PM update on DC firefighters burned – Sgt. LaCore writes note; Lots of new videos
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Afternoon update: Sgt. Michael LaCore’s mother Madeline tells me that her son was able to write a note to his wife today. Sgt. LaCore is going through surgery on his back this afternoon. Madeline LaCore said that the doctors are hoping, if all goes well, the breathing tube could come out as early as tomorrow.
On 9NEWS NOW at 7:00 p.m. I will have an interview with Joe Morgan, who was critically burned in the May 30th, 1999 fire on Cherry Road.
Click here for the morning update on the four DC firefighters burned on Monday. We also have links to raw video, some fireground audio recordings, and new stories.
Around the web
Firegeezer is on a a stolen ambulance involved in a police chase, an explosion in Paris and an exploding pumpkin (plus a Porter Wagoner video).
WithTheCommand.com has lots of good stuff, including a follow-up to the Des Moines fire (see video below).
VAFireNews.com has a Goochland fire engine crash and a Chesterfield wire fire.
Firefighter Hourly has Scranton union issues and more.
Grant at SConFire.com has been kept busy by a lot of fire truck wrecks.
Firefighter Spot has some new and some old videos.
Firehouse.com has more on the FDNY firehouse arson and the air heroics during the rescue in CA.
Mississippi burning
An industrial fire in Masonite plant on Monday in Laurel, Mississippi.
Just before Monday’s fire in DC came in, I was following the developments in Des Moines, Iowa as fire burned at the Baton Solvents plant. The video is above. The details are here.
911 calls from NC
In case you missed it, above are the 911 calls from the house fire that killed 7 college students on Sunday in Ocean Isle Beach, NC.
Lots of fire
Above is an apartment fire in Lawrence, KS from 2005.
Fire in the Poconos
The Above video was recently posted from a July fire in Mount Bethel, PA. Details, here.
What goes up
Not sure how old or where the video above is from. It was posted on LiveLeak on Monday.
What goes up #2
Clearly these ladder problems are not exclusive to the fire department.
Threading the needle
Raise your hand if you have ever seen someone drive a fire truck in much the same manner as seen in the video above.
