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Three-Alarm
Fire
Heavily
Damages
Historic
Eastern
Market |
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April 30, 2007...By: Vito Maggiolo |
A raging
three
alarm
fire
heavily
damaged
a major
portion
of the
historic
Eastern
Market
on
Capital
Hill
Monday
morning,
April
30th.
Firefighters
arrived
at the
block
long,
two-story
building
at 7th
and C
Streets
S.E.
shortly
before 1
A.M.
There
was
heavy
fire on
side "C"
of the
South
Hall
that was
rapidly
extending
northward
and into
the
cockloft
of the
134 year
old
heavy
timber
structure.
A second
alarm
was
immediately
requested.
An
interior
attack
was
initiated,
but
units
had to
be
pulled
out due
to the
heavy
volume
of fire
and the
potential
for roof
collapse.
Master
streams
were
then
brought
into
play,
and the
building
was
deluge
with a
barrage
of water
from
five
ladder
pipes
and
other
heavy
duty
streams.
A third
alarm
was also
sounded.
Firefighters
were
able to
contain
the fire
before
it could
spread
into the
North
Hall,
where
the art
and
pottery
stalls
are
located.
However,
the
other
2/3 of
the
market
was
severely
damaged.
It took
approximately
two
hours
before
the
blaze
could be
declared
under
control.
There
were no
injuries. |
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