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16 FF’s Injured at 2-House Blaze

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Update:  Video added.  Scroll down.

SIXTEEN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERED a variety of injuries and 2nd-degree burns Friday night at a fire involving two houses next to each other.  Some of the injuries occurred when the attic floor fell down on them.

The fire that was reported at 7:20 pm started in a vacant house where it grew rapidly and spread to an occupied dwelling next door.  That house was divided into three dwelling units housing 12 people who were all displaced and lost all their possessions to the fire.

Because of the high heat of the day, extra alarms were struck to bring a total of 120 firefighters to the scene so that a rotation could be set up.  The fire was contained to those two buildings.

FireSceneAudio posted this recording of the radio traffic at the beginning of the fire:

The Examiner has the STORY.

Update:  WITI-TV Ch. 6 has some good video from the fire scene:

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Posted by on June 12, 2010 • Filed under: fire, Fires, Videos
  • Kleetis J. MacAnurney

    Nice to see the reporters who presented this story going out of their way to remind the viewers of the tremendous risks that Firefighters willingly face daily while protecting lives and property. This praise applies to all Firefighters who belong to departments that still perform interior V.E.S. and attack operations.

    I hope all of the Firefighters injured at this incident are okay and able to return to the job quickly.

  • Kleetis J. MacAnurney

    Nice to see the reporters who presented this story going out of their way to remind the viewers of the tremendous risks that Firefighters willingly face daily while protecting lives and property. This praise applies to all Firefighters who belong to departments that still perform interior V.E.S. and attack operations.

    I hope all of the Firefighters injured at this incident are okay and able to return to the job quickly.