EVERY FIRE COMPANY OF THE SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, Fire Department was on the scene early Monday morning when fire started spreading in a block of multi-family homes.
The alarm was first sounded shortly after 11 pm Sunday night when neighbors spotted a vacant house on fire. When the 1st units arrived the building was fully involved and starting to spread to a neighboring 3-decker that was occupied.
WWLP-TV Ch. 22 has the video report:
As the firefighters were doing a full search of the occupied building, the District Chief in command sensed that the building was becoming unstable and ordered an evacuation. A mere 30 seconds after the last FF got out, the building collapsed. “It came down, not in pieces, but all at once,” he said.
Three other buildings were also damaged by the fire causing six families to be displaced, a total of 34 people.
The Springfield Republican has the full story and details HERE.
