Lonsdale St Dorchester 9 alarm fire and plane crash

[BlumpyDaddy]

Remember that night clearly. Was in the crowd somewhere.



[DildoDomeyer]

Gotta love those hypalon coated bunker coats ! It's a shame somebody doesn't produce something like that now-they would be a Godsend in cold weather areas.

[jake39ify]

How long did t take to put it out?

[iamlost2]

Holy shit. I was gone from Dot at that time. BFD is awesome

[sharppointy1]

Boston Fire Department = Awesome!

[KnittingPasta]

ooo was that a gas tank explosion? 1:17

[sailmon1978]

I flew with Peter, he was a great guy and pilot, they were never able to determine what happened to him or why the plane went down. I had flown that plane the day before...

[aidan100100]

kids and there tantrums

[kpfani]

"i never wanted to be a product of my environment, i wanted my environment to be a product of ME."

[93CFD]

this fire brings back memories of the charleston fire dept back before cell phones and smoke alarms... we would catch a fire like that sometimes 2 or 3 times a month...no rit teams, rehab, or air trucks... just a bunch of crazies fighting fire and having a blast...

[bostoncopguy]

That is one hell of a video. Absolute raging inferno.

[TheDDG]

I love how, at around 8:20, you can hear someone mumble that Mayor Ray Flynn "never misses a photo op."

Truer words have never been spoken!

[pburns617]

I remember seeing the aftermath when I was a kid. The only thing left standing was the plumbing.

[scotfreak]

that is just an insane inferno, it looks like a damn war zone

[suzysmooth]

I lived right around the corner..I was 11 years old when this happened. Horrible.

[snowmanski]

cont.-

"No Warning as Plane Crashes." In The Reporter, v. 5, issue #13, July 1, 1987. [Dorchester weekly newspaper]

[snowmanski]

Cont-

The pilot, 21 year old Peter Covich of Nashua, N.H. And three occupants of the home at 34 Lonsdale Street were seriously injured. Being treated at area hospitals were: Katherine Tully, 80, and her 41 year old daughter Kathleen Tully, and their third floor tenant Estelle Dion, 54. ..." Apparently the airline did not have enough insurance to pay for the damage so the homeowners had to take out loans to pay for replacing their houses. Source: Forry, Ed.

[snowmanski]

"In the early morning hours of Friday, June 26, a two engine Piper Seneca cargo plane operated by Cash Air, carrying financial newspapers and bank notes from New Jersey veered off course as it flew over Dorchester in its approach to Logan. The plane went into a sharp left turn, flew over several Dorchester neighborhoods and smashed into three houses on Lonsdale Street near St. Mark's Church. (Cont)

[TheChris1500]

nice video. the crew did a good job at stoping the fire. even though there not enough water in the world to put that fire out but they did good they kept the whole neaborhood from burning down. great job

[jhill36514]

Reality TV at it's best. Here's to my DAD: Ladder 28!

[ma218]

A single-engine sesna crashed into the 3-deckers after an emergency on board. (Box 9-3412 I believe). I remember my father telling me about this fire. Amazing footage!

[Michaelbos]

A great testament to the Boston Fire department.

[foxracingmtnridr]

WOW.

So what's the story behind the fire?