Maurice Luque
Maurice Luque
believe fire linked
At this time, we don't believe this fire is linked to the others.
far fires oven
There have been 27 oven fires so far this year.
chance driver dumped fire front good load saw station
He saw a fire station and said this is a good place for it and so he dumped it right there. The driver just didn't want to take any chance with the fire in the truck, so he dumped the load right in front of the fire station.
fire house involved
The house was pretty much (fully) involved in fire when we got there.
area basically bedroom began fire house quickly rear rest spread
The house is totaled inside, basically totaled. The fire began in a rear bedroom area but it spread very quickly to the rest of the house.
across alley apartment cracked fire melted unit windows
The fire was so intense, it cracked the windows of an apartment unit across the alley and melted the blinds.
engine pulled
They just pulled the hose off the engine and doused it with foam.
looked mini others people saw sorts walking war
It looked like a mini war zone. I saw people on the ground, some moaning, many bleeding. They had all sorts of injuries. Others were walking around dazed.
delay devices exactly finding followed heat image knew locate shelves source
What they do is they locate the heat source right away so there's no delay in finding the source of the fire. With books, shelves and other devices in the way, they just followed the thermal image for the heat source and knew exactly where to go.
cleaning diesel truck
Diesel from the truck spilled as a result. Hazmat is there now cleaning that up.
deeper tried
She tried to get out but the more she tried to get out, the deeper she sank.
carry depend emergency quite reliable
We depend on them quite heavily. But as a backup, we still carry alphanumeric pagers, which are quite reliable to get emergency notification.
miles needed operations people period rescued square time within
They rescued about 240 people within a four-hour period of time within 5 square miles before they had to suspend operations at nightfall. There were about 500 people who still needed to be rescued.
asked found gates handful inside north opened outside stand
It was found outside by a condiment stand at the north end of the arena, inside the gated area. The gates hadn't been opened up to the public, but there were a handful of vendors inside, and they were asked to evacuate as a precaution.