Raw video: Four alarms in Fall River, MA. Wind, exposures, water supply, power lines, collapse, fuel burning in street all present problems for firefighters.
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View pictures from the fire by Josh Ferreira
The video above and below by Ian Allardice are from a four-alarm fire in Fall River, Massachusetts that was reported around 4:00 on Friday. It is now being investigated as arson.
The lengthy raw clips show a number of challenges faced by firefighters, including high winds and arcing electrical lines. In part two, below, check the collapse with the chimney crashing down at 4:08. Then at 10:45 it appears the fuel tank on a vehicle that was on fire ruptured, sending burning fuel down the street.
The bottom two videos are TV news coverage of the fire. These include video of what appears to be a later collapse of the home where the fire started.
Fire, fueled by high winds, brought down a two-family home as the blaze forced the evacuation of an entire neighborhood in Fall River, Massachusetts.
The blaze burned quickly, engulfing two, six-family homes on either side of the building. Eleven people lived in the home where the fire started. Dozens more lived in the neighboring six-family units. Everyone got out safely.
“In my experience it’s one of the worst daytime fires I’ve seen, aside from mill fires,’’ he said.
With the help of about 200 firefighters, including some from the surrounding towns of Somerset, Swansea, Westport, and Tiverton, R.I., crews had the inferno under control by about 6 p.m., Lynch said.
The district chief said firefighters experienced water problems battling the blaze and had to use water from several streets away.
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