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8-Alarmer Damages South Boston Building On December 3, 2013, Boston Fire Alarm struck Box 711, Summer and A Street, for a fire on Summer Street. Tower Ladder 3 arrived on scene and reported heavy smoke showing from the fifth floor of a commercial building. As companies began to attack the fire, thermal imagers on the first floor were showing very high heat emanating from the basement. Extreme caution was used and before long, fire began to show from the rear of the building. Exposure 1 and 2 were streets, exposure 3 was a commercial building, separated by an alley and exposure 4 was a similar building. The front and rear of the building were also offset, with the first floor in the front being the second floor in the rear. Multiple alarms were quickly struck and crews were ordered out of the building shortly after the fourth alarm was struck. Numerous ladder pipes, deck guns and handlines were used to knock the overlapping fire down. Firefighters were able to use the standpipes in exposure 3 to play water into the fire building and were able to keep the fire confined to the building of origin. Boston firefighters remained on scene throughout the following day chasing hot spots. - Fire News photo by Tom Carmody
Dudley Battles Chimney Fire On January 8, 2014, members of the Dudley Fire Department responded to a reported chimney fire on Korch Avenue. The Webster Fire Department was special called to respond with an aerial ladder due to the fact that Dudley’s Ladder 1 was awaiting replacement. Upon arrival, firefighters found a working chimney fire in the flue of a one-story wood frame ranch structure. Crews immediately began emptying the firebox of the woodstove while Captain Paul Konieczny checked the interior walls with a thermal imaging camera for extension. Luckily, the fire did not extend out of the chimney flue. Two multi-purpose dry chemical extinguishers and several dry chemical “bombs” were used to ultimately extin-
guish the fire. A chain was also dropped down the chimney to eliminate some of the loose creosote buildup on the walls of the flue. The chimney was heavily damaged, and the occupant was advised to use his oil heat until the chimney could be inspected and repaired. There were no injuries. Crews cleared the scene in about an hour’s time. - Fire News photo by Alan Brackett
4 Displaced in Bristol Blaze The Bristol Fire Department was dispatched to a garage fire on French Street on the night of January 10, 2014. Crews found a well involved fire upon arrival and quickly knocked it down. Four residents were displaced as a result of the fire. - Fire News photo by Steve Hess
Fast Job in Worcester Worcester (MA) firefighters responded to Orne Street on January 25, 2014, and extinguished a small fire in an occupied dwelling. - Fire News photo by Paul Shea