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The video above surfaced via The Boston Herald of the BMW that was hosed during Wednesday evening’s 8-alarm fire. It shows firefighters and others getting the kink out of the line. It’s not your standard method for removing kinks and it requires a bit of manpower. But is sure if effective.
Below is a picture from Bill Noonan (BillNoonanFireFotos.com) showing the crimp this group was addressing.
In addition, news reports indicate the driver of the BMW was spotted later on the curb with face in hands. The fine is only $100 but the publicity is priceless. Below is an excerpt from a column by Adrianna Cohen in The Boston Herald:
A week after the city buried two heroic firefighters, nobody should be thinking about parking in front of a fire hydrant.
And the $100 fine for doing so is ridiculous.
They should revoke the license of the hydrant jerk who parked his BMW in front of the fireplug needed for Wednesday night’s eight-alarm blaze in East Boston. Luckily nobody got seriously hurt.
Haven’t we learned anything from the deaths of Lt. Edward J. Walsh Jr. and firefighter Michael R. Kennedy? Both sacrificed their lives in the Beacon Street fire two weeks ago. It was a wind-driven blaze that was whipped into an inferno that trapped the two firefighters and injured about a dozen others.
