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ENGINE, TOWER, AND CHIEF ON PINE STREET TRAILER FIRE |
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January
7, 2006 - Late this
evening, Prince William County Fire Communications
began receiving 911 calls about a trailer fire in
the vicinity of 7625 Pine Street. At 2325 hrs, box
08-05 was struck bringing Engine 501A, Tower 501,
and Chief 501 from the City. As additional calls
came in, the County hit a second alarm because
callers were reporting that the fire was spreading
to multiple exposures. Engine 508 arrived and
reported they had one trailer well involved. Wagon
509 arrived, picked up 508's line, and put a second
attack line in service to protect the exposure.
Chief and Tower 501 arrived shortly thereafter. The
Tower went straight to work doing primary searches
on the two exposures. Chief 501 (Holman) took the
command and quickly returned the second alarm. Both
of the Tower's searches were negative and they
quickly began pulling the siding off of the trailer
to expose the rest of the fire for the engine
companies. Engine 501A arrived and backed up the two
crews already operating hand lines. Companies had
the fire contained to the initial fire building and
reported the bulk knocked down within 12 minutes.
Secondary searches were negative. With a large
amount of overhaul to do, Chief 501 held himself,
Engines 508, 509, and 501; Trucks 501 and 511; and
Rescue Squad 508A. City units cleared at 0113 hrs.
The Manassas Journal Messenger reported that arson
was the cause of the fire.
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