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April 14
2006
- At 0837 hrs, Manassas City Fire Communications
transmitted box 81-03 for smoke in the building at 8785
Centreville Road, the Manassas IHOP. Engine and Tower
501 arrived to find light smoke showing from the roof
peaks. Engine 501 ran an 1 1/2 through the front door
along with two men from the Tower and found smoke
conditions banked down half way in the eating area.
Three employees were found still inside the restaurant
and were escorted out. At the same time, the outside
crew from the Tower quickly made their way to the roof
to begin ventilation. The crews from the Engine and
Tower made their way into the kitchen and encountered
heavy black smoke conditions. As they masked up and
began popping ceiling tiles, they were joined by the
crew from Wagon 509. Engine 501's officer transmitted to command a
working fire in the attic. With all box alarm companies
going to work and based on the conditions seen outside
by the Chief, a second alarm was called for. As crews
inside pulled the ceiling, conditions began
deteriorating rapidly. Heavy black smoke was now banked
down to the floor and a large amount of fire was visible
rolling across the attic. As the lineman from Engine 501 climbed up on
the counter top and opened his pipe,
part of the drop ceiling, electrical wiring and
melted flex duct came down on the Engine and
Tower's crews entangling them. They cut their way out
and continued to hit the fire. The Engine officer
grabbed an attic ladder allowing the lineman from 501 to get
further into the attic. Simultaneously, the Tower's
roof crew, along with Foam Engine 501, were making good progress on several vent holes,
releasing a large amount of
smoke. Wagons 508 and 511 arrived and pulled lines to
back up Engine 501. With Engine 501's lineman now in the attic, he
made quick work of the fire. Engine 501 was established as division 1 with
themselves, Wagons 509 and 511, Truck 511, and teams
from Tower and Rescue 501. Other teams from Tower, Foam
Engine, and
Rescue 501 continued to cut several more holes
in the roof. Crews inside pulled more ceiling checking
for extension and horizontally vented, to removed the
large amount of trapped smoke in the eating and kitchen
areas so companies could see. Crews found small amounts
of extension in numerous void spaces throughout the
attic. It appeared the fire had been burning for awhile
as there was heavy charring all over the attic. The crew
from Quint 509 assisted with opening up more holes in
the roof to check for extension. Wagon 516 was
established as the RIT company. The majority of
the second alarm was staged and not utilized. The fire is believed
to have started in a light fixture in the kitchen ceiling. Chief
501 (Holman) had the command. Units from the City
cleared at 1030 hrs.
Box Alarm:
E501, W509, W508, W511, TL501, Q509, R501, C501, BC504
Second
Alarm: FE501, W516, W507, W506, T511, TL513, R504, Rehab
501, Safety 503 |
