Garage Fire - Wilshire Drive
TYPE: Structure / Garage Fire - Mutual Aid to Kearsarge
DATE: February 23
LOCATION: 500 Wilshire Drive
DESCRIPTION: Engine 32 responded on the first alarm assignment for a garage fire in Kearsarge's first due district. First arriving apparatus found a heavily involved garage with exposures of another garage and a vehicle. Due to the fast moving fire the adjacent garage and vehicle did subsequently catch fire as well. A second FAST team was requested after the original FAST team, Engine 683, was put to work with suppression efforts. All crews did a god job at knocking down the intense flames and keeping the fire from spreading any further. Later into the operation Rescue 38 was requested to the scene for manpower. It took less than an hour to bring the fire under control. There were no injuries.
DEPTS: Kearsarge: Engine 442, Engine 443, Tower 449
BVFD: Engine 32, Rescue 38
Kuhl Hose: Engine 683
Perry HiWay: Engine 73
MPS: Ambulance 28
PHOTOS: Click here for photos. Thanks to Chief Erbin and Kuhlhosefire.com