03-13-2022 Mertztown,PA Pre-arrival Working Barn Fire With Flashover and Collapse

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03-13-2022 Mertztown,PA Pre-arrival video of a Working Barn Fire With Flashover,Collapse & Cows Trapped in Longswamp Twp Berks County : 244 Meadow Drive - SF Barn Fire - 2nd Alarm Working Barn Fire with 3rd Alarm Tanker Task Force. All cows escaped.
Uploaded due to local media interest.

[@davehenderson3739]

You can't stop that fire, you only can prevent it from spreading.

[@rljrl]

Exactly!

[@trvman1]

Hot chocolate anyone? Plenty of milk available :)

[@dawnraskiewicz1207]

Such a horrible loss. Glad all the cows are safe.

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

Doesn't he say there were 50 or 60 dairy cows in there.. that he wanted to save.. but it was too late?

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

@Garnet Holman 😥 I'm so glad you made it out. This is such a hard year for everyone. Is there any light at the end of the tunnel for you now, at least? Any good insurance news, or community support?

[@Jungleland33]

Cows are never safe for too long I'm afraid.

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

@Garnet Holman God Bless you, i'm glad you're safe. Spontaneous combustion is no joke. Lost one of the world's largest free-standing wooden structures at Tillamook in the 90's. They stored hay in there. Was a WWII Blimp Hangar. The orange glow of the fire on the coast - could be seen from Portland. A hay truck caused a wildfire near Shasta Lake, I believe in 2020...because the winds across the high bridge hit the truck. All it takes is a little moisture inside the baled hay - and boom. I think the only way to really prevent it is thermal imaging security cams. Ones that would call firefighters automatically. I hope that becomes less expensive one day.

[@michaeld8443]

yea so they can be slaughtered later

[@dchar1107]

Great job getting water on the fire , unfortunately it had a headstart . Volunteer firefighters get bad raps. Keep up the good work guys.

[@joansmith6844]

I pray all the animals are safe 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@roaddog7542]

A shame to see a well cared for barn like that one a total loss.

[@greenmanofkent]

@@TexasAlamo A sprikler system supplied by what? Very few wells have that capacity.

[@markmullin4246]

@@TexasAlamo Sprinkler system in a dairy barn? Are you nuts or just simply stupid!?

[@stephenmather8513]

@@TexasAlamo and how do you have a sprinkler system with no water supply? SMH

[@AutumnDeIight]

@@greenmanofkentYou might want to say what the guy originally said since his comments are deleted

[@juliannreno5580]

How heartbreaking. Those firefighters did a great job. Hauling in water, doing the best they could. Thank you I back the Red

[@JohnnyTorontoEh]

Pretty dam efficient work by the vollys on this one. Had water on the fire fast as little as it could do to save it sadly.

[@my2cents945]

there's nothing in a barn that's not flammable. the best you can do is save the livestock and protect the exposures. after that, you might as well enjoy the show.

[@benjaminodhner1175]

The Young Pride Landers from The Lion Guard symbolized firefighters with royal shields and fire trucks with mopeds and the barn loss with a willow and a dungeon!

[@ronaldhutchinson6156]

Good work by ladder truck, got to stick up quickly and got the ladder pipe operational quickly. So many times crews are slow to react, everybody wants nozzle time, not these firefighters, they worked as a team, glad the hydrant was out front.🇺🇸👍🚒

[@susiefarnell785]

I pray for the animals

[@michaelperkins739]

Praying for the animals? Really? They are safe. Pray for the people that lost all their hard work.

[@viberstrike3773]

I'm so sorry 😞

[@jayss10]

Grew up on a farm not that dissimilar from this one. Even though my Dad retired for the most part from farming he still did custom operator stuff from time to time. A few years back something happened to the 200 amp underground feeder for the barn and 1 of the legs in the panel went out. Dad called an electrician to come out and look into the issue. Electrician fixed the issue and within about 2 hours the whole barn was on fire. Dad had alot of equipment in the barn (tractors,hay equipment etc). Melted steel parts on most of it. No idea what the root cause ended up being. All the electrical enclosures were destroyed.

[@rbspider]

Well that is sad I hope that electrician was insured.

[@applecreeksolarllc5064]

@@rbspider that’s why I carry insurance for my customers it is needed it’s not no joke you have to have the customer covered

[@michaelashbaugh1591]

1 hell of a 🔥 Thank God 4 fire fighters 🚒

[@jessnunez7556]

my goodness those flames!

[@williamjacka5805]

Good job responding!

[@rbspider]

Why would you not have a sprinkler system in something like that . The FF didn't have a chance.

[@markstanich64]

Dont waste water on the main fire its gone protect the exposures

[@michaelperkins739]

No, the source of the destruction gets the water. SInce they have no hydrants, water goes on what is burning.

[@chucksmith155]

So sorry for the loss of this farm and the animals who didn’t survive

[@19irving]

So there were some who died?

[@judis.1810]

Thank God they got all the cows out when they did. The fire company didn't stand a chance at stopping that fire at all. Beautiful barn tho. Hopefully it can be rebuilt and sprinklers added to the new one God Bless everyone involved with trying to save this barn.

[@nicoleabrahamson1883]

Silage?

[@jeannebrauher3587]

Oh no.

[@joefriday1586]

It's nice to see a crew hustling to try and get the job done for once. So many if these clips show departments that are too slow to act and don't appear to have a clue.

[@carriemarcott6302]

That was a HUGE loss for this poor family.

[@mmkucharczyk81]

xthey had it rebuilt in a week

[@markmullin4246]

@@mmkucharczyk81 Even if was rebuilt in a week,that's not the issue!

[@allanlester3561]

Don't know why the ladder was spraying the edge of the roof that wasn't burning instead of the whole left side where he was facing.

[@user-nf4wg6mu9s]

Now that's getting water on a fire fast

[@cjsadman3750]

Anyone know what the cause was? Good to know the live stock is okay , but they are replaceable easier then people, God be with you farmers!

[@gewurzgurkenkaiser2575]

Great job the firefighters did. Especially because they are all volunteer (i think). They did the best they can to put the damn fire out

[@harrybailey2637]

THIS IS A REAL SHAME AN SUCH A LOSE TO THE OWNERS. IT WAS A WELL TAKEN CARE OF STRUCTURE, BUT ONCE A FIRE STARTS IN THEM IT IS HARD TO CONTROL IF NOT NOTICED EARLY ON. MY HEART IS WITH THE FAMILY.

[@geoffg8840]

Looks like an all nighter as i call them

[@deborahlewis5964]

Oh my gosh!!!! A dairy barn no less!!!!!Wow!!!!! So horrible…..

[@RockandRollRC]

Great footage. Turn the vivid color setting off. It would make the flames less intense, and look better.

[@Sea-cucumber1151]

So painful!

[@ardsonneveld]

Why are these called 'working fires'? Are there any fires that are not working? Just curious though.

[@michaelperkins739]

It means it is in a growth stage and has not burned down any structures yet.

[@ardsonneveld]

@@michaelperkins739 thank you for the response, I got it 👍🏻

[@kentcarter835]

@@ardsonneveld "working fire" means that there is actually a fire in a given situation (house, vehicle) and that it isn't a smoke scare or false alarm.

[@kentcarter835]

@@michaelperkins739 😆😆😆😆

[@rexmayn3171]

Nothing worse than seeing an AG family have a loss like this. Just so sad.

[@OnTheAir]

That small tanker will just be like a spit on that fire.

[@LeeLeeB5]

💔😢🙏

[@angelonunez6535]

2022

[@fighterpilot5105]

Thank God for vollies...

[@sovnnjasmine6645]

Wow

[@jamessefton3680]

It was over when they pulled up

[@turninmonyin2noise978]

So sad 😞

[@carriemarcott6302]

I feel like parking behind those silos that could have fallen over may have been a bad choice? Eeeek!

[@kentcarter835]

Don't know much about silos, do you?😆

[@carriemarcott6302]

@@kentcarter835 well not really, i am not a farmer, but I have seen 3 fall and 1 young man die when it fell ON him. That is why I said that. 😀

[@kentcarter835]

@@carriemarcott6302 fair enough.

[@markmullin4246]

@@carriemarcott6302 I've been involved with farming all my life, never seen a silo fall over during a barn fire. Yes,also seen too many barn fires. Volunteer ff.

[@irishdrums4753]

Great observation. Silos are pretty strong designed to hold all that material vertically…however. The general rule for collapse concerns is to stay back a distance of 1.5 times the height of the structure of concern.

[@scottlockard5917]

the Amish will have that rebuilt in no time.

[@davidbarnes706]

So very sad

[@19irving]

Fires in rural areas are so challenged.

[@benjaminodhner1175]

If I had any superpowers, I'd fly and cause a big rainstorm to help put the fire out.

[@vanessahuman7607]

Poor cows that burned to death

[@lisah.07]

😯🙁🙏🙏🙏♥️ 🙏🙏🙏🚒

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

BBQ 🍖

[@Gitika1956]

Приехали быстро. Тушили грамотно. Сгорело всё.

[@rogerkincaid4535]

Get rid of that aeral!! What a waste of water. A barn that size and that involded you only can protect the surrounding buildings and animals. How sad for the family.

[@hillbilly4555]

Out in the sticks hydrants are 50 miles apart. Those first responders got on it in minutes , 👍👍👍👍👍 I seen cows . o no pig hunters are close

[@er.ernawati.radar.orari.50]

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[@macmcellheney4351]

What

[@Fatmaninlilcoat]

Any minute now you can start spraying....

[@kevadams1964]

Actually that was pretty fast. The barn is already a total loss and the amount of fire and fire load calls for large volumes of water which can take some time to establish.

[@justanotherguy1110]

They actually did a pretty good job, it was pretty quick actually. As one with likely with no experience in the fire department, you shouldn't throw stones since you don't know what you're talking about, it makes you look bad.

[@sethcreech1014]

Jesus saves

[@spacestarkid28]

Staged.

[@sarahs7751]

not everything in the world is staged.

[@spacestarkid28]

@@sarahs7751 This one was.

[@JohnsonWhat28]

Yea right dummy!

[@Nighthawk171]

You’re staged, now get the hell off the stage before the sandman pulls you off ✖️

[@Kimberly-dt4ko]

Having lived in that area I can tell you that farm is real. Just because you are fake doesn't mean everything else is.

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

Low quality crap footage.

[@michaeld8443]

When seconds count, the FD is only minutes away

[@benjaminodhner1175]

The Young Pride Landers from The Lion Guard symbolized firefighters with royal shields and fire trucks with mopeds!