stopped the fire from progressing beyond the 6 already involved addresses. Delayed reporting by the public does not constitute a poor response on the part of the fire department.
Apparently there was an inadequate water supply, and it was windy, but your comments are true for many volly dept's in PA. Dispatch was saying 14:52 which is a busy time and no one noticed the fire until it was massive? A chief on the roof with a pike pole? That's common too no real command structure.
I don't know if it's lack of training, or nobody really cares b/c they are volunteer. When I was a volly on Long Island, NY in a small town we emulated FDNY. We trained our butts off. Fire school 1 & 2, EMT training. It was a second job. But we were proud, professional volunteers. Any volly dep't anywhere can find a dep't to learn from, and look up to. - If they want to.
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