Four-alarm Fire Destroys Newark NJ Homes 08.26.2013

A four-alarm blaze spread quickly through a series of row houses in Newark's North Ward on Monday afternoon, causing severe damage to two buildings and drawing more than 100 firefighters to the scene, fire officials said.

The fire broke out around 12:30 pm at 215 ½ Garside St. and quickly spread to adjoining multi-family homes. The four-alarm blaze damaged or destroyed four other Garside residences -- 219, 217, 215 and 213 -- before it was brought under control shortly before 3 pm.





Up to 100 firefighters battled a ferocious blaze Monday that gutted three buildings and left more than two dozen people homeless.

A few firefighters were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation but there were no other reports of injuries in the four-alarm fire., said Newark Fire Director Fateen Ziyad.

Fire officials estimated 30 to 35 people were displaced as a result of the blaze. The American Red Cross was assisting the victims.

There was no word on the cause of the fire.



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4-Alarm Fire Rips Through Historic Philadelphia Church

Firefighters fight a four-alarm fire that broke out Sunday afternoon at St. Mary's Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church in East Oak Lane, Philadelphia. No one was injured in the fire.



A four-alarm fire Sunday caused extensive damage to a historic 99-year-old church in Philadelphia. The fire broke out at the Saint Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church on 6629 N 12th Street around 1 p.m. A large portion of the church’s roof collapsed in the blaze. The head of the church says that the fire destroyed millions of dollars in furniture, religious art and icons.





Philadelphia firefighters arrived to heavy smoke showing from the church. Fire officials say they started fighting the fire from inside the building, but when flames became too intense and spread too quickly, they had to get outside.

Fire officials say about 120 firefighters and 133 pieces of apparatus responded to the blaze.

“When we went in our firefighters made the attack. When they saw the fire, the fire was high,” said Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers.

Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Ayers says he called his crews out of the church just moments before the roof collapsed.

The fire was placed under control at 3:19 p.m.

No injuries were reported, Executive Fire Chief Richard Davison said. The fire started after the congregation's morning service. "It was hard for the Fire Department personnel to locate the extent of the fire," Davison said. "It was hiding, but it was traveling as well." By 7 p.m., fire personnel were still on the scene wetting down the hot spots. Chief Davison said that because of the size of the blaze, firefighters remained at the scene overnight to make sure the flames do not reignite.

No injuries were reported, and no word on a cause, the cause of the fire is under investigation.

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4-Alarm Fire: Wyncote, Cheltenham Township, Pa. 10.05.2012

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4-alarm fire ravages condominiums in Wyncote: PHOTOS

Firefighter crews battled a fire at a condominium complex in suburban Philadelphia. The 4-alarm fire began around 9:30 p.m. at  the Chelsea Condominiums complex on the 1600 block of Church Road in Wyncote. 125 firefighters and other emergency responders arrived at the scene and fire was placed under control around 3 a.m. 

Investigators say the fire spread quickly and that at least five people are hurt. Two firefighters and five residents were taken to the hospital. Officials say they all suffered from non-life threatening injuries.

At least 50 condominiums were impacted, and at least 100 residents are reported to be displaced. Fire may have started in stove of third floor unit. Cheltenham High School set up as temporary Red Cross shelter; up to 150 displaced

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4-Alarm Fire East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY 09.15.2012

FDNY put out a 4-alarm fire, Box 2303, where a blaze engulfed a Brooklyn Fine Fare supermarket at 405 Remsen Avenue early Saturday afternoon. The fire apparently started in the basement of the supermarket.  All companies were withdrawn and went to an exterior firefighting operation. The blaze escalated to a four-alarm fire shortly after 2:00 p.m. before firefighters were able to get the flames under control. The FDNY said no injuries were reported.











New York City Fire Department officials are still investigating the cause of a supermarket fire that blazed in East Flatbush, Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon. Investigators say the fire started in the basement of the one-story building on Remsen Avenue.

"We had a total of four handlines stretched at any given time and in operation. It was a punishing job, as I said, and we were very fortunate that we were able to keep it in the supermarket's cellar," said FDNY Chief James Esposito.

No major injuries were reported other then the fire chief saying there were only a few smoke-related injuries.








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