Detroit 2nd Alarm Richton St & Lawton St, Firefighters Injured, Water Problems
Channel: wildfirevideosWNY
Date: 2015-09-03

Fire was on July 8th 2015, While Buffing with some great buffs out of British Columbia, Canada, A box alarm rolled across the air for a report of a Commercial Building Fire, Upon arrival fire crews & ourselves encountered heavy & Thick Smoke Conditions throughout the neighborhood & venting from the Miniature Apartment Building, Crews initially made an Interior attack, but do to the fire progressing toward the front of the house & rapidly intensifying, crews were pulled out; the fire intensified so much, firefighters were temporarily trapped on the 2nd floor as Fire starts blowing out of the front portion of the building, The firefighters made it out safely, & were transported to near-by hospitals for minor Burns, Crews also discovered in the area that Hydrants did not work, or provided very little water pressure, causing the fire to spread to the Vacant 5 Story Apartment Building next Door, Fire quickly spread around the U-Shaped Apartment Building, Crews were on scene for multiple hours rotating Crews throughout the Night & early morning hours of the next morning.