Melody Lane Fire

Three houses fully involved in less than 6 minutes
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twitter: @renofirefighter

[@andrewdurant5452]

Four house's in eight minz, WOW!!!. I could'nt imagine bieng a firefighter and tuning up to find that scene, I just hope and pray that all residents got out in time and all the FF's were ok.

[@briankistner4331]

What the heck were these houses made with? Probably terribly dry, but man, 4 houses went up real quick.

[@capi1lope]

Incredible video. Faced a similar situation a couple years ago with fire burning below some houses. We saved seven houses that day with only one suffering damage. I feel very bad for the residents, but also frustrated to see houses with wooden decks and plastic siding being placed uphill on a brushy slope.

[@mabas21]

Simply incredible footage, it is unreal how the fire engulfs basically a whole city block in such a short period of time. This video is a perfect example of fire behavior at it's worst, hope it is put to good use for training. Thanks for posting it

[@JayDS509]

Wow...they went up mighty fast. There's a taste of reality. The local FD must have felt overwhelmed until the later alarms arrived.

[@MaxSafeheaD]

Timber houses in a tinderbox. Why anyone would live in a timber house in the desert baffles me.

[@JohntheAddictive]

Saw on google street view that the 3rd house is same as pre-burn, 2nd was possibly rebuilt, and 1st was restored like 3rd

[@nursemelanielove]

this video actually brought a tear to my eye. God bless the families who lost everything

[@IAFFLocal731]

The temperature was in the 90's I believe but it was the combination of lack of defensible space, high temps, type of construction and some newly stained decks that made this a volatile situation that repeated itself just recently in sept, 2008. Watch the ridgcret drive video. It occured just 2 housses down from this fire.

[@NevadaWrangler]

See that guy below and to the right of the fire on the hill with the shovel.....good effort man, good job, it was jsut too hot and fast above him to save that last house on the right. but good job for the effort guy....whoever ya are. And of course on the far left side, those firemen were awesome saving that house.

[@joehanek]

I remember this fire I Lived not far away you did an excellent and very tastefull job in making this video and as a former volunteer FF I even learned and was reminded of what a fire is capable of Fantastic work. And to the FF working the fire I Solute you

[@stevek7541]

House on right destroyed belonged to my mother in 2004. Not preventable when kids are playing with firecrackers...

[@watchthe1369]

9 minutes and 4-5 houses gone. Too close together. The other price you pay for that million dolar view.

[@7089540230]

Incredible Video!

[@train672]

Very many thanks for sharing this. It's amazing how a fire can spread so quickly. I hope that home owners can learn something to stop this happening to them, but I guess it's a difficult situation to be in. Should residents be provided with hose and a hydrant key ? It's a difficult call to make. I hope that lessons will be learnt to prevent others having the same nightmare. Thanks for the vid.

[@kirky316]

Great footage!!!!

[@Sierrapup24]

not really.. the average time for first responders to reach a location is 8 minutes. This doesn't include the amount of time it takes to set up equipment and a plan of action. The best protection/salvation from/for anything is always yourself. I wonder what caused it to begin with...

[@1nm1]

amazing footage. gives us some idea of what firefighters are up against in those conditions any idea how fast the wind was going at the time???

[@catnappurr65]

you are a righteous "videographer!" Keep it up

[@PoppaBlue59]

The only thing in nature that runs faster uphill than it does down....fire. I know this video is several years old, but can anyone tell me what the weather was like on that day? Heat, low humidity etc. Just curious.. To the video man, nice catch. Cheers from Texas, L 3885

[@twinboysfire52]

awesome video

[@eddiekilby6936]

Thats what happends when you build houses so damn close together.

[@wjeff2011]

The Fire Department took way too long to get there.

[@R5H4D0W]

@mabas21 I once had a hard time believing how dry the brush is and how it is easily prone to catching fire until one time in New Mexico my road-side cooking nearly burned out of control. It was fine 2 seconds ago in the fire pit and one gust later had a small trail burning away from my camper! Luckily I had the sense to pack one of those Kidde 408 water extinguishers that gave me about 2 gallons at 100psi. Best extinguisher in my investment, saved my record for arson.

[@markdittrich2707]

oh my god,,,,,what is that ???Nightmare Fire oh no

[@thesunsetreptiles]

get some planes up and some choppers. drop red stuff the houses and choppers drop water on the fire to slow it down.

[@lizareed54]

Naughty fire

[@Amanwithoutaface112]

wow that is unreal !

[@NevadaWrangler]

@SittingMooseShaman snows for a third in reno where this fire was too.

[@blinko656]

Cut the grass back a hundred feet around your house even if it is not your property...

[@thesunsetreptiles]

well there's really no wind. the smoke is going up its not close to the ground that tell you theirs really no wind.

[@firewatch814]

Cut the dry grass around your homes folks this was very preventable.

[@miamifan7525]

really first engine should go to the houses on the bottom first to put the grass out cause your not stopping multiple houses burning your not gonna save anything but if the grass gets to the bottom there the other houses will burn until you get a good water supply going

[@youlldietrying]

More like Dante's Lane!

[@EyegisGarr]

i watched it from the highway.

[@lizareed54]

Very scarey with no warning

[@twinboysfire52]

great video