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Early Morning Garage Fire Spreads to The House, 3 Girls Get Out Unharmed
By JJohnson | July 10, 2009
The call came into the LBFD dispatch center for reports of a garage fire on the 6700 block of DeLeon St. at around 5:45am, on 7/10/09. Engine 22 along with BC2 were on scene quickly and reported heavy smoke & fire coming from the attached garage and spreading to the house. E22 pulled one of their attack lines and began knocking down the flames. Engine 17 was also close behind and pulled an additional attack line off of 22’s and assisted them with fire attack.
Engine 18 began a primary search for victims, luckily everyone was out. Engine, Truck and Rescue 14 were also on scene and helped to extinguish the fire. Units had to deal with a broken gas meter on the house next door which was blowing gas up in the air about 10 ft. They worked quickly to keep the flames at bay with their hose streams and were able to shut off the gas. There was minor damage exterior damage to the house next door, again with no injuries.
A man who was on his way to work was driving by and quickly stopped to help. He went to the front door to see if anyone was inside and was able to awake the 3 girls inside. They were all able to make it out without any injuries thanks to the passer by.
There were no injuires to Firefighters or civilians.
Units on scene: E22, BC2, E17, E14, R14, T14, E18, PIO 4.
A total of 23 firefighters were able to knock down the fire within 20 mins of the dispatch.
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