Thursday, April 8, 2010

Fire in the square..













Hey Everyone,

Real quick today. Photos taken from a multiple alarm fire in the town of Annville in Lebanon County.
Here is a writeup on the fire done by a good friend of mine who is also a great fire photographer named Jason Coleman-Cobb, who has his own website. capitalcityfirephotos.com
Feel free to check out his photos as well.
Here is the story on the fire;
Lebanon County Box 5-01 sent companies to 125 W. Main Street in Annville Township for a reported structure fire around 1415 hours. Annville Chief 5 arrived with heavy fire showing from a 3 story, occupied, apartments over a flower shop. There were also reports of explosions from the building. First-in companies mads an aggressive stance on the fire which heavily involved the second floor and roof of side B. Additional alarms were requested bringing in companies from throughout Lebanon and parts of Dauphin County to the scene. Unusual April temperatures hovered around 90 degress taking a toll on manpower. The fire was placed under control in about an 1.5 hours and units remained on the scene for extensive overhaul and investigation. 2 firefighters suffered injuries were transported to local hospitals to be treated.



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