KC Box 9-1...Comstock Twp. House fire 4/18/08

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Comstock Twp. Kalamazoo County Mich.
Box 9-1, Central District
7000 blk of Liggett St.
Caller reporting house across the street on fire

Units responding:
E951, E911, E912, E923, Chief990
Automatic Aid:
KTFD E812

First unit onscene reporting smoke showing from attic area.

C990 onscene taking command. Crews pulling 1.75 line thru the front door.

Interior crews reporting heavy smoke conditions, found the fire and attempting to put it out.

E911 will be water supply, will be nursing to E951

Interior crews reporting fire is out, ventilation is being started.

Overhaul is being completed, units being returned to station.

All units are cleared after an hour and half.

I was on the scene of this fire. It was a nice job by interior crew of a quick knockdown. This could have been a total loss but thanks to a observant neighbor who saw the smoke since the home owners were out of town on vacation, we were able to get there quickly. There was a lot of smoke and heat damage to the residence.

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This came in as we were getting our trucks back in service:

Comstock Twp. Kalamazoo County Mich
Box 9-1, Central District
Intersection of L Ave and River St
Dispatch reporting a possible greenhouse fully involved.

Units responding:
E951, E911, E912, E923, C990


As we left the station and headed down River St we can see flames in the sky in that area. We turned down L Ave. were the greenhouses are and as we were looking for access, we found a very large pile if wood pallets and other debris on fire. Thankfully it was not the greenhouse, but it was close enough that the plastic was starting to deteriorate. We ended up pulling over 400ft of 1.75 line to put out the fire. We also cooled down the greenhouse and put out small grass fires aound the pile.

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