I was coming through town, just leaving the quarters of Engine 8/Truck 10 when a vehicle fire was dispatched in the 4500 block of Edmondson Avenue.
Engine 53 was first due and they, along with the rest of the Third Battalion companies, were all at the station of Engine 8 training where I just left a few minutes earlier.
I was way ahead of them as I made my way toward the scene. I saw nothing until I was a few blocks away when I spotted heavy smoke over the trees in that area.
Engine 53 was now in view behind me as we approached the scene. The fire was ahead of me in the same direction of travel and Police had the road blocked at the intersection before the vehicle. I turned there into a shopping center parking lot and stopped adjacent to the burning van and beat them to the scene.
Here's a few of the shots that followed:
Engine 53 was first due and they, along with the rest of the Third Battalion companies, were all at the station of Engine 8 training where I just left a few minutes earlier.
I was way ahead of them as I made my way toward the scene. I saw nothing until I was a few blocks away when I spotted heavy smoke over the trees in that area.
Engine 53 was now in view behind me as we approached the scene. The fire was ahead of me in the same direction of travel and Police had the road blocked at the intersection before the vehicle. I turned there into a shopping center parking lot and stopped adjacent to the burning van and beat them to the scene.
Here's a few of the shots that followed:
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