Page 2 • News Now • Thursday, July 13, 2017
Clockwise anatomy of a three-alarm fire
(top Right) Grimsby firefighters knocked down flames at the rear of The Dressing Room and started to get into the roof and wall as best they could to get ahead of flames. Start above and work your way across the to the top right of Page 3 and back to down in a clockwise manner to follow the chronological flow of Thursday afternoon, July 6, in downtown Grimsby. (Above) Just after 2 p.m., about 40 minutes after the initial call was made to 911, little seemed out of place on Main Street, save for the aerial truck ready to go. Grimsby Farmers market vendors were setting up. (Right) And lastly, at 4:30 p.m. the following day (Friday), Grimsby Fire Chief Mike Cain, right, discusses how to set up traffic cones to partially re-open Main Street as the site goes from being a fire scene to a construction site.
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The fire was brought under control about 8 p.m. Main Street looked decided differently in the early morning hours the next day.
West Lincoln Fire had the crucial task of keeping flames from extending west to the post office. Jim Hiscott, Zoli Rakonjac and Capt. Rick Tansley worked as a team at about 6 p.m.