Opening up and pushing in at East 47th Place
Edited video below is from firelensman on YouTube,
“2014 / L.A. Firefighters were dispatched to the 200 block of East 47th Place reported a single story, single family dwelling with heavy smoke showing. Firefighters forced entry through iron bars on the doors and windows and attacked the fire with interior hose-lines. Firefighters located a missing elderly women and quickly transported her via paramedics to a local area hospital where she was pronounced. A live-in caregiver managed to escape the fire. The fire was knocked down in twenty minutes. The cause of the deadly late night blaze was reported to be a result of a floor heater. -MNR-“
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Bill Carey is the online public safety news and blog manager with PennWell Public Safety, or more specifically FireRescue Magazine/FirefighterNation.com, JEMS.com, LawOfficer.com and FireEMSBlogs.com. Bill started in the fire service, as a third generation firefighter in 1986, on the eastern shore of Maryland and then continued after moving to Prince George’s County. He served as a volunteer sergeant and lieutenant at Hyattsville. Bill’s writing has been on Firehouse.com, Fire Engineering, FireRescue Magazine, FirefighterNation.com, the Jones and Bartlett 2010 edition of “Fire Officer: Principles and Practice”, The Secret List and Tinhelmet.com.
