Early Morning Hose Fire, Portland 3-16-2014

[Guest]

At 04:48 Portland responded to a house fire at 3950 NE 136th Ave.

Response was E30, E12, E7, Gresham E74, Trucks 2 and 7, C3 & C4.

Truck 2, first to arrive, reported light smoke showing from the eaves.

When the roof was opened, the scene changed drastically as you can

see in the first photo.


 

[gmuhr]

Nice work Dick!

[Guest]

Love the Roof shots

[chief60]

GREAT SHOTS! Love it when a truck company is doing their job!

[hank]

Good photos, Dick!

 

tHANKs

[agoulder]

Nice shots!

[Guest]

Sorry about the title. It should, of course, be HOUSE, not HOSE,

[DaveYoung]

The roof pics are stunning. Money shot.

[BFD190]

Everyone make it there with all theyre wheels.

[Guest]

Everyone make it there with all theyre wheels.

 

Hahaha! Word certainly gets around.

[BFD190]

The roof shots are awesome. Any word on the wheel incident.. The piece seemed fairly new .

[Guest]

The roof shots are awesome. Any word on the wheel incident.. The piece seemed fairly new .

 

It was caused by a casting defect. There is a forward camera somewhere on the rig and it caught the whole thing. When the wheel broke off it rolled along beside the rig for a considerable distance, nearly hitting a truck, before it fell over. Then the camera shows two members lifting it upright and rolling it out of the way.

All our other recent Pierce's were checked within a few hours and found to be OK.

It was still within the warranty period.