Helmet-cam video: Two-alarm rowhouse fire in Reading, PA.
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Video from Erik Hirner giving the tillerman’s view of a two-alarm fire last Wednesday afternoon in rowhomes in the 300 block of North 13th Street in Reading, Pennsylvania. Here’s some of what our friends at ReadingPaFire.com reported about the fire:
Companies were dispatched for a reported kitchen fire at the address noted. Car 7 (Kemery) arrived on scene with heavy smoke showing and confirmed a working fire in the 2 1/2 story middle-of-the-row dwelling. Car 3 (Mogel) established command with heavy fire to the rear of the home, which was rapidly extending to the exposed homes in the row due to the sustained winds of 20 miles per hour, which were gusting to 30 miles per hour. Car 3 then requested the 2nd alarm. Several 1.75″ handlines were stretched from Engine 1 and Engine 3 into both the original fire building and the exposures. A 2.5″ handline from Engine 9 in the rear was utilized to knock-down a large portion of the exterior fire consuming the rear porches, fencing, and other combustibles in the rear yards. Extensive roof work was necessary to check the spread of the flames via the interior voids and attic spaces of the homes. Fire extended into 339, 341, 345 North 13th Street. Searches proved negative; however, one civilian was injured. Oncoming B Platoon firefighters relieved the D Platoon on the scene.
Erik Hirner reports the video was shot with a Fire Cam 1080 from FireVideo.net (which just happens to be our newest sponsor at STATter911.com).
