I-95 fiery truck crash; Boston panel named; Union video on Deutsche Bank; Train fire update; Synchronized firefighting & more videos

Video of the day: The fire above was at 3:00 this morning in Canton, Ohio. Called suspicious, it destroyed one home and damaged 6 others. Details here.

Crash and burn on I-95

STATter 911 has pictures and details of a deadly tractor-trailer fire on I-95 in Prince William County. It was thought that explosives were on board the truck.

Panel named in Boston following autopsy results

For the third time since he has taken office, Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino has named an outside panel to look at the fire department. Details here.

Eversole endowment

Details on the Yvorra Leadership Development Foundation’s newly created Chief John M. Eversole Endowment for Hazardous Materials Responders can be found here. Chief Eversole (pictured above), of the Chicago Fire Department, was the chair of the IAFC Hazardous Materials Committee and much more. He died in May of this year.

Alexandria ceremony

Alexandria, VA Fire Chief Adam K. Thiel and his department invite you to attend the annual Fire Prevention Week memorial service and wreath laying ceremony to honor the men and women who have served the Alexandria community. It is scheduled for Friday at 11:00 a.m. The location is Ivy Hill Cemetery, 2823 King Street. There will be a luncheon at the First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King Street following the ceremony.

Gas fed fire

Above, a work crew hit a natural has main in Cary, NC Wednesday morning. The fire burned for 6 hours. Details here.

Union video from press conference on Deutsche Bank investigations

The video above is from the Uniformed Firefighters Association and the Uniformed Fire Officers Association from this week’s press conference on the allegations of a cover up in the deadly Deutsche Bank fire. FireGeezer has been staying on top of this from the start and has more here.

We haven’t found a similar video showing the other side or a response to the allegations. Here is what the New York Times reported on that point:

“There is no truth to these allegations, none whatsoever,” said Francis X. Gribbon, the department’s chief spokesman.

Update on train derailment in Ohio

See last night’s 11:00 p.m. report from WKYC-TV in Cleveland on the Lake County derailment and fire. Click here to see the coverage from yesterday. Below are two more helicopter videos of the train derailment.

Firefighting in BC

The video above is from Coquitlam, BC. A house fire on July 12th. It is worth taking a look.

Man on fire mystery and unrelated off-duty death of hero firefighter

Two stories from the same community in California. A man in Capitola found burning, but no one is sure why. The firefighters who responded were covering -for the local crew who is mourning the death of a 42-year-old firefighter. Todd Litke, who had been involved in a 2002 rescue of a woman from her burning trailer, was discovered dead at his home by his colleagues. Foul play is not suspected.

One more video from Tacoma BLEVE

It may not be the biggest BLEVE ever caught on video, but it may have had the most cameras capturing it. The video above makes the 4th angle I’ve seen from Saturday’s blast. This one appears to come from a traffic camera and puts the time at 15:06:03.

From SConFire.com

Busy day for Grant Mishoe at SConFire.com with the crash of a ladder truck in North Charleston and updating an arson in a church that now isn’t arson.

NJ 3rd alarm

Click the image above to see video of a September 30th 3-alarm fire at 115 Grove Street in Roselle, NJ.

Another one from Vancouver, BC

Click the image above to see another of those good quality videos, recently posted on YouTube, of older fires from the Vancouver area. This was a 3-alarm fire in July of 2003, involving two homes.

Chalk one up for the dogs, in the dogs vs. cats battle

Thumper is the hero in this story, while fire investigators see the precious Princess as being responsible for the house fire.

And finally … you have heard of synchronized swimming, but how about synchronized firefighting?

In the video above, I fully expected to see judges holding up cards reading, 9.2, 9.7 and 10.