Boston strikes 7 alarms as fire consumes multiple buildings

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4 жыл бұрын

38 people were displaced and 5 firefighters were hurt as flames spread through 7 buildings in South Boston overnight.
The fire in the 1400 block of Columbia Road South started before 3:30 a.m.
Five homes on Columbia Road were destroyed and two more on Douglas Street were damaged. Officials said the damage was estimated to be about $10 million.
Officials believe the fire started in the rear of the building, but said the exact origin is not yet clear. #WCVB

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@suzylarry1 4 жыл бұрын

Man , these are the tough fires to catch and kill , that devil runs thru ceilings like lightning then pops out where you think it can't get to.

@64pori 4 жыл бұрын

Awe how sad. Sending prayers to the families who lost a home. 🙏

@DByers-ci5kr 2 жыл бұрын

Donate money to the Red Cross so they can pay for temporary housing. Prayers are not useful. They only make you feel better.

@greyjay9202 4 жыл бұрын

Fire in the cockloft, connected residential structures, vinyl siding. A tough fire to fight.

@remittingaxe 2 ай бұрын

Aluminum siding

@remittingaxe 2 ай бұрын

Even worse than vinyl.

@blinko656 4 жыл бұрын

They are lucky they have the old guy who handled the multi versal or deck gun..

@J2498 4 жыл бұрын

Kudos to this department for getting the ladder up right away.

@presleyandavery4725 4 жыл бұрын

J2498 that’s my dad lol😎

@J2498 4 жыл бұрын

@@presleyandavery4725 your kidding and the whole thing has a personal meaning for me. J the first initial of my name 24 and 98 are two race cars . One I routed for and one I worked on.

@mmutk 4 жыл бұрын

yeah more kudos if they’d had flowed water from it

@owensweetland342 3 жыл бұрын

BFD is known far and wide for their ladder work.

@25yrsotj Жыл бұрын

Great catch ! Question, do they have tower ladders up there ?

@bereniceburgos4892 3 жыл бұрын

I used to live in that area and I was casually playing with toys when I heard sirens and I looked out side the only thing I could see was smoke and I screamed at my parents FIREEEE!!!!

@pips98 9 ай бұрын

I do remember those good olds working in Allston and Brighton. neighborhood. Engine 41, later on Engine 29. Aide Dist. 11.

@jimkeappock7558 4 ай бұрын

Boston FD No Tower Ladders. You need a bunch!!

@jackh577 4 жыл бұрын

Big Water on Big Fire!

@peterarvanitis6497 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent job by Boston fire

@ffjsb 4 жыл бұрын

Boston must not have very many companies on an alarm, around here that would just be a 2 or 3 alarm fire. We send a lot of companies on an assignment though. I don't know why FD's still order ladders without waterways though.

@cfdeng57ltrt89 4 жыл бұрын

Boston F D is old school plus it saves money.

@albertnevaras3465 4 жыл бұрын

Had Family Live there ,Years Ago

@andyoxleyonhistravels 4 жыл бұрын

Why on earth are so many guys walking around on the roof with fire underneath them ?

@scotto3826 4 жыл бұрын

And not one of them wearing any SCBA.

@JoeDIY 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@ltpinecone 4 жыл бұрын

@@scotto3826 welcome to the north east.

@ltpinecone 4 жыл бұрын

They are the vent crews, it's their job, they need to vent the smoke so it doesn't heat up and explode.

@ltpinecone 4 жыл бұрын

@@JoeDIY They are venting smoke.

@paulladuke2259 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone in Boston ever heard of firewalls? One or two might have been handy here. Or were the buildings too old?

@JesusOfIskcon 4 жыл бұрын

I walked by there a few hours ago and I got the impression that its really one building across the front of that short block and the whole thing shares the air gap between the ceiling of the upper floor and the roof surface and the fire burned all through that space. I am guessing they were built no later than the 1929 market crash like everything else here in Boston except the projects. I'm pretty sure that's how it worked here.

@tucobenedicto109 4 жыл бұрын

A sign on the road in ma says thickly settled. This is what it means?

@michaelswinehart2788 4 жыл бұрын

They are nice to have, but it looks like an old bulding that had major renovation not toolong ago. Old rowhomes built way back in the day, would have " fire stops " between homes. Wood pieces between the studs !!!!!! Ridiculous right ?????

@michaelswinehart2788 4 жыл бұрын

@@JesusOfIskcon yep !! A cockloft, or also known as " common attics ", where i fought fires..

@ltpinecone 4 жыл бұрын

dude...some of these buildings are 100 years old...

@amandaguerrini1085 3 жыл бұрын

This is on live pd right? (Not this fotege)

@notthatdonald1385 4 жыл бұрын

Lightweight construction. Built to burn.

@davidglaum2538 4 жыл бұрын

Donald Savage Hard to tell the age of the building it looks in very good condition but a old style of building. In any case you are correct it was built to burn.

@leightongalleries6057 4 жыл бұрын

All old Victorian or post-Victorian neighborhood. Not lightweight, far from it actually. 100+ years old.

@BrickfordCityFire 4 жыл бұрын

far from it. These buildings were not built to burn, they were built to last. The old, tough wooden construction makes firefighting in Boston difficult, especially when they are so narrow.

@davidglaum2538 4 жыл бұрын

Brickford City Fire I said it looked in good condition and they were built well but when they have a fire it most likely is a bad one. A fire in a wood building is always a bad thing. Probably the lightweight construction of today is worse today than when that building was constructed and will burn even faster. That was a hard fire to fight.

@BrickfordCityFire 4 жыл бұрын

@@davidglaum2538 I agree. Fires in modern homes are even worse because of all the toxic material in paint and the plastics. Modern insulation also makes it difficult to get the fire out.

@beamng929eeee7 4 жыл бұрын

The air conditioner fell out of that window

@jaysmith1408 4 жыл бұрын

How many alarms can the city muster before outside aid is brought in?

@paulmcdonough5693 4 жыл бұрын

Outside companies start covering stations on a 5th alarm. It's highly unlikely you will see an outside company at a Boston fire.

@leightongalleries6057 4 жыл бұрын

Big city professional FD. Tons of resources. Like NYC and other big cities.

@KMRN-nx8hw 4 жыл бұрын

@@leightongalleries6057 "tons of resources" is not exactly true. Chicago relies on the suburbs (and vice versa) even before a 5-11 alarm is pulled, and Chicago has 3 times as many engine and truck companies as Boston...with 3 times the population and 2.5 times the square mileage to cover as Boston.

@ltpinecone 4 жыл бұрын

@@KMRN-nx8hw Well, chicago doesn't exactly have the best or well funded fire department soooo

@KMRN-nx8hw 4 жыл бұрын

@@ltpinecone I am not sure what you are trying to say. Sooooo....can you explain?

@bereniceburgos4892 3 жыл бұрын

Oh not the one

@MusicLoverPearson 4 жыл бұрын

That's why they shouldn't have built those row houses so close together?

@Chris-s2r 4 жыл бұрын

That boat sailed

@notthatdonald1385 4 жыл бұрын

All about the cash.

@owensweetland342 3 жыл бұрын

Where's "Deck Gun Kelly" when you need him?

@michaelswinehart2788 4 жыл бұрын

Damn good stop.

@rolfsinkgraven 4 жыл бұрын

A firewall would have been nice here.

@lightninglord1 2 жыл бұрын

Platform

@ericwong3727 4 жыл бұрын

美國火警大多數都係頂樓起火？

@ltpinecone 4 жыл бұрын

Fires are up top because fire spreads upwards.

@joespag26 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like arson !!

@ffjsb 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what does arson "look like"....

@leightongalleries6057 4 жыл бұрын

@owensweetland342 3 жыл бұрын

Top floor fire. Too much fire too soon.

@KG-yn9qi 4 жыл бұрын

Okay this might piss some off! But there some things that do not fly with any other type of business, company or service. That the fire departments do that just make no rime or reason. Unless it is to promote their identity! #1 After on seen, they leave all lights on. Not needed. 2 they put on their PPE air respirators, turn them on. Then let them run out of air so the alarms go off. And never turn off so the alarms continue, blaring. Not necessary! 3 they do not help each other like they should, see way to many just stand there and watch others struggle pulling hose or other work! 4 always park and set up 95% of the time down wind, and work the fire into the wind. The other 5 % the got lucky! 5 people think and worship them like gods. They are not gods and there are more workers that.put their life on the line all day long. Work in all and every condition. Providing safety and security for all, And no one gives them as second thought. See they don't ride in on a screaming red horse. In a army as big as necessary. With twice the equipment. Yes they fight fire. But not continually, only if and when there is a fire. To me they are far better and needed than pro sport players. But people worship them too. See when they mess up, make a mistake. No one blames them except maybe the person who watched his life burn while thet stood there. They do their Job they are paid for. No more. Other things too.

@mattpaul6254 4 жыл бұрын

Kyle Greer sounds like you have all the answers on the fire ground 🤣

@michaelswinehart2788 4 жыл бұрын

Wll, its like they say. Everybody's got an opinion.

@leightongalleries6057 4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@BrickfordCityFire 4 жыл бұрын

You don't know a thing about firefighting do you? 1. Yes, they need to leave them on for safety, they are absolutely necessary (plus it looks cooler) 2: those alarms are not always air running out. 3: They are usually standing waiting for an assignment by a captain or chief, or those are the on scene safety officers and chiefs making sure things are going smoothly. It may not look right to us, but they are doing something. 4: Down wind is not always an option, and it doesnt matter. You get in, stop, put the fire out, leave. especially in Boston. Nobody gives a crap about where to park, as long as you do it safely. And in Boston, the 100+ year old roads are very narrow, good luck fitting in everyone if they need to go "down-wind". 5: people appreciate their service, as anyone should. Not even sure what you were trying to say here.

@KG-yn9qi 4 жыл бұрын

@@BrickfordCityFire you guys need to put up loud speakers playing the them to the lone ranger to keep up you over sized egos! Just earn your pay check and try to put out a fire! Not watch it burn. On seen everyone knows your there, they can see the fire cause your not putting it out! So every blinking,flashing light on every thing is not needed all you need on is work lights. But just as you say IT LOOKS COOL! AND ALL THE ALARMS ARE ALSO NEEDED ??? JUST MEANS YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THEM OR YOU WOULD ATTEND TO AND FIX THEM.I SUPPOSE ITS BECAUSE THEY SOUND COOL TOO!! TOO MANY CHIEFS NOT ENOUGH INDIANS! AND THE ONES THERE DO NOT HELP EACH OTHER??? WATCH ONE OR TWO WORK AND STRUGGLE, BUT CAN NOT OR WILL NOT HELP UNLESS TOLD TO! YOUR JUST LIKE OVER PAID BIG HEADED PRO SPORTS PLAYERS AND DO MEAN PLAYERS!