2 Alarm House Fire - Sacramento, California

6106 2nd Avenue, Sacramento, CA
Date: Friday. October 15, 2010
Time: 2:20PM

I was first on scene just minutes before Sac Fire arrived (you can actually see the first engine driving up in the video).

At least 5 fire engines, 3 ladder trucks, 2 battalion chiefs and 2 ambulances on scene by the time I left. 2 more engines and 1 more ladder truck in route as I was leaving the scene.

Seeing things like this make me really miss firefighting. Even though it's been a while since I was a firefighter, I still miss it :(

Sorry about the poor quality video, I was using my cell phone to film.

Mike...

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[cardiovascularman]

Actually, the wires came down because a branch broke and fell on them breaking them. In turn, causing the fire. The utilities company did not show up until later, so no they were not secured. As you might be able to see in the video, on the right side (by the sidewalk), there was continued sparking from the wires grounding themselves out. It wasn't too big of an issue because it was on the edge of the "hot" zone so it did not interfere with fire suppression operations.

[MrJh2527]

the power lines put on a more impressive light show in the dark

[BrandeeTracy]

This was my mother's good friends' fire (well the neighbor whose house also caught on fire from the original fire). Crazy turn of events this ended up being for him.

[gsw42489]

Wires down? Where was PG&E?  Were the utilities secured?