Fire Burns Through St. Mark's Methodist Church In Houston 

Nice stop! I thought that fire was going run the whole roof. Good job by the bucket, they got that water in where it it was needed. Didn't just elevate and point the stream down like you see so many times.👍

Great video and this brings back memories when I was a volunteer fireman for St.helens Oregon. It was a early morning fire and it was the first call into my shirt. We just got on duty when we got a call like this one.

Awesome Footage Zac 👍🏼

Absolutely amazing work by all involved 💙😁👍😎

Ive turned down the volume and playing Bloodhound Gang's "Fire Water Burn".. Great footage! :D

Has anyone else noticed how churches usually always burn with such veracity. ….big or small. Nothing simple about a church fire.

Awesome videos chief keep up the hard work

Was there a water supply problem, or pump problem or was sylvester turner inside.

Great job on the ladder hose Houston.

The work of tower 6 is very impressive.

Tower 6 is really kicking the shit out of that fire !!

Frig tower 6 has some power!! Serious water pressure and volume coming out that nozzle!

pump on pump off pump on wtf is that about

So much for PPE in that department?

Jeez, never seen a water jet demolish a building’s roof before! It certainly did the job. Nice work.

good job and great water pressure

why stop the water on this front of the building?

good job wondering why only 1 truck company that i could see

Impressive operation!

That’s ironic. There was a Sylvester Turner ad before and after this video. For those that don’t know he’s the mayor the Houston fire union backed when he ran in 2015. He was the only candidate that promised not to touch the firefighters pension. Wouldn’t you know, he immediately went after their pensions. I know guys losing $200k out of their retirement because of Turner. If that wasn’t enough, he went against the will of the Houston voters who voted for Proposition B (pay raise to equal HPD), which passed. He has fought tooth and nail and used city funds to fight and overturn it. The firefighters were not only screwed out of their pension, now there doesn’t appear to be a pay raise raise in site (they passed on pay raises over the years in order to keep their pension). Anyways. Good video as usual.

Somebody grab the holy water FAST

These parking lot builders never seem t be n a hurry. Takes forever as they slowly move to get the first water on the blaze

and what the fire doesn't destroy, the water pressure creates, good work..

So they started to put water on it, then waited until it was out of control to continue.

No American Flag, No State Flag? Just curious.....

you know it's bad when even the cameraman has to put the camera down to do something.

Nice tower 🚒

Tower 6 is getting it done dang beating it down

The pews in that building might as well be solid blocks of gasoline. I got burned in a similar situation.

OMG those flames!! That fire looked so surreal!! WOWZERS!!

The Gay flag......

I have attended hundreds of fires in my time but it is always sad to see old community buildings like this getting destroyed

A fire of that size and only ladder?????

That is one hot fire. At 2:29 mark parts of that roof are glowing hot.

Oh, that's sad!

Nice job by Tower 6.....could've used another tower and portable deck gun.

I know the firefighters have to work with precision and focus, however I watch so many of these videos where the FD kinda strolls down the street from the firetruck with hoses. I guess I watch too many movies where they jump off moving trucks and run to the nearest fire hydrant. They’re great men and women. No strikes against them. Just seems odd.

God works in mysterious ways.

Holy Cow!! No Pun Intended.

I thought Houston had many more resources than displayed here.

Great job by HFD!

8:02 - you can't tell me smashing the windows and threading the hose through didn't cross someone's mind that day...

To aim a watercanon is more difficult than you think :)

Hope the building site been saved !😂😂😂

How sad

Must have been an awesome sermon!!✝️

Does a brick building burn; you bet it does!

awesome firefighting, Burned like heart pine, hard to put out.

are you serious? these firemen were trained to be fast why are they just just standing around being slow pokes?making the fire gets bigger.

Firemen NEVER seem to move quickly to connect hoses and get the water flowing. It's as though they have decided it's going to be a total loss and they don't care what the loss is to the owners of a house or the congregation of a church..

What's the camera being used to film this video?

Look at that beautiful copper roof, took the patina right off…

@ 2:56 I just don't understand the two guys working the blitzfire without gear. Just makes absolutely zero sense at all.

That Tower is A Bad Boy Need other Stream or Fog tip coming off the Bucket For Extra Flow..

Wow rocks burn quick.

LGBT flag and church turns to fire.... hell fire.

Holy moly smoke

Wonder what can burn like that in church build with stone.

Oh well just a building, mean looking flames

0:33 America's fixation with their Hose! This is how you do it America! An Engine with a full load of water lays in the hydrant line and stops in front of those windows. The driver gets out and activates the pump. The third FFer blasts each window with 5 seconds of water and within ONE MINUTE, the fire in those rooms is out and extension has been stopped. Three firefighters, one engine and one minute and they have done their JOB of "Stopping the threat quickly and safely while using the least amount of water." This fire was supervised by an incompetent human.

Is this what`s called ` Holy Smoke ` ?

sad to see

Tower 6 is doing more demo that fire fighting....wth

Seems it started in that upstairs so it can rule out arson.Makes you wonder who was living there and if it's another case of an overcharged cell phone exploding.

Nice bucket work

What caused this church 🔥& was anybody inside the church before it caught 🔥 if yes did everybody make it out safely before the church caught 🔥?????🤔🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨🤨

This happens to many churches and cathedrals in France…..and I mean many….🤔

That was a pretty half assed response what about the building at 90 degrees that was burning also ? Was it arson ? the firefighters don't appear to be overly bothered.

How could you be meaning a master stream with no gear on whatsoever

Slow Response 🐌

Houston we have a problem

Did they ever discover the cause ? I DID NOTICE the rainbow flag draped on that fence on I s property !

Houston, you've got a problem 🤣

I wouldn't be surprised if St. Mark himself had something to do with it.

water on, water off, knock down the flames, move on, turn the water off.....

I am not a religious person, but to see ant old building burn is very sad ,and like most buildings of that age, i am guessing the inside is a high percentage of wood,ie beams etc. From what was an initially slow start, the firefighters did damned well..

put it out sue!

Hell yea 🤘👹

ladder is scared to go higher than 3 stories.

Very very Good job god hete idolatry Abraham was aginst idolatry moses was aginst idolatry all the Bible aginst idolatry

I wanted to see that they rebuilt the church, but the image on Google Streetview is 2 months before the fire.

These comments are a trippppp

Looks like the majority of the church was saved

Such a loss, so many memories. I hope they have insurance. It will be interesting to hear about follow-up investigation as to how the fire started. God bless this congregation. There have certainly been times in my life that my friends from church helped me through challenging times. I pray these people find strength and comfort in their community and faith. _Never realized the stream could by itself knock masonry loose like that._ I was married to a firefighter, but I never went along with her on calls!

a lot of shoot the wall club here....

Willians

Ruy Lozano should go back to riding on the ambulance

Geez what the hell is the camera guy doing with the lightning? First its dark, then it's light?

They should've burn the flag

Super fast execution

Да блин! Из чего эта крыша сделана что так палает?😳

That fire there is some real Holly smoke

Cancel Christmas!

이것은 미국휴스턴 어느교회화재 진압이네 세계 각국의 소방진화작업을 많이 보았는데 ! 소화장비는 미국이 최고! 소방수 훈련은 40점 정도일가? 소방수 들의 사고는 하는 느낌! 사명감이 없어요! 훈련점 시키오! 미국 소방당국! 다 타버린후에 소방작업은 왜 해?

Great job attacking the fire from the outside

No loss if it is a woke church

Some Guys know what to do with Their Hoses and some well have no clue. These Guys know what They're doing. NIce Work Guys.

Big city fire departments go into defense attack.back in my day aggressive attack was common SOP. A 2 1/2 preconnect 13/4 line backup. knocking down hot spots and pike poles pulling down the ceiling checking for extention.

Why are so many CHURCES burñing 😅MAYBE ASK THE BIG GEÑERAL.

This is where the criminals hide!