House Fire 3-3-05

   
 

On Thursday March 3, 2005 Harrods Creek received a dispatch of a structure fire on Covered Bridge road at 4:08AM.  Unit 1201 arrived on scene with fire showing through the roof.  Unit 1235 was the first company on scene and began an exterior attack with a 2 1/2 inch blitz line.  The fire had already involved about 2/3 of the structure.  It was obvious that all operations would be strictly defensive.  Unit 1257 was the second company to arrive on scene.  Within minutes 1257's aerial was put into service and began to attack the fire from above with its ladder pipe flowing approximately 1000GPM.  It took about 35 minutes to get the fire under control.  Other units on scene from Harrods Creek were 1204, 1209, 1256, 1233.  Mutual aid was also requested from St.Matthews and North Oldham fire departments.