r/Firefighting • u/bathroom_warrior22 • Aug 07 '24

News Construction Site Fire

Happened in Vancouver.

What’s your size up?

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u/Naive-Connection-516 Aug 07 '24

Protect the exposures and evacuate every one out of the collapse zone of that crane

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u/speedbirddog Aug 07 '24

That crane did indeed collapse. I haven’t heard what it hit yet, though.

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u/SmokeEaterFD LT/ATO/Medic Aug 07 '24

Missed an engine by 25 feet or so.

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u/McNoodleBar Aug 07 '24

It hit a house with a person inside. Person didn't die. Don't know if they were injured

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u/TheKraKaren Aug 07 '24

Not injured

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u/going-for-gusto Dec 31 '24

Required a change of underware

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u/wehrmann_tx Aug 08 '24

Missed it because they were outside the right distance or missed it because of luck?

Edit: just saw it, it was the luck part. That pivot arm swinging over the top made the distance needed farther than I would have expected. Good learning point.