Massive inferno destroys mill complex in Woonsocket, RI

[howwon]

Greetings from Canada. Excellent video.

[GeneralRyker]

Your fire photography is outstanding!!!! Keep up the amazing work and stay safe. +

[UtahMike41]

Sheesh. I am no firefighter but it seems to me that it would be best to set up a perimeter around the burning mill, protect nearby buildings and just let it burn itself out. Is that a fair assessment and strategy? Again, I am not a firefighter.

[SuperLaw911]

wow is there truly anyway to fight this beast? this frustrates me because firefighters are pretty much helpless, good thing that no people were inside huh.

[nakedfaves]

I just looked at a google map of 85 Fairmount St and it looks like the building is still standing in the google map photo.

Which building is it?

The one between Fairmount St., River St., and the river...or the one between Fairmount St., Water St., and the river?

[XDStijntje]

Nice video

[achilles6312]

That is one hell of a fire!

[achilles6312]

She's a gonner!

[MinaCovers]

I remember this........=/

[hfashion98]

My dad is a woonsocket FF (but we live in blackstone) and he was there he was also at all the others the past 13 years and a couple times he almost really got hurt. he fell through a floor :( !!!!!!!!!! at 2:19 you can see my dad doing something with the hose near the truck..........lol but ya thanks for saving my and others lives dad. you truly are my biggest hero ILY <3

[WilsonVanGarneau]

Every few years an old mill 'mysteriously' burns down in Woonsocket. Isn't it strange? No, it's not really.

[Heyde1979]

this was an arson job

[getagreatjobfast]

Wow! My dad used to work at this place when it was "The Rubber Shop" (Uniroyal). We lived on First Avenue (on the corner of First Avenue and Olo Street. You could smell the Archway cookies being baked at the Archway Cookie Bakery. We built forts and cabins in the dump around the corner. I went to Sacred Heart School on 2nd Avenue... Memories... :-)

[prostockgirl]

Holy hell,,that reminds of the Mill fire we had here in Uxbridge back in 07..90 companies in that mill were destroyed cause some asswipe left a welding torch going. Goes to show ya it dont take much anymore to wreck lives. Hopefully no firemen were hurt here...that fire is real bad

[HAPPYTHELEAF]

Used to know a few guys who worked for many years in this building before they moved prior to its closure, it does not bear thinking what tragic circumstances there may have been had the mill (as it was known) still been in operation.

[Bignadim]

like the mills here in UK red brick, multi storey, and on fire!!!

[harperonline]

@Bignadim - So true. My grandad worked in a mill in Walsall for years and that burned down recently too. I wonder if these mills are just cursed or if the guys that buy them (developers) are just unlucky...(cough - bullshit).

Also, why do they always seem to catch fire just after a large insurance policy is taken out on them...hmmmm.

[vandstra]

Like pissing on hell.

[rvpKellz]

them poor firefighters....they did not ask for this....this is ridiculous...who can fight this with the hydrant WELDED shut....they do not pay FFs enough

[samfisher20041]

howly crap, what an inferno! :O

[Hex13337]

how many ariels and attack lines were evntually put on this?

[sharppointy1]

Matt - this is, of course, the best video I have seen of the Alice MIlls fire. Looks like you got there pretty early.

[mixtaperadio]

surround and drown boys!

[usmarines911]

Listen carefully at 1:10 - you can hear in the word-back "The hydrant is welded shut" !!!

[mdgeist012002]

what was in this mill

very good work with the vid

[modifiedclod97]

Heard about this on the news. It's crazy how rapidly it spread.

[DemoEvidence]

High quality composition and editing as always. This video really captures the feeling of the firefighters simply overwhelmed by the massive scale of the fire.

[DoingItLocal]

Great coverage!