St. Louis Metro

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[quote name='derry86' post='97614' date='Apr 14 2007, 08:27 ']Hey. Nice shots of Metro St. Louis. I lived in Warson Woods when I was a kid.



Does anybody remember a major conflagration back in the late 70's? I vaguely remember as a kid reading about it. It was in an industrial area of St. Louis.



I think St. Louis may have even lost an engine or two in the fire...



Does this sound familiar to anyone?



Thanks!!



RA[/quote]



Yes there was a major fire in St. Louis in the 1970's and the fire destroyed several blocks not too far from the downtown St. Louis area. I remember talking about it around the firehouse with my dad and several members of the Gardenville Volunteer Fire Department. If I remember the fire right it cleared out almost if not all of the fire houses in the City and then they pulled in numerous departments and equipment from the county to cover the City Stations.



The city did loose at least one of their rigs. I have attacked a picture from the fire that shows a St. Louis City Fire Department Engine a crumpled mess after what appears to be a building collapsed on it. I will contact the St. Louis Fire Museaum and see if I can get anymore information on the fire and see if somebody has any more pictures of the fire.



Dave