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Photo By Renee Coy
Command request the Tower to stretch
the 2 1/2" and knock down the fire from the outside first and then
make an interior attack. The tanker followed the ladder in for water
until water supply was established. Once the outside was knocked down 2
1 3/4" lines were stretched into the home United 15 (P.Johnson)
took over operations. Command requested that the remainder of the 2nd
alarm be filled. Crews on division 1 found fire coming up through the
floor and believed that there was fire in the basement the second line
was moved to the basement where nothing was found but a light smoke
condition. with the report of no fire in the basement the line was moved
to division 2. Crews on division 1 had knocked down the fire and were in
the process of opening up while division 2 found fire in the walls that
was believed to have extended into the attic.
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At 18:06 on Wednesday
December 6th 2006 Susquehanna County Communications transmitted a first
alarm assignment for a structure fire on Meshoppen Creek Road in
Bridgewater Twp. Montrose 21 (J.Krupinski) was first on scene with a of
working fire. United 11 (P.Sprout) was on scene about a minuet later and
established the command finding a 2 1/2 story wood frame single family
dwelling with heavy fire through the roof of an addition on division 1
and heavy fire on the outside wall of division 2. Command then requested
2 additional tanker off the second alarm and request the engines lay a
line from the corner of Cherry and South Main.
Photo By Renee Coy
division 2 crews worked on opening
up and finding access in to the attic but it was found that the building
had 2 roofs one over top of the other and the fire had extended in to
the open area between the roofs. Interior Crews worked for a couple of
hours to make a good access into the the void area to get at rest of the
fire. In all crews were on scene for a total of four hours. Companies
that assisted included Springville, Elk Lake, Snake Creek, Hop Bottom,
and Meshoppen out of Wyoming county. The family was not home at the time
of the fire and their were no injuries reported. The home suffered heavy
damage in the division 1 living room and the 2 of the kids bedrooms. the
rest of the home had some water and smoke damage. The fire marshal was
called to determine the cause of the fire. |
