5 alarm fire in Central Falls on frigid, windy day

Shortly after 11am on Tuesday Dec 29th, 09 Central Falls FD along with Pawtucket FD arrived at 444 Roosevelt Ave to find heavy smoke showing from this vacant 2 sty commercial building. Firefighting efforts were hampered with temperatures barely reaching 20 degrees, wind gusts over 40mph and a windchill of -3 degrees.

After failed attempts to battle the blaze from the interior, firefighters were forced to evacuate and fight the blaze from the exterior. 5 alarms were needed to bring this blaze under control. Several firefighters suffered minor injuries.

Full video in Volume 24 at http://www.providencefirevideos.com

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• central falls
• rhode island
• providence
• attleboro
• east providence
• pawtucket
• lincoln
• firefighting
• blaze
• explosion
• massachusetts

[sparkywfd]

thank you, much appreciated!

[sharppointy1]

At 1:43, very cool shots of the roof burning!

[WFDcrowbar]

There's a lot of guys out there shooting video at fire scenes but few have the eye you've got. Nice work!

[wellinvolved]

Great Video Matt!!!