Incredible Fire Conditions At A Gary Indiana House And Attached Garage Fire

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While checking out a fire in Lake Station that I had missed a dark header was visible just south of Ridge Rd and I-65 then Gary toned out for a reported still alarm at 1331 East 50th Place. It was quite evident there was a working fire from where I was. Engine 5 being first on scene advised of a working fire in an attached garage to a 2 story frame dwelling. Thankfully there was a hydrant right by the fire and a water source was established. Multiple lines were stretched and the fire was brought under control without injuries. One exposure suffered damage and nobody was in the original fire building.

[@mabas21]

They did while I was filming the back of the building. Hard to set up 2 guys on a line, get a positive water supply, wait on your next due, and set a deck gun up all at the same time when it's a three man crew. I helped stretch the supply line because they were so strapped on manpower

[@michaelshuey9670]

When you said incredible you were right on point! damn!!

[@littlehuey5679]

I loved the fact that the first line went to protecting the exposure and that they got the deck gun going very good work !

[@mabas21]

I am not sure, but that was on hot ass fire. No matter where I stood it felt like my camera was going to melt in my hand.....

[@skymedic48]

love seeing the deck gun being utilized. It's a great resource that doesn't get used enough.

[@mabas21]

They did use the deck gun, but used the handline to protect the exposure. The guys were trying to secure a positive water supply before firing the deck gun up. It was just 4 guys on the scene for about 3-5 minutes

[@mabas21]

I got really lucky with this one, thank God it had such a well defined header, otherwise I would have taken my time getting there. Stay safe out there Steve.

[@PoppaBlue59]

Good catch, MABAS. I know it was a while ago but a good one none the less. I pulled this one up during a training class today. everyone enjoyed watching it. Stay safe.

[@mabas21]

They were protecting the house next door while the engine set up the deck gun and additional crews arrived on scene. 3 guys on an engine fighting a fire of this magnitude alone for a few minutes is hard

[@dolata000]

Good job guys. This one is going into our training collection as a positive example. Remember - Everyone goes home.

[@Bl4ckVV0lF]

Nothing but Admiration for every fire fighter risking his/her life out there every single day .... Thank you men and women of course

[@PolishSk1ll]

Huge fire, I'm just an EMT in a Volunteer Fire Department but great work to both departments.

[@andyneipert2527]

Thanks you for your service as emt

[@paulhammerich9244]

Wow that was a fire with an extremely heavy fire load and add some sort of gasoline products equals disaster. They did the best that they could and with nobody hurt or killed great work

[@Blazefork]

Kudos to the guys on the 1 3/4 protecting the exposure

[@mabas21]

I wish you would drive out to Gary and tell them that, but I guess it's easier to hide behind a computer like a little girl

[@SerpentGirl21]

wow the car at 9:40. also props to people who do this for a living!!

[@kevino3866]

those trees must be hell for the ladders! Glad to see deck guns used right away, most vids on KZbin that I have seen, don't used them right away!

[@SRResquire]

wow!!!! That was a good catch..early arrival can't be beat

[@mabas21]

Thank you!

[@dyquainrogers6911]

You must be firefighter of the year with all this useful information.

[@556Gus]

Nice video. A good teaching tool. I learned a valuable lesson, if manpower is short, hydrant in the area, and a big gaping hole into the heart of the fire, deploy a master stream before pulling a hand line.

[@Mike56034]

man just this one fire could nearly get my taskbook taken care of. it would give me my last care fire and lots of the handson stuff. great job btw with the fire guys.

[@towerfmus]

AWESOME VIDEO

[@RisingReaper88]

That Fire Is rolling man Geez that is incredible

[@garkar908]

That fire was insane 🔥

[@NC403Firefighter]

Wow awesome video! You were not lying when u said "incredible" fire conditions lol

[@DX721]

I hate the crackling sound, A year ago i was waken up by that comming from my neighbors house, still haunts me to this day

[@tri-statelawn9071]

Great job with deck gun

[@Eljewel01]

6:03 is why we respect firefighters around the world, God bless all of you brave men and women!

[@4133EWvianen]

Felt the heat through the screen!!

[@highcountrytimber]

It amazes me how many departments are slow to accept foam. Also seems most departments are slow to adapt to using ground monitors to help protect fire fighters.

[@killsalive1]

I was once at a warehouse fire with conditions like this. Me and my partner were hitting it with (although uselessly) with an 1 1/2" line. All we had was a lone engine at that point and no water tenders/ tankers for some time. One of our captains was beside himself and came to us screaming "INTERIOR ATTACK !!!! INTERIOR ATTACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". We just looked at him thinking ( I really don't need to tell you what we were thinking). heh When we turned back to the fire, the building had collapsed to the ground and we had never heard it. Had we listened to that Captain..........

[@KrKGameCentral]

As raging as that fire was, I'm impressed they saved any of the house.

[@daw162]

What do you think you'll save when you get there and the house is already full of smoke?

[@cafryrmn]

@mabas21 Everything is in alignment for someone getting seriously injured or even killed. To lay off that many firefighters, longer burn times and having to work with inadequate equipment is all it takes. On the west coast a lot of departments are facing and experiencing the same problems. Everyone needs to be heads up and remember we all go home after a shift.

[@retrostar1000]

awesome you can see the draft sucking the air right through the garage door. pretty intense

[@TheThorinbingham]

@mabas21 man you guy at the gary indiana fire dept do a great job this house you boys did a great job making the the house next didnt catch fire or get any damage tell the gary indiana fire dept that they frick awsome you got one hell fire dept im proud of you guys

[@anthonymalvoso3293]

Deck gun.....big fire big water........,

[@SuperDaveAgain]

As far as the Blitz attack option. A 25 second blast at 600 gallons a minute would offload roughly half your tank water and might take some of the punch out of it. Then use the mobility of 1-3/4" lines to knock down exposures while your waiting for your permanent water supply. Once the water supply kicks in resume your big water operation. You need to be diligent to time the operation though so you don't drain your tank. Good video! It went out and everybody went home so another success!

[@jonathanpoirot1022]

That's why I don't like living in a house with an attached garage you lose the garage you lose the house it happened to me at 9 years old never again

[@ffandrewd2986]

0:16 deck gun Dan, it’s your time to shine

[@mabas21]

Yes, at least one car in the garage. I don't remember if there was a second car

[@donaldcarter4324]

Did the car catch fire 🔥first? Looks like one or more antique 🚗cars burned up with half the house and maybe part of the neighbors too.

[@Gladiator281]

Seems odd at first, but you can tell their goal was to protect the exposure which they did fairly well. If they were the first arriving engine it makes sense to pull the 1-3/4 to protect the exposure until they could establish a water supply and pull some bigger lines.

[@TheThorinbingham]

how that fire start that fire was crazy i have been on the elmore vermont fire dept for two and I have never seen a fire like that i hope every body made out of the house

[@KosukiFire]

2000 gpm deck gun always does it!

[@taylorwagner6186]

To all the people hating on them what makes more sense fighting a uphill battle to salvage a property that's probably worth 10 dollars now because of all the fire or protect exposures it's common knowledge exposures come first getting tired of all the people hating.

[@enid0mom]

Did you see the leeward side? This was obviously the home of a hoarder. When this started I was thinking wow, that much fire in a residence? It must have smoldered for hours if not days and then everything took off. I wonder if you could print what the person doing the initial 360 was saying. I bet there were neighbors and family glad to see this go up, except for the obvious exposures. What kind of record did this person have with the city? Again, WOW, so much FIRE in a house!

[@yamahonkawazuki]

excelelnt footage my friend. that hosue next door was BOILING. it woulda went next had yall not arrived when you did

[@BlckCloud73]

I think these crews did the best with what they had, and made good risk/ rewards assesments.

[@mabas21]

@gsw42489 The pops you hear are from the cars in the rear of the fire, one was a tire and I believe the other pop was a radiator.

[@mabas21]

Bet you like that kind of stuff, you seem like the type

[@jacobw.singh-rubio7422]

Does your dept have a waterwall? Here in sellersburg, IN its standard practice if there are homes constructed within close proximity of one another. We keep multiple waterwall units on each truck and engine.

[@bed928]

@choclibar 1. Apparently there is three firefighters there. 2. since you don't hear any back up arriving till almost 3 minutes into this, I think it was good judgement on thier half to reserve what resources they had untill other companies arrived. the building is shot, cover your exposures till you get more troops.

[@Tha1337er]

Most useful hobby ever! How often do you get fires?

[@frostgfx]

First the fire is blowing out the garage… then a couple minutes later… the vent is put in and the fire reverses 180 degrees and is blowing out the back of the garage… Way cool.

[@lunajessica123]

two thumbs up for the 🔥 fighters.

[@416asshole]

When do you get the water on the base of the fire??

[@jelracer98]

Oh no you can't do that what if i missed something big lol great videos i love them

[@JBurk2322]

wow, nice fire!! Great video! thats one of the nicer homes sadly

[@Dalesr4ever]

All I gotta say from the beginning is Holy Shit. That house ain't worth saving. Awesome job on protecting the exposures, high priority.

[@jjargus3077]

Still surprises me sometimes how few FF are on the trucks in some of the poorer areas of the US.

[@1205firefighter]

That's exactly what I was looking at! Not only was he not wearing a helmet he also stepped into a house that was previously almost fully involved, which weakened it alot, he went into the structure with fire still visible without a helmet. Jeee I'm on a Vol. Dept., but we still no better than that. Safety first for all my guys.....

[@tomavolese9217]

This house when is this fully involved, The best thing to do is to protect surrounding structures first, on the first due in Eng. Then the second due Eng. can start the main knock down with large water attack while they have a line laid into them.

[@andyneipert2527]

I like how the deck gun did is job

[@rileyspackman1843]

I don't watch that Gary Indiana House fire ever because its so terrifying

[@kanga1234567]

I love these re runs of the 3 stooges

[@joepetrick1682]

what in gods name ever possessed you to stretch an 1 3/4 hand line as the initial attack line on a fire this far advanced?

[@andywebster1016]

My first thought too. Like pissing in the wind.

[@Tindometari]

I am not a firefighter, but it seems obvious to me that you use the resources you've got when you've got them, even if they're inadequate, not the resources you'd like to have when you'd like to have them. The big water arrived later - it would have been nice if it were there right off the bat, but that's not the first arrivals' fault. Would you rather they stood around and toasted marshmallows because 'this 1-3/4" line won't do anything'?

[@aribasen2796]

Andy Webster This is why we have deck guns...

[@amodernphoenix]

Arkadia Moon You're exactly right. A deck gun with multiple hand lines would have been ideal, but they weren't on scene in the beginning, so the firefighters used what they had. That's why they focused on preventing a spread and didn't attempt to fight the actual fire. It would have been a waste of water and would have endangered the neighboring structures.

[@jayscott4713]

Surely the first-in engine had a 2 1/2.

[@iceman977th]

Fire was a loss from the start, initial action was defensive exposure protection, knock most of the fire down, then try and save what was left. All you can do without getting someone killed.

[@JaZu]

Its funny how many different ways you are taught to fight a fire. Especially when it comes to the many types of fires. They use a straight stream where as on my boat we are taught narrow angle v.

[@bplayer47]

That was great footage, what a monster of a fire. Did the house next door have any damage?

[@BlckCloud73]

I believe those two guys were protecting the exposure- which was the neighbor's home. I'm sure the neighbor appriciated it!

[@lawnboy1010]

Nice vid , if the had an engine there , why didnt they use a deck gun to help contain/ supress the fire?

[@rileyspackman1843]

I can not believe that fire happened in December it was 3 weeks before Christmas

[@derekwall200]

damn that's a hell of a fire. ill bet the city of Gary sees a lot of those

[@brianhill2701]

Why do you think it does

[@derekwall200]

Brian Hill I see a lot of youtube clips of working house and car fires in Gary

[@brianhill2701]

Oh OK

[@Fire-se9sg]

Gary does lol ive got a buddy whos a FF/paramedic there

[@mabas21]

Every time at every fire, understaffed and no equipment makes for an uphill battle

[@1LSUredneck]

Nice stop. LOL

[@MrCynic1]

@OBAMAWOLF I was going to ask the same question. Would it not have made more sense to hit the fire in the garage at the begining of the video with the deck monitor right away to knock it down? Or was that a different truck that arrived on scene after the video began?

[@cripticgatekeep]

hey great video. I am just wondering do you have a scanner at your home or car or are you on the department?

[@LilDillon587]

Thats one hell of a well built home!!!! i have never been to a workin job with that much fire and had it still b standing even 3 mins after that amount of fire blowin... u know when u can c the fire from a few blocks away that it is prob going 2 b a surrond and drownd!!! looks like 1 hell of a job. should have tryed to go in the front door right away and get some...hehe

[@mabas21]

Low air indicator, time to get a new tank

[@Linda-ip9qd]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@143codys100]

WOW i hope my house dosent go into flames. i would have liked to see the inside of those houses

[@LuvRus]

it looks like the fire is having a nice day

[@TheUSMarine5]

Seemed the place had no chance from the start but that doesnt stop any brave firefighter!

[@FireFighter2404]

you are right on the money with that.

[@dustoff85]

Now thats a HOT fire

[@TheLantyJarvis]

Wow! such good footage! Is 32 years old to late to be a fireman?! I've always wanted to do it but never had enough guts to quit my day job. Until I got laid off....

[@DeeTraylor]

You can be a volunteer at any age but most fire academy’s stop at age 30-35

[@DanielsSFD]

@mabas21 If your not a firefighter then why did you help lay a supply line?

[@popswhippersnapper9629]

Deck gun: the most underestimated and underused tool - but you gotta have a lot of water ready to go to make it work!

[@jackh577]

Most Engines have 500 gallons of tank water. That can put out a Lot of fire if used properly. They could have knocked down a bulk of that fire in the garage in about 20 seconds.

[@disabldfirefiter]

I agree. With that amount of fire, a 2 1/2 should have been first if not a deck gun. But Gary gets tons of fires, and they do a great job. Grea vids, by the way.

[@chanmaster5000]

What are firefighters supposed to do if for some reason the flames reach and burn down power lines?? I start the fire academy Aug 27 and Im trying to see different scenarios.

[@mabas21]

I don't understand what you mean, how did it happen?

[@bootini1]

Just a question and not a negative comment. Were they doing an external and an internal attack at the same time? I did see some of the firefighters entering through the front door while what looked like a deck gun was also active.

[@RidingYamaha47]

Should have seen a house near me last year.. The old person who was living there, left on a portable heater in her garage, it fell over lit the blankets and flammables on fire, spread to the cars and then blew up the entire garage, it launched the roof off attached garage atleast I'd saay 70-80 feet up in the air... Was pretty intense..

[@biggare1980]

Man that thing was cooking pretty good

[@dax3m]

Must have been storing a hell lot of corn in there.

[@richardsimpson3136]

YEOW! That place was GONE before they even got there. They should have just controlled the Fire and stayed the HELL out of there!

[@policesheriffstrustassocia4862]

All the hundreds of millions of dollars spent at fire departments across the US...All you get is fire like this two firefighters and a water hose and the whole neighborhood burns down 🔥🔥🔥🚒🚑🚨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mabas21]

@cripticgatekeep I have a Motorola two way with a block on transmitting, has all the area departments programmed in

[@josephpetrick7832]

did these dudes ever think about sticking a 2 1/2 inch line in the driveway or the deck gun to knock it down first??