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Barn Fire, Florida, NY - 8/4/2010

A fast moving fire destroyed an onion barn in Florida, NY on Wednesday August 4, 2010. The area had no hydrants and water supply was a major issue during the early stages of the firefight necessitating a large call up of mutual aid tankers. High heat and humidity also took a toll on the firefighters and required further mutual aid for manpower. Investigators determined that the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion in hay stored in the barn.
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A tanker unloads its water to a portable pool supplying Florida's pumper. Chester's tower ladder operates in the background.
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A tanker unloads its water to a portable pool supplying Florida's pumper. Chester's tower ladder operates in the background.

  • Chester's tower ladder goes into deluge operation.
  • Past Chief Gary Dimke, pump operator of Engine 608 surveys the scene.
  • Chiefs from mutual aid departments consult as a news cameraman records the scene.
  • The No. 2 side in imminent danger of collapse.
  • Utility crews cut power to the property. Tankers are lined up at the dump site in the background.
  • A tanker unloads its water to a portable pool supplying Florida's pumper. Chester's tower ladder operates in the background.
  • Chester's tower ladder.
  • With extreme heat and humidity, the rehab tent was a busy place.
  • Warwick Engine 634 drafts from a creek. An excavator was used to create a place in the creek deep enough to draft from.
  • Warwick Engine 634
  • An excavator was used to overhaul the wreckage and allow crews to extinguish hot spots.
  • Greenwood Lake firefighters assisted with overhaul.
  • Two Pine Island firefighters operate a line during overhaul. Note the burned tractors in the foreground.
  • Orange County Fire Investigator George Haas right, surveys the scene.
  • Orange County Fire Investigators look for the cause of the fire.
  • Pine Island firefighters hose down hot spots in a pile of hay.
  • Overhaul operations.
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