Excellent Work By Third Battalion Firefighters

February 22, 2007...Alan Etter

Units with Battalion 3 responded at 5:19 PM for the house fire at 2307 16^th Street, Southeast. 

When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke was billowing from the basement of the two-story rowhouse.  No basement access from the rear meant innovative tactics had to be employed to extinguish the fire, which had extended to the first floor.  A handline was extended from the alley, and water delivered from the exterior to knock the fire down enough to allow an aggressive interior attack to finish the job.

There were no injuries reported.  Five people were displaced.  And the cause of the fire remains under investigation.