Six Vacant Dwellings on Fire, Nancy Ave. in Detroit 9/18/2012

At around 9:45PM on September 18th, 2012, companies were dispatched to Hasse and Nancy Avenue for a vacant dwelling fire. First arriving company reported three dwellings going, and a short time later, reported an additional fire two blocks away in a dwelling on Lamont Street. A second box was dispatched to the scene; while enroute, a third box was requested for another vacant dwelling burning on Healy Street, located in between the two fires already dispatched. Due to miscommunications it was nearly 30 minutes before a third box alarm was sent for the fire on Healy. A total of six vacant dwellings burned, tying down 3 battalions and 17 companies in a three-block area of northeast Detroit. Despite low water pressure and a broken gas line, the fires were brought under control within an hour, and appear to be suspicious in nature.

Nancy & Healy - 1 dwelling
C8 E40 E46 L17 S1

Nancy & Hasse - 3 dwellings
C5 E35 E56 L7 L23 S3

Nancy & Lamont - 2 dwellings
C6 E60 E40 E30 L14 S2 Tac2

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[dualactionsurgilator]

Were any of these "let it burn" jobs or were they knocked down immediately?

[BoxAlarmDetroit]

Two houses were put out fairly easily, the rest were basically total losses and were fought defensively.

[RacingFan911]

hahaha my thoughts exactly

[theone2225]

"appear to be suspicious in nature"?? seriously.... lol

[slash9dotnet]

"appear to be suspicious in nature." Yeah, I'd say. lol

[ccth22]

I wonder how the situation in Detroit will end. A lot of upside to the city but you have to wonder how the people who live in the city respond to change.

[Damian Roach]

WOW Great Job!