Hull fire 2

[@michaelgarrison688]

They were fighting it from 3 fronts. This is a corner lot and they had most of the equipment protecting the garage on the other side as well as a 2nd garage just behind and the neighbor's house. If the garage caught fire, it would have leap to the neighbors garage (just a few feet behind) then the neighbors house attached to the garage and a third house only a few feet away. The other side of the house is fully involved, no chance to save it. Although this side looks like they are not fighting it, they are. This house is huge. Saving the garages was their only option to save the neighbor's houses. They have units on Central ave, Q st. Cadish Ave and R st.

[@AtTheBarn]

Thank you for the rest of the story. As you can tell from my comment above it does not look like they intended to save anything but I guess they decided early on to forget this house and just save the neighbors house. The water from the ladder truck and from the firefighter sitting on the tree was not even reaching the fire. A lot of wasted water that could have actually helped.

[@robertsmith-dr5tm]

See how the smoke is blowing. The departments were all in the front trying to protect the exposures across the street.

[@douglaslindsaychapman5188]

What you do not feel is the heat. The neighbour exposure needs alot of water to stay cool.

[@j.w.3345]

I was 12 years old when our house burned to the ground at 2am. Back then there were no smoke detectors. My older brother and I just made it out. By the time we ran outside with our parents and little brother (under 1 minute) fire was coming out the roof of our bedroom. I'm 64 now, and I still shudder, even when I smell a camp fire. I'm glad everyone got out of this one. Fire moves so fast!

[@glenbearh9109]

I worked at a psych state hospital and while a patient was in his room another set the mattress on fire. the patient went to the window but they are locked. I ran in and got him out however, my first thought was to lock the room to help stop the spread. Thank God I was able to see the patient through the smoke and bring him out. My pant leg caught fire but I patted it out. By now one could hardly see the lights on the ceiling but we got the whole ward of 25 people out. I still shake when I think OMG! what if I locked that door? I would not be able to live with that guilt.

[@lindaraezer3013]

Same with me. I was 14. The PTSD just never goes away.

[@yogib37]

I heard that a fire doubles in size every 6 seconds. Yeah it does move fast.

[@OmarJassam]

0:46

[@nickmad887]

GOD Bless you Friend.

[@rosesmith6208]

at this point it is just a controlled burn, because there is much to save now,

[@Og-Judy]

Exactly .the entire inside is gutted.

[@JB91710]

95% of USA fires are Controlled Burns.

[@matthurley921]

I use to joke about my house burning down ..but the loss of all your possessions and things that can’t be replaced would suck..

[@jeffe.1586]

Absolutely horrible !!! My thoughts and prayers are with the family on this terrible loss of their home and possessions. Thank God no one got hurt or worse.

[@douglascrawford3896]

possessions can be replaced ,we do what we can at most fires ,some like this are beyond fighting and we stop the spread ......

[@dougdiplacido2406]

Sad to see such a nice home destroyed. With the wind the fire had a lot of help in spreading.

[@daewooparts]

Looks like the only thing not on fire is the fireplace 🔥

[@sherryleggett1612]

What a beautiful house. I hope the family will be able to rebuild.

[@jimbeekman4863]

Rebuild what?

[@josephbennett3482]

Judging by how luxurious the house looks and the giant boat sitting on the trailer im pretty sure that the owners can pay for a new house , appears to be an upscale neighborhood anyway so it's probably rich people.

[@meangene98]

The outside doesn’t look too bad.

[@kimberlysevastyanenko3798]

​@@jimbeekman4863 Uhh, rebuild the house they lost.

[@BL-jt3qt]

I always enjoy seeing how many expert fire fighters there are in the Comment section.... lol

[@cheeseshark]

Yea, JB91710 is an expert for sure, just ask him.

[@debrabyrne7671]

Feel sorry for the family that just lost everything sending prayers

[@robertsmith-dr5tm]

News interview with the owner says she lost her husband to cancer two years ago and lost everything in the fire including her dog. Very sad

[@retroquest3579]

Judging by the massive ship in the driveway, I think it's a safe bet they will be ok financially at least...

[@teresabarentsvanbramer2897]

Anyone else notice the red hydrant in the back of the house?

[@tubelooker71]

⁠They can’t even get to the hydrant.

[@kimberlysevastyanenko3798]

​@@retroquest3579 Yeah, but the pain of losing everything, especially after what that woman had already gone through, is the worst part.

[@RamboJohnJ]

Defensive job 100%. From this view, there’s nothing you can do except protect exposures. Full involvement from basement to attic, with a partial structural collapse- house was gone long ago.

[@georgemacdonald5282]

You really feel for the people who have lost their home, i hope everyone was alright

[@roguejeff1]

I reckon these folks had to put their ship (on the trailer in the backyard) to sea to live on for a while until the house is rebuilt. Ship is nearly as big as the house was!

[@nathanielbrown8517]

Is the ship behind on payments?

[@jasminelindros8923]

Thank you, this one definitely goes into our training file.

[@glencoe73]

As a retired volunteer firefighter in Canada, why aren't their multiple stations fighting this massive house fire? We would have my station and at least 2 more.

[@lawrenceforte5353]

Because the majority of the towns are voluntareer fire stations if this is in Massachusetts

[@lklpalka]

You've maybe heard that we Americans are tax-adverse? Tax dollars to support infrastructure isn't our thing, unfortunately.

[@barroningram7286]

one of the guys in the comments stated that the FD had only 30 active fire fighters, this is the double edge sword of living in a very nice and expensive small community 🙁

[@brucegordon4992]

Mutual Aid ? 60 firefighters from 7 departments.

[@JB91710]

How many firefighters do you think you need to do the job? 10 competent, real firefighters could have done better than 30 of those guys.

[@roger0929]

More about middle class people not willing to pay enough taxes for basic services.

[@cjritchie9701]

@@JB91710JB must of been having a bad lonely day when you disided to comment 30 Times on the same video

[@brianog5267]

I lived in a European concrete flat…. Cold damp dreary and depressing….I’ll take my coat warm non damp lovely wooden house any day

[@WHIZKID355]

It's amazing to me how combustible that house was and how fast it burned.

[@dennisheape971]

That's why I hate synthetic materials in house building. Some Countries even ban materials used in U.S. homes. Pitch roofing and Synthetic claddings are a couple.

[@mikehoysler4322]

Nothin like living in a cinder block house

[@michaelflaxcombsr9095]

They should be fighting the fire in front of the dwelling, and taking advantage of the wind. 2 large lines in the front world have made a huge difference. We’re is the command leadership? And yes I know what I am talking about. This looks more like a controlled burn than an actual extinguishing fire! Wow. Some departments are outstanding and some, not so much! What a shame.

[@JB91710]

This is typical in 95% of USA departments. And, I also know what I'm talking about.

[@RamboJohnJ]

@@JB91710 no, Jack. You don’t. Stop pretending like you do.

[@choppermike3329]

@@JB91710 HaHaHa!!!! Oh yeah, you know what you're talking about!!!!! Where did you get your statistic from. You are hilarious!!!🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣😂 You make nothing but negative comments on these channels, grow up. But you are ridiculously funny, I'll give you that!

[@choppermike3329]

@@RamboJohnJ👍🏻 He doesn't know Jack!

[@jasminelindros8923]

@@JB91710 LOL! JB, you're so full of hot air you've probably started as many fires with your mouth as you've watched with your eyes. You've certainly never put any out.

[@tms372]

Wow, that boat. 👊

[@Sea-cucumber1151]

It’s like the fires of hell in that house, terrifying, yet mesmerizing at the same time. Always has been my worse fear, seen fires take out multiple homes, on windy days without rain for weeks. It is so scary how fast they spread.

[@georgehays4900]

Looks like an ocean liner in the driveway.

[@lindatoten6452]

I have never seen part of a house just fall off onto the ground. That house is a total loss. I hope the family is safe

[@Zboomafu]

omg its a total loss? No way

[@HobbyOrganist]

The way that was built there wasnt much support in the corner, large windows, once it burned enough that was it

[@lindatoten6452]

@@HobbyOrganist, I agree with you 💯 👍

[@angieslives]

For some reason, this looks fake. Just by the water hits the fire. Also when they zoomed in to see the windows. They were all broken out perfectly the same

[@lindatoten6452]

@Angle Flewelling , this fire is real. It had spread pretty fast. The heat from the flames popped the windows out. I am guessing the fire started in the back of the house. Yall correct me if I am wrong.

[@CopperCityPatriot]

Wow! That Fire is Cook'n. Why even bother with water? Maybe the concern is to keep the heat from spreading to nearby homes. Fire has totally destroyed structure. Just wait for it to collapse, and become ash. Hopefully the owners have insurance on such a property.

[@grzegorzkatnik7846]

I would like to see how long it took them to set up the fire line?

[@moniquebreton5809]

Always seems to happen when nobody home 😢 Kinda eerie to watch front windows as aluminum melts.

[@Sunburn2007]

The constant, driving wind, and sooooo many open windows into the structure...literally like pouring a steady stream of gas onto a fire. That house was doomed. Other comments here about the firefighting being proactive to save nearby property...yeah that's all they could do. The heat from that can autoignite things by itself, and when the envelope of heat is pushed outwards with wind...its bad news if you have a house on the other side of this.

[@richardleesmithey6279]

Protect that boat #1 priority, if you got that boat, you got insurance on house

[@drsauce4347]

Is this Hull, MA? Used to go there to the beach in my younger years. :)

[@joygraybill4444]

Ive been through a total loss apt. Fire. Scary. A smell u never forget. I can smell this from my phone. Fire put aside, did anybody notice the big ass boat😮 !?!? Glad everyone is safe.

[@Dana.1]

Yup. Caught it from early in the video.

[@shaunsautorepairs5410]

At least they still have somewhere to live.....

[@jamesvanscoy7717]

Where was this house fire what state

[@chuckg2016]

What was determined to be seat of fire? If possible. What was determined to be cause? If possible. How long burning before detected? Pointless trying to extinquish it.

[@jamesvanscoy7717]

Is this a paid or vol depts on sence

[@tomkakos351]

what the year is it ????

[@Aprilsraven629]

Sell the boat and you could easily re-build....looked like a nice home

[@durandjohnson1321]

Controlled burn??

[@CompShooter54]

It would have been nice if the poster gave a little bit more info as the where this house is. Hull, MA or some other state? would have been a good start.

[@brucegordon4992]

Hull MA Specifically Q Street in Hull.

[@gi8904]

Fire of this size, wonder why they only had 3 water streams on it, would've thought they would have had more hoses, etc. on it.

[@HobbyOrganist]

They knew on arrival it would be a total loss, what the fire doesn't destroy, the tons of water will finish it off.

[@cjritchie9701]

That’s the thing, we are NOT the UK, we don’t pull 30 garden hoses on a fire

[@jamesvanscoy7717]

Wow fire every where

[@claresparkes8024]

Lots of money to buy or build a nice house, shame it was built in very flammable wood and without sprinklers which might have prevented this happening

[@janvanholten7592]

1. Save lives 2. Stop the fire expanding 3. Extinguish the fire or allow it to burn out in a controlled manner.

[@P4hs]

Forget the houses. Save the boat!

[@rapman5791]

This fire is in Hull,MA…..on the south shore of Massachusetts, approximately 25 miles south of Boston.

[@goggles2]

I found out this was in Hull, Massachussetts. I had to do a little research since the poster didn't bother to identify the location or the department. You're welcome.

[@italjahcorntrashroller]

Its cool the boats bigger than the house, lemonade.

[@psdesert7907]

I love when the photographers has to state the obvious and have the details of how it should be handled

[@jamesvanscoy7717]

How many companys are fighting that fire

[@OneSkiWonder]

Once the building is fully engulfed, so long as it's not a crime scene, you're doing the building owners a favor by letting it burn, because the house is going to be totaled anyway. The longer it burns, the less demolition/clean up costs.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

The hoses are to prevent neighbors from burning

[@randybaker9265]

At that point protect exposures and safe your water unless your on hydrates then try to keep the trees and everything safe .

[@daviemccallum7759]

Nice house before the fire started. They can get another house built

[@JamesWilliams-gp6ek]

No way you can fight against that wind fanning the flames.

[@5.2litrecat45]

You can if you use the wind to your advantage, which was not done here, and why only three lines, why was another alarm turned in?

[@1devilD]

​@5.2litrecat45 it might be lack of staffing at neighboring stations .....70% of the fire service is volunteers, keep that in mind.....maybe no mutual aid agreements between local communities / governments.....or lack of funding, or worse, lack of adequate water supplies, or the other departments are fighting another fire somewhere else or they were called to an accident scene or etc and the other departments near there are probably covering that department area also while the 1s are at that fire scene, thats called a.... move up order, and some states and cities say... if the fire fighter does not have interior certificates they can not go to citys calls or city move up's.... its also on the ic / chief decision based on the information available to them at the time and is based on several factors like neighbors homes, wind and etc to decide if they should do an offensive fire attack or defensive, in this case they decided defensive because it was wind driven.. and the goal is to keep as much heat as possible from igniting another home or car on fire and making it a larger fire....i encourage you to join the local fire department if they take volunteers, and see whats its like.... it's alot tougher then people think or see...

[@nathanielbrown8517]

Guys on the aerial taking a coffee break.. nice work up there

[@ceedaddy]

Funny thing is that they have a red fire plug right in their backyard...

[@stevevincent2264]

Just my two cents... wouldn't it have been more effective to set up on that front lawn a little closer, with the wind at their backs, and the smoke and radiant heat blowing AWAY from them, and actually spray at the BASE of the fire?....

[@amosmosesband1]

Exposure problems on the back side. I don’t know how many firefighters are equipment they had available for that but I agree something should’ve been done from the front also but who knows if they had enough people to do that? So they’ve got to do what they can do to protect the houses behind them because this one is gone. I’m old school and if they had the people to surround it, they should’ve. But who knows what manpower they had.

[@thomasnetter2407]

That wind just pushed the fire through that old house 😮!

[@arribaficationwineho32]

What caused it?

[@watchthe1369]

That house was forked, stick a fork in it done, on size up. With that wind you are going to have a major battle keeping it beat down enough not to spread. You know you are good when you can get it tamed and on a starving diet in the worst conditions.

[@stuartleyton8097]

This looks like a controlled burn of this property--the fire was well underway and rapidly spread and the collapsed part of the property on the right looks like the roof was purposely severed from the main body of the property. Unless this was from a gas leak explosion or something along those lines I would be hard pressed to believe this was an actual unplanned fire.

[@brucegordon4992]

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[@HobbyOrganist]

Why would they burn what looks like a perfectly good house? they burn old junk houses that sat abandoned for 20 years with it's roof having holes in it, this house looks like it was in good shape along with the lawn, it burned so fast because of the modern crap in these houses- all chipboard construction, laminated basically plastic "wood" flooring and carpeting, upholstered furniture with their guts basically being made like solidified gasoline, MDF with wood veneer furniture, styrofoam and foam insulation, plastic siding, asphalt roofing over chipboard, the stuff goes up like a gas can. You dont see this inplaces like Romania and Hungary, they build houses there out of kiln fired red terracotta blocks, stucco'd outside, roofs are covered with kiln fired red terracotta tile

[@HobbyOrganist]

Investigators return to scene of massive blaze in Hull that destroyed home By Steve Cooper May 16, 2023 HULL, MASS. (WHDH) - Investigators were back at the scene of a massive fire in Hull on Tuesday, attempting to determine what caused the blaze that engulfed a home on Q Street the day before.

[@retroquest3579]

Could be arson, but I doubt it was insurance fraud. That luxury ocean liner (lol) in the driveway is prolly worth more then the property was....

[@brucegordon4992]

@@retroquest3579 Zillow estimates it at 1.9 million with 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms

[@justsumguy2u]

So could they put that on the market as a fixer-upper?

[@juneannmoss5897]

They’re just letting it burn? Why?

[@OkieOtaku]

At that point it's just preventing it from spreading.... That sucks

[@ceedaddy]

At this point the fire department should just let it finish burning itself to the ground...it'll be less to clean up later.

[@michaelnaretto3409]

Is that a hydrant on the side of the home?

[@michaelroberts1457]

My question is why are the firefighters so far away I'm a firefighter in California and we are never that far back from a fire

[@brandonseyfried1251]

My guess is high winds and exposure protection. Nothing to save in that structure.

[@michaelroberts1457]

@@brandonseyfried1251 exactly nothing would be left of the house since there 20 feet away from the house high winds come on really that's why they make firefighter bunker gear protect you from fire hello

[@robertsmith-dr5tm]

This is the rear of the property. The departments are all in the front working to cover the exposures across the narrow street

[@michaelroberts1457]

​@@robertsmith-dr5tmok so tell me why there was nobody in the back of the house with a hose line and two if they were putting that much water on the house the smoke would be turning white Gray

[@michaelroberts1457]

​@@robertsmith-dr5tmto me it's obviously they don't know how to put out house fires and two the firefighters wouldn't be 20 feet away from the house with a house that is fully involved like that we have a saying called surround and drown

[@emery254]

Look , I don't know about fires , I don't -- but what was causing all that black smoke ?

[@michaelmontecalvo8456]

Was this fire set? There is way too much fire throughout that structure...

[@jimknox6139]

This house is toast (literally). Protect the exposures and let it burn.

[@nevada_gal3892]

So very sad.... One question though. Why didn't they call for more help?

[@tmilesffl]

A fire this far gone, the main thing is to protect the exposures so it doesn't spread. Especially with the wind.

[@mca1960]

Their wooden homes, burning like a matchstick. Cheap made, held together with some nails and a lot of paint.

[@n2jve1989]

Where was this video taken???

[@djobert2402]

Why is everything burning in that house, except the outside cladding? What is it made of, 100% pure asbestos?

[@adams9264]

Absolutely terrible fire attack from the Fire Department....

[@VagismirPukin1]

Nice video 👍 thank you for sharing 😁

[@Noneofyourbiz71]

“WOW” just let it burn to the slab damn😮

[@choppermike3329]

Quite a few armchair Battalion Chiefs in the comments, always good for a laugh.

[@angieslives]

why aren't the firefighters attacking from the front when the fire first started? Also, by attacking from the front, it would've helped them better to get it under control better?

[@BennyD72]

the building is a total loss, the best they can do is stop it from spreading and just keep it under control

[@soleilmaison5993]

Normal au état unis tous ou tout est en bois et surtout inflammable choix négatifs en plus. Déforestation en feux de forêts 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@46fd04]

I love the 2nd Tower. It's up and the FF's must be doing reconnaissance, coz I don't see no water flowing 😂😂😂

[@davidmcallister1327]

And it looks like someone needs a class on repositioning the ladder that is flowing. No doing much good cooling the shingles on that collapsed portion.

[@michaelgarrison688]

It is actually being sprayed on the other side to protect 2 other houses. The other side is fully involved and there are 4 other engines that you can not see fighting from other streets.

[@timcampbell3857]

Easier to clean up the nails with a huge magnet than heavy machines

[@gi8904]

I feel for the people, so sad. It looks like an older wooden home, looks to be a total loss. Why do they have so little water going on this big fire and the black tower is doing nothing?? They have a bay or ocean there, bring in a chopper and do a few water drops it would be about out.

[@dominiquethomas5666]

They were fighting it from 3 front. This is a corner and they had most of the equipment protecting the garage on the other side as well as a 2nd garage just behind and the neighbor's house. If... Read more

[@kentcarter835]

If you've never been up against a wind driven structure fire then you don't have anything to base your " well they shoulda" comments on. And I don't think for a minute that the hydrant people seem to be fixed on was a live, working hydrant. And even if it was they couldn't have plumbed into it.

[@tjerkheringa937]

What an awesome video. What a fire! Thank you for sharing man! Thank you America for living in those cheap wooden matchbox sheds. We never see this type of explosive fires in Europe with our durable brick/concrete houses. Thank you for burning and thank you for filming!

[@virgilhilts3924]

@Tjerk Heringa There are more brick/stone/concrete homes in the US than there

[@tjerkheringa937]

@@virgilhilts3924 Well, we stopped building like that at the end of the middle ages when people got bored with entire blocks going up in flames.

[@tjerkheringa937]

@@virgilhilts3924 Have you travelled outside the US?

[@richardrenfroe676]

This isn’t something to laugh at or make a joke of these ppl just lost there home and all there belongings in that fire asshole

[@frednesbit7393]

Wrong! When I was touring France in 2015 our tour had to cancel part of our trip due to a gigantic fire in a wooden row house complex!

[@toddfogleman]

Arson?

[@donaldpedigo296]

... Well ... they lost everything material....but....the Good-Thing is that the Family has Lots & Lots of Money to "build-back" ...👍🙏😇

[@littlehuey5679]

Is there a shortage of water or man power ?

[@craigpennington1251]

Those guys need to go to Naval fire fighting school because that isn't working for them. House is lost.

[@cjritchie9701]

Of corse it is, If they can’t save a fully inloved house you think they should go back to school? Mabey you should go to school

[@_John_Tyree_]

Are they still battling fires with just water...like in the 1800's...1700's...1600's....

[@marvinisit]

Wow... was a fire started in every room in this house....

[@Rayfaedundee]

Fire, it’s so destructive and just destroys everything in its path. So sad to watch this video

[@edwardbrett5622]

Why did they burn the house ?

[@jeffreymartin6369]

What is a hull fire?

[@characterbuilding8866]

The name of the town is Hull. Hull, Massachusetts. Which is also the name of the bottom of a boat. The town is a beach community.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

@@characterbuilding8866 Named after Hull, a town (now a city) on the east coast of England.

[@jays106]

From the start of video house is lost contain and protect exposure and just let it go there is no stopping it even if you do manage to put it out the house is not rebuildable it is going to have to be torn down and start over anyway

[@andyneipert2527]

Wus this training fire?

[@barroningram7286]

well if you want to live way out in west hell with poor fire protection this is something to think about

[@captainotto]

That whole house turned into a blast furnace in the wind like that. Nobody was setup on the upwind side. Did the winds shift during the fire? EDIT: Dusk at a waterfront. I guess the winds did shift.. What an impact that must have had.

[@NJDRONEMAN]

The fire ain’t going out when the fire dept is fighting it from 1/2 mile away !! Yes there’s a collapse zone … get the hell closer

[@Backnine907]

Looks like an arson fire to me.

[@brucemartini2288]

"House Warming party"🎈🎈🎈🎉🎉🎊🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈🤣🤣

[@FXTRT1-1]

Thats why you dont build your house out of wood and plastic...

[@jsciarri]

Exactly. I bet more than half of this house was made in Chna using the cheapest materials possible. Sell that boat on the yard and build it better tha second time around.