house fire

[BigT58609]

man this looks like a live burn if it was a real fire and the house was like that when the 1st engine truck or ladder showed up there they would have called out more units then what is in the vid there would also be more hose lines pulled then what is in the vid

[pEarLdRuMsrOcK27172]

The old lady looks like Mrs Mac's the pie lady lol :)

[m5wagers]

you all do realize that this is just a demonstration right....its a real fire but not a real situation...and if it was real and all they were doing was containing it...maybe she didnt pay her taxes or house payments....the fire department dosent have to put a house fire out if they dnt want to actually...well if the person hasnt made payments that is

[firemanjoe427]

@m5wagers Any fire dept has a job to do, protect life and property. I agree this must be a live burn for practice, but if it was a real house fire, they would be shooting water through the openings of the house (mainly the windows) to cool the inside down enough to extinguish. I don't think any firefighter would let a house continue to burn because someone hasn't made their payment. If they did, they need to step away from firefighting before they get someone hurt or killed.

[firemanjoe427]

@m5wagers If a fire department gets a call to a house fire, that department has a duty to extiguish it, not let it burn

[PringleTrain]

my mum made our house caught on fire and i lost my fave teddy bear which was from the 40's :/

[WILKO50]

don`t smoke Mary Lou

[canonjacob]

this is a reminder of what can happen if you smoke.  this can happen at any time

[sockettuem]

Mary Lou looks to be between 80 and 90 years of age, a bit old to we working nights, or chain smoking don't you think?

Moreover, why are some of Mary Lou's windows boarded up? I agree with the others. This was a training evolution and Mary Lou, the elderly lady pictured was likely no where near the place during the burn.

[youjacqueline]

dang! aw so srry to hear =( i almost cried

[wolfkill16]

yea im a firefighter and that is a training burn ....... but he is just use that burn video cuz he probably couldn't get a video from the fire that was at the old lady's house

[PaulieMac77]

abit old 2 b working all night isnt she?

[KVFDbyrd252]

this is about fake and a half. its a live burn, you can see the fire tape, and there arent alot of hose lines out, plus if it was that well involved, i think there would be some more companys there. plus at about 2:40 you can see one of the windows is boarded up, also, depower is about a retard, the picture of "mary lou" was just a fake from google.

[MrJakemoffitt]

@KVFDbyrd252 hey i saw that window, hahahaha

[joeissoccer]

@KVFDbyrd252 you can also tell that they are not actively trying to put the fire out, just containing it. Good comment. KVFDbyrd252 thanks

[digicam11]

real sad

[blinko656]

This was a training burn. come on Retired FF.

[beranek57]

looks like a training burn to me, cuz if it was the real deal they wouldnt take time to put up the tape, and they would have more hose lines on the fire...

[junk496]

Thanks for the public service anouncement but,got a light HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!

[FFbosmoe]

This house fire looks a hell of a lot like a training burn. We have these all the time, you can see the fire tape, theirs no way we would have that laid out if were truly fighting a fire, it gets in the way. But yes smoking does cause fires, we had one about two weeks ago caused by a cig.

[tgifridays40]

where are you from?? thats probably good training, a live burn.

[Smirv]

I am a smoker and I am working on stopping, but one thing I have never done and will never do, is light up a smoke while I am laying in bed. I have never fallen asleep with t cig and never will. I feel sorry for the lady who died and do not want to seem as if I do not care, but as a smoker, I know how stupid it is to light up a smoke when you are tired and in a position where it will be easy to fall asleep.

[man2wild]

very informative video!!

R.I.P

[Tsarevna303]

Don't smoke? Sure, that would help. But what would help more is if mattress manufacturers were forced to finally stop making mattresses with highly flammable materials! They have the technology, just won't implement it because they're cheap. They'd rather see people die if if means they save a buck.

[phenomanam]

i had a shout the exact same a few months back, in my normal work and around 2pm my alerter went off for a persons reported. turns out the fire was caused due to the lady fallin asleep with a cigarette in her hand. luckily we wer there within 3 mins, got her out and managed to confine the fire to her bedroom. but the potential cud have be catastrophic

[chewdontswallow]

My granddad passed last year because of a cancerous growth in his neck, caused by smoking..this video hopefully will let people know of how dangerous this can be..

R.I.P..

[c0p555]

R.I.P

[chewdontswallow]

thank you =]

[PlaneTrainAmbulance]

R.I.P :(

[michaelbellovich]

Drugs are bad too dude, lay off of them!

[dodgemikke]

R.I.P. Mary Lue Ash

[lizzylovesizzy]

this makes me really sad :(

[tjbois]

If this is the same person, old lady MaryLou Ash worked 3rd shift as a Walmart greeter in Macedon, NY. thats why her windows are boarded up. Shes poor. BUT years of smoking where not good to her - in that picture of her - she is actually only 43 yrs old. Its rumored she has a crack issue, but no longer smokes.

[354902047]

smoking is a healthy habit!!

[kraefish]

hmm.. looks like a live burn drill.

[upsguy03]

kraefish, I agree, even though the message is 100% right on.

[kraefish]

oh yeah, the message is most deffinatly right.

none of us like to respond to a structure fire and find someone has died for a stupid reason like a cigarette on a mattress.

[upsguy03]

I agree. I just think you were right that the house in this video was a training burn, nothing more.

[hustondouglas]

Burn Mary Lou burn!!!!

[bhbh655]

RIP Mary Lou! @ least you had a good 82 yrs (i think) ILY Mary-Lou! (no i dont no mary-Lou but shes a beatiful person! -crys!- MARY-LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­U!!

[kevinsilverado]

This is very obviously a training burn at a vacant house. (boarded up windows at 2:35)

My only guess is that the "narrator" is trying to make a low-budget attempt at an anti-smoking PSA.

[jao216]

i think that window may have been boarded up because someone busted it out. where im from a house like that would have windows busted out

[dskater195]

so did the old lady die?

[taylmike]

i thought your buddy lived next door? there is not another house even close by

[person6989]

Yes. 1924 - 2006

[ecoslion]

cheer up pal...

[GardoOFD1632]

HOLY CRAP....maybe the can go across the street and hit the fire...LMAO

[BigBossen36]

R.I.P

[SP99]

Looks like a live burn drill to me.

[kidkong584]

that happend to my grandfather he died

[Jakethefox]

depower? how stupid

[kelly6580]

now what that ciggartte reall worth it dont you wish you could go back andtell her not to smoke that last cig.

[rockinfireman95]

that was a GOOD LOOKING FIRE.

[bigjohnjack0]

thats a very respectful video mate, sorry for ya loss........like a fool i am a smoker but am trying to quit.....chin up me old mate...

[KillFact]

my house caught on fire also yesterday luckily i wasnt there or i would die of the ceiling crushed on me

[mallygirl231]

good for you man

[wunderbarmom]

another mistake that is made a lot...is cooking something when your tired and falling asleep with grease on or something on the stove. I know 2 houses that burned that way. Smoking does kill..

[creepingrevenge]

It's good to see an everyday person take a public stance on somthing thats plagued the fire department increasingly the last few years. I'm sorry for your loss of a friend, but you've done the best possible thing with this experience. Myself and my brother are both firefighters, when we were little, our mother set her mattress on fire with a cigarette and did not wake up. Very luckily, the smell woke us up and we were able to move her and put the fire out.

[everythingsrandom]

yes, please do not smoke, anyone. my grandma had cancer and died a slow tortorus death. and 3 days later, she died when i was 4 years old.

[FireStarter5160]

And to think she did that to herself.

[potofjoe]

I smoked for some thirty(30) years. My neice suggested that I try this drug called Wellbutrin, or Ibupropin Well, once I followed my doctor's instructions, I quit, February 4, 2005, and have never smoked since. No withdrawals, nothing. They just tasted so bad, you couldn't smoke, So, if you want to quit, please try this drug.

[DannyPhantom3599]

Who cares if this is a "real" person or not...the message is valid and very important!

I do NOT smoke...DUH...it can kill in more than one way...lung cancer...fires...and it just makes you STINK.

Kids. Don't SMOKE! It isn't cool and my mom is now dying because she has breathing problems from smoking for 30+ years!!

~LauraG.~

[FarmingtonNHFire]

Hey, I am a firefighter in Farmington NH, please pay attention to what this guy says. If you know a smoker, or live with a smoker, please show them this video. This is something that happens all too often every day, and like so many other fatal fires, it is something that can be easily prevented.

Depower: I have a lot of respect for you for making this video, it is a great tribute, and has a great message. Sad to see, hopefully this will prevent a few more.

[bigky2]

This is so sad i i agree with what the man says about the smoking

[KGBDestroyer]

this video sends out a great message, i feel sorry that she had to go that way :(, but hopefully this video will prevent some people from making the same mistake.

and obviously some of you people have never lost someone you loved or knew if you think this is funny, if you think someone losing there life is funny you need some serious help

[DannyPhantom3599]

I agree fully with this!

~LauraG.~

[ak47wars]

its beautiful see the swirling flames.

[wertyou567]

you're really cool and nice. i feel sorry

[wertyou567]

"and this is what happens" kinda funny

[sacphotog62]

This is a joke right? I mean...her last name was Ash and his connection between "smoking" (not the cigarette, mind you) and dying in a house fire does not make sense!!

[FarmingtonNHFire]

Even if it is fictional, the message is still real.

[timberwolfco8]

I am a firefighter and when we have a body recovery on a structure fire we put the fire out by going to the fire! We don't sit back in the field and spray at it where it don't reach the fire. Family's do like to have at least something to bury!My dad died 3years ago in a house fire that was fully involved but we still fought the fire and was able to recover half of his body. If it was your family member wouldn't you want the fire dept to put the fire out.

[alan464]

shut up you r boring.

[iwuzbored]

im watching a fire right now outside my window :)

[humvee600]

shut the fuck up member1908

[cmarlow84]

how sweet of you to make this video!

sort of a lesson learned video about the dangers of smoking and sleeping.

[justinplyer15]

thats y u dont fucking smoke in bed u fucking smoker stop thts y fire u dip shits they kill live cigirates if i spelt right u fucking dont smoke in bed

[jettyeast67]

Thanks, Smokey the Bear.

[jettyeast67]

Thanks, Smokey the Bear.

[jettyeast67]

test

[jeepin1021]

A lady that old still working 3rd shift???

[garycalgary]

i did think it was funny that her last name was ash.

It could have been a made up stunt.

There is something useful for youtube.

If it's real my condolences.

[Member1908]

Mary Lou made it that long?  My grandmother smoked until she was 84 and she had a great life. I'm not advocating smoking. In fact, I smoked for 13 years and quit but house fires can happen anytime. Leave Mary Loy alone!

[PoppaBlue59]

Jagabun...I don't know where you got your info from, but a cig can certianly burn a house down. I have been a paid firefighter for 21 years, so I know. I won't go into the physics of it, but trust me. Cigs can and do start fires that can take out an entire apartment complex.

[JagaBun]

Apartments can burn down from anyone who shares the same complex with you. That fire could of started from another floor and lead to her's. For best fire safty choose a 1 story house(Even though Apartments are cooler.). Lightning is the # 1 reason why 2 story and top floor apartments catch on fire.

[JagaBun]

A cigerette will not burn down a house like that. This has been proven. Cigs do not put out a flame. The worst it would do is burn a hole.(Like in carpet.). It's too weak to burn through wood or thick plasic. Once the cherry reaches the brink of the butt - it dies. And it may die out on it's own. If the cig hits a flamable object - that's a differant story.

[Trainmaster1212]

Then my cousin lied...Her old apartments burned down from a cigerette.

[murph734]

bed covers and chairs arnt exactly flame retardent either cigarettes can and will ignite those materials

[FarmingtonNHFire]

Cigaretts DO start fires, just ask a FIREFIGHTER.

[akron1000gpm]

Video is definitely a training burn, but that does not dismiss the important/heartfelt message in the video.

[manteno]

I'm thinking the video is from a training fire using a vacant house, not an actual house fire as a few others have pointed out. 1 star

[damon713]

This is sad. And this was a very good thing that u did, to make people think. I feel like I almost knew her, its a shame.

[rdotosman]

i used to live in a tower block on the 7th floor and there was an old man on the 2nd floor n basicalli he died in his bed because of the cigarette n the smoke rose alll round my estate n the fire reached every house on the second floor thats soo inconsiderate

[sargenine]

The lady across the street from my old house died the same way she was on o2 due to her smoking to boot her house mate shut the tank off and called the fire Dept if he had not it would of taken the whole house instead of the living room the moral of this story is if your going to play sooner or later you will pay

[KillieKingdom]

Hi Depower!

KK here from Scotland(UK). We have the same problem over here mate and it isn't easy, to advise folk no to smoke by any means. Smokers be they heavy or light cost our NHS (National Health Service) billons of pounds(£s) every year, but it's only a matter of time before they will feel sorry for themselves, when GPs (doctors) tell them that they only have a short time to live. I don't smoke myself and never intend to, as I just can't stand the stuff.

[kwharwood]

verey good

[huntersfd340]

i myself have seen 2 house destroyed because of smoking....one was fixable, but homeowner had no insurance!! Pleas: Don't smoke and sleep, and if you do...i hope you have smoke detectors and a quick way of escape

[rhcp7145]

it show a great mesage to al you smoker make sure your cig is out before you go to bed. This is a training video b/c if it was not one then the firefighters would be putting it out right away and ti would not be taped off.

[allsteer40]

Nice story if it was true...your video shows a live fire training situation.

[SQUIRTER17]

Looks more like a controlled burning of a vacant house to me...windows boarded up...fire streams too far from the building to be effectve...the message is fine, the realism leaves something to be desired...

[agent124c5]

*looks at cigart*evil!*stomps on cigart repedivly*die!*gets hammer and smashs*

[MrMusic1970]

well goodbye Mary Lou Ash ..whoever you are .

a rather Ironic surname but !

now who would've thought that a cigarette could cause a fire, shock horror ...thanks for the tip !

[JeepGuy80]

It's not smoking that kills, it's the carelessness, and chemicals that kill...

[ona23]

cool

[Smokeater717]

What the hell's with the dialog???

[briandav]

valuable message! thank you