Saturday September 1, 2007

A two-alarm fire started shortly after 7 a.m. in an apartment on the second floor or The Grove Apartments on South Conway Road.  While responding, OFD Communications advised that they were on the phone with a female caller who was trapped in her apartment with 4 children.  On arrival crews were faced with a fire that had already entered the attic space and jumped the breezeway igniting a 2nd building.  E11 & E1 crews worked quickly to push the fire back and provided for Tower 1's inside team to locate and remove the trapped occupants.

Aggressive interior firefighting, combined with search and rescue, lead to a positive outcome for the family.  Crews were then able to make a good stop on the forward progress of the fire, limiting the damage to the rest of the structure.

Responding Units