Close call at New Philadelphia fire. Collapse caught on video.

In this morning’s Quick Takes, just below this post, we ran raw video from a fire early yesterday morning in New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This additional brief video was sent our way  from FirefighterCloseCalls.com showing a bit of a close call. No details have been provided. There is no indication in the articles I have read that firefighters were injured.

Here’s an excerpt about the fire from an article by Frank Andruscavage at RepublicHerald.com:

New Philadelphia fire Chief Al Gilbert said the emergency call came in at 4:10 a.m. Arriving within minutes, firefighters were met with a wall of flames coming from the buildings.

“This place was long gone before the whistles even blew,” Gilbert said. “We tried to stop it but it was no use.”

Gilbert said the fire started in the corner building that once housed Josh’s Restaurant at 35 Water St. and spread from there to a vacant home at 37 Water St. owned by Sara Burke. Flames also gutted 39 Water St., where Burke lives, and Faust’s residence at 41-43 Water St.