We had quite the welcome back to Philadelphia Monday night, when we heard a bunch of sirens outside our door at 8:30pm. When we abandoned our Oatmeal Creme Pies and cold milk to see what was going on, we saw this:
Shortly after the first video, but before the fire got really huge, Katie got some nice footage of the firemen using a circular saw to cut through the metal garage door.
It proceeded to grow from there to a three-alarm fire, requiring multiple fire hydrants several blocks away and dozens of fire engines.
What was burning? A lamination shop -- in addition to the wood and boxes burning, the cans of glue and laminate made some impressive explosions.
We were more fortunate than most of the surrounding blocks. The wind was blowing away from our house, so were only displaced for 1 1/2 hours and our house doesn't smell like smoke. Shockingly our car didn't smell like smoke either, and neither the fire nor the firemen put any dents or marks on it, even though it was next to the fire hydrant and 25 feet from the burning building!
For more pictures, video, and local news coverage see this link:
http://www.nbc10.com/news/17534146/detail.html
Playing in the Sun (June 2015)
9 years ago
Wow guys! I am really glad that nothing (meaning you, your house, or car) got dented, melted, burned, maimed, or stinky. It looks like it made for am exciting evening.
What a welcome back to Philadelphia! Having seen where you live, I can only imagine how scary that fire must have been. Glad to see that you thought of your 72 hour kit and that you have it ready to go in time of need. Yeah for you two!
Oh, my gosh! I didn't know it was that close. Glad you were prepared and escaped with no damage to you or your house.