Bergenfield Garage Fire w/ BLEVE Easter Sunday 4 12 09

At about 1320 on Sunday April 12 2009 the Bergenfield Fire Department was dispatched to 73 River Edge Road for a garage fire. Upon the arrivial of DC1, fire was showing from the garage area of the house. As first arriving companies entered the block, a propane tank exploded/BLEVEd sending a chunk of the tank skipping across the street and hitting a house. Members made a quick stop of the fire preventing it from spreading to the attached house. A New Milford FAST Team along with engines from Hackensack and Teaneck responded to the scene while an engine from Dumont and an Englewood ladder covered the town. Companies were off the scene by 1530. Video by Alex Kneisler

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• Propane
• BLEVE
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• Milford
• Hackensack
• Dumont
• Teaneck
• Englewood
• NJ

[pjharr]

if you had time to take a video of it, why didnt you grab an extinguisher and help put it out before the fd came?

[Hellskitchen2134]

@pjharr... this video was taken by someone riding with the first chief on scene and the first engine and truck were less then a minute behind.

[Firemedic712]

did the fire make extention to the home?

[Hellskitchen2134]

no the fire did not extend to the house

[eckdj]

Good stop!!!! How about those legs at 5:15 !

[timmyqtip]

@pjharr

a single household size fire extinguisher would have done little for a fire that large. it would be unsafe to approach a fire like that without protective equipment; gasoline, propane and other flammables (often kept in garages) could have easily exploded and injured anyone in the vicinity of that garage.

[hankwvu]

The "hissing" sound is a sign for ANYONE to stay the hell away. We learned that if you hear of a possible BLEVE, you just get the hell out.

[Woody615]

And the bane of every photographer, right at 6:28, someone stops in between the camera and the fire.

[scorchin52]

@pjharr....wow....you really think a fire extinguisher will do ANYTHING to this fire. Looked like some good 2 1/2 work to me

[WFD9]

This part is the best part of firefighting. the part you didn't show was the hours of overhaul after the fire was extinguished

[AlisoViejoMan]

@pjharr From what I could see the situation was not worth putting civilians with fire extinguishers in danger. The fire engines were coming and they controlled this fire with right equipment in a matter of time.

[Dthorn912]

you can here that tank boilin before it goes off nice video

[rvpKellz]

@pjharr...plus it's advised to not get that close on a fire that's so intense because you don't know if there are tanks or other explosives inside...so that's why you always just call 911...

[kerrman12291]

@pjharr ya we will just throw some one next to that fire with no bunkers on and hand them a fire extinguisher and say go put it out so the next house fire you see you can take a fire extinguisher in there and save the day

[CFDPaul]

@pjharr :41, thats y, if ur not a firefighter, and ur dealing with a fire that big, dont even go near it!