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Townhouse Fire Displaces Family and Pets
By JJohnson | March 16, 2009
A call came in at 10:55pm on Sunday, March 15th to Long Beach Fire Department for reports of a dryer fire on the 3300 block of Elm Ave. Engine 9 was the first apparatus on scene within 3-4mins and noticed, as they turned the corner from Long Beach Blvd, heavy black smoke and fire coming from the townhouse. They made an aggressive attack using their hotline and began to knock down the fire. Engine 9’s Captain reported that all occupants were safely out.
Engine & Truck 7 were quickly second on scene and helped out with fire attack and ventilation of the townhouse. Engine 13 and Battalion 3 and Rescue 9 were also on scene. Engine 11 was called out by BC3 as a fourth engine for man power and RIC. The fire was contained to the single townhouse and did not spread to the second floor.
The fire spread from the dryer into the kitchen and living room as well as a little into one of the downstairs bedrooms. There were 2 adults and 1 child as well as 4 dogs that were displaced due to the fire and the Red Cross was called out to aid with some help and shelter. There was 1 patient transported to St. Mary’s Hospital for non-life threatening injuires, however the man was not involved with the fire.
A total of 23 firefighters were on scene and there were other injuires to report
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