Lt
41 arrived and reported heavy fire showing from the middle of
the row of an unoccupied dwelling. Upon arrival the first in engine
dropped a supply line and Captain 41 entered the adjacent structure
to perform a primary search. On arrival information was given
of possible vagrants trapped in the adjacent vacant building and
the assignment was upgraded to possible entrapment. No victim
were found and the second vacant dwelling soon became fully involved
upon Captain 41's exit. The fire originated in a vacant dwelling
which collapsed early into the fire. The fire traveled across
the rear and common cock loft of the entire row in a westerly
fashion and involved 7 different dwellings at once. The original
fire building, which was a middle unit of a row of 14. Crews from
CFD and surrounding companies stopped the spread of the fire eastward
but lost all 7 units to the west (original direction of fire spread).
Multiple alarms were struck in an effort to assist initial crews
with the large task in front of them.
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