All articles tagged with #three alarm fire
A veteran Boston firefighter, Robert Kilduff Jr., a 24-year member of Rescue Company 2, died after falling from a third-floor window while battling a three-alarm fire in Dorchester. He had helped in a technical rescue the day before and saved five residents, who were displaced but safe. The incident prompted statements of tribute from city leaders and an ongoing investigation into the fire.
The Austin Fire Department is currently battling a three-alarm fire in a fully involved three-story building in south Austin, with a structural collapse on the second floor and multiple exposures. Crews are searching for other possible fires due to windy conditions, and drivers are advised to avoid the area as one northbound lane of the I-35 frontage road is closed.
Orange County firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire at a lumber yard near Lake Fairview, with crews containing the fire but continuing extinguishment efforts into the evening. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is not yet known.
Nearly 100 firefighters battled a massive three-alarm fire at an abandoned Victorian mansion in the Uplands community of West Baltimore. The old structure, owned by the City of Baltimore, was fully engulfed in flames, and windy conditions posed a challenge for extinguishing the blaze. No firefighters entered the mansion, and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.