Major Response to 4 Alarm Junkyard Fire - Philadelphia Fire Department 

TYPICAL! In the City!

A Junkyard

That street is very long and huge when you drive down to where the fire was that day

they're kind of locked in because of train tracks so it's pretty much one-sided access. The road's not that small and there are no homes directly across from the fire location meaning trucks could be parked 2-3 across up to or even on the opposite side sidewalk. But, it's possible the first few didn't think it would require such a large response when they arrived and simply stopped in the middle of the street. Once the apparatus is up and running, it's time consuming to pull everything down just so another truck can fit.