6 homes destroyed in massive fire - Ashland, PA - 02/21/2019 

And those Mack's still kicking ass for more than 30, 40 years or even more!

6 homes destroyed what a shame, hopefully nobody involved fighting the fire or residents were hurt.

It could have been much worse. The containment held up in spite of the winds. There was no way to save those old structures. They are basically big piles of kindling.

Nice work on the coverage. Looks like challenging conditions to work in.

That is so terrible. I feel so bad for the fireman & those people that lost everything. Thank you

Nice video. The fire department did a good job saving the hole block from going up.

such a tragedy my prayers go out to all that have been affected by this and for the First Responders that were able to put it out

Some heavy fire conditions there Great Clip

WOW! This must have been what they call a "Cold Day in Hell" for this IC. All in all, it looks like it went the best that it could. I'm sure there is a wealth of information gathered from this incident.

3 alarms an one hose working !!!! ???

Ein Pappschachtelhaus ans andere geklebt. Der Horror jeder Feuerwehr.

Good grief! I'm so very sorry for those that lost everything. it is my sincere hope that all citizens and firefighters were unharmed. great work on the video. has there been A cause determined yet?

How many fires a year do they get?

Was the fire down the road related ? Maybe wind blew embers ?

Oh my harsh that’s terrible. Thank you

No hydrants in Ashland Boro? Or there are hydrants but they couldn't provide enough water for this fire. Which one??

What caused it to spread so fast?

there was water issues that didn't help any

Any word yet on the cause?

So many of these fires happen in the Winter.

Ashland for its size has a lot of fires.

A tanker brigade in an american city....Geez. Maxsd out the water system and had tankers and barely cauh=ght the fire.... Tough call, good job.

be safe fellas

Row homes suck!!! When one starts they all seem to go. Pray for the occupants that they have insurance and their lives. Good work firemen(and women)!! Was this arson??? 2 fires on the same block???Maybe the ambers blew to the second fire.

Gather round boys we're going to have a party. We were after 1 but got two, but then we got three, but then we got four but then we got five and then we got six. How many fire companies, how many firemen, how many dispatchers giving instructions. If the homes had been yours I bet they would have been saved. I've never seen so many firemen standing around doing nothing - perhaps they were not being given direction from their commands? One of the comments said the houses were so old they were like tinderboxes and would burn like kindling - I contradict that comment because the fire departments were not quick enough to respond with multiple alarms and then the men had no direction. Pity the poor people who lost everything not the firemen standing around.

that why fire wall were kneaded hope the folks dint lose any pets

6 houses? I am sure it is three or more houses extra comparing with bricks, because of that stupid plastic. (and wood?)

Why is it that a pass alarm is sounding yet nobody reacts?? Every pass alarm should be addressed immediately we can’t let ourselves become deaf to such a vital part of a firefighters life line. Otherwise good job for what you had to deal with

Here where I live they tore down the old post WW2 duplex public housing & put up east coast style row houses on the same footprint. Good idea until 1 of them catches on fire. 3x more people & cars on same footprint making access hard . One fire started in a living room occupied by former Mung tribesmen who had turned it into a common area open flame cooking pit.

What's in a name--Ash-land indeed. Too bad pine lumber is so economical as a building material.

Gas leak or maybe propane leak?

Nature wins with wind.

why are the houses so close to each other ohh my bad pennsyltukey we like bein close to are neighbors

may I be this stupid to ask why a lot of houses are made of wood? In the Netherlands it's all concrete and brick...

it looks like elctrical

I could be wrong but that fire looks like it started from a Natural Gas explosion which could be either caused by a gas leak or surge or over pressurization in the Gas Line pipeline or there was a similar incident in Massachusetts a couple months ago stuff like this terrifies me and my wife be cause we have Natural Gas in our apt building in Brewer, Maine

surround contain attack. simple SCA. I DESPAIR.

Title of this video, "6 Homes destroyed in massive fire" is totally misleading. Yes, the original room fire did become a massive fire which eventually consummed 6 residences. But the real title should have read, "6 Homes Lost In Fire Due To the Confused, Unprofessional and Poorly Trained Volunteer Firefighters," who responded to the emergency call, Period !!! This fire cannot be blamed nor should its destruction be used as an excuse for the non professionalism of its local FD's officers and firefighters, when in reality, the fire only did what fires are allowed to do by firefighters who are not professional at their job. The video was well filmed as to the fire's confligration , unfortunately, it exposed the fallacy of proper firefighting knowledge and compentcy supposedly held by the local Volunteer Fire Department's membership. Inasmuch, requesting additional mutual aid apparatus and manpower is only helpful if the responding officers and firefighters are competently and sufficiently trained in the actual profession of firefighting. The above is the direct, logical and sane reason why there should be absolutely {NO} VFD's in the United States, (i.e.) Firefighting is a "Profession" the same as a doctor, lawyer, pilot etc. etc. etc. it is not simply a partime job on a volunteer basis that can be properly performed by any Tom, Dick, Harry nor Jane who thinks that being a volunteer may bring some excitement in their lives. Firefighting is a "Profession" which requires the abnormal mental and physical ability to do that which 99.9% of average people cannot proficiently do.

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