Fatal Overland Ave Structure Fire in the city of Duquesne, PA early Sunday morning Jan 4th, 2009. Two people were entrapped in the fire, 1 managed to escape, 1 perished on the 2nd floor and was pronounced dead. Note approximately 2 minutes into the video the front window on Side D Division 2 where there is rollover and preflashover conditions in the room.
The night this happened i happened to be working EMS not fire and arrived prior to FD arrival with PD. Unfortunately, there wasnt much need for crowd control because most of the plain clothed persons were either police, EMS or firefighters who responded directly in. A valiant rescue effort was attempted by the fire crews who initially responded without success due to rapidly deteriorating fire conditions.
medic522 1 year ago