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4-Alarm Lumber Yard Baltimore, MD 2-4-13
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On Feb. 4th Baltimore firefighters responded to a fire at the Penn Lumber Company at 601 Pennsylvania Ave.just north of downtown.

Engine 23 was first on the scene and reported heavy smoke showing. There was limited access in the rear. A 3-story building stored with building materials was involved and went to 3 alarms in 19 minutes. About 20 minutes into the incident firefighters were ordered out of the building and without warning the whole building collapsed onto the men that had just exited, trapping several of them. One FF was on top of Truck 16 and was knocked off by bricks from the wall and a ground ladder that was up against it. BC 6 struck out a 4th alarm and declared a MAYDAY. The 5 firefighters were quickly rescued and none of them suffered any serious injuries. All of them were released from Shock Trauma by the following morning.

 I had just arrived on the scene minutes after the collapse and photographed a couple of the guys being taken to the medic units.


Here is the scene as I came down the street:



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Just as I approached the scene one of the guys was being taken to the Ambo:



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Just minutes after the building collapsed:



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You can see the bricks underneath that came down upon Truck 16:



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Looking north from the south side:

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Looking north from the south side:

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Heres the damaged ladder on top of the bricks:



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The fire was finally knocked down:



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One of the photos disappeared!!

 

Again looking from the south side:



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#11
Hope everyone is ok. This is could've been much worse... grt shots
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#12
I was hoping you made it in there..how bad did it communicate to exposure 4??

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#13
Great shots Howard! Hope all brothers recover quickly!!!
Ken LaBelle



Capt Town of Lincoln Fire/Rescue 4
NRIFirePhotos.com
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#14
Howard, any damage to the truck?

It's been 30 years since TRK16 got clobbered at the Hochschild-Kohn building. (2/17/1983)

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#15
Just from what I saw at the fire it didn't look like any major damage. I saw someone elses photos later in the fire and they had the cab tilted checking underneath and all.

Didn't look too bad.

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#16
Good photos!

 

tHANKs

tHANKs
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#17
Good stuff!

 

And again...glad that all FFs were rescued and OK!

American Red Cross - DAT Captain
Member 4-2-4 - 5-11 Club of Chicago

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#18
Good photos Howard!!

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#19
Good shots.

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#20
Great job Howard! Shame I missed all the fire by like 5-10 minutes...  Looks like you and Paul Novak got the best shots out of this one.

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