fire firegeezer on 23 Feb 2008 01:12 pm
Downtown Fire In Durango Injures 7 FF’s
DURANGO, COLORADO, SUFFERED A FIRE AND EXPLOSION FRIDAY afternoon that injured seven firefighters and destroyed three businesses on Main Avenue.
The fire began in the Season’s Restaurant and spread to a bakery and clothing store, all of which were gutted. Two other businesses were badly damaged.
The explosion occurred about an hour after the fire began and was caught on the video that we have posted with this story. Dave Imming, a spokesman for Durango Fire & Rescue Authority, said that three firefighters were blown off the roof by the explosion which has not yet been explained. The firefighters said that there were no backdraft indications, making other possible causes viable.
Firefighters scramble to help injured co-workers after an explosion blasted out the fronts of three buildings in the 700 block of Main Avenue on Friday afternoon. One of the injured is helped off the roof, and at least two of the injured are on the ground in front of the buildings.
(Durango Herald / Josh Stephenson photo)
Six of the firefighters were listed as in “good” condition and the seventh is “fair.” Four of them have since been released from the hospital and three of them were admitted.
Fire departments from three other communities - Upper Pine, Los Pinos and Fort Lewis Mesa fire departments assisted the Durango F&R.
The Durango Herald has the complete STORY.
A sidebar story on the injured FF’s is HERE.
This 10-minute raw video catches the explosion a few minutes into it and later it shows the subsequent removal of the injured FF’s. (For you railroad buffs, at the 9-minute point the Durango & Silverton steam locomotive goes by the camera).
Update: Click HERE to see the update with additional links from Monday, Feb. 25.
Update #2, March 21: The cause of the fire has been determined and is reported on Firegeezer HERE.
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2 Responses to “Downtown Fire In Durango Injures 7 FF’s”
on 24 Feb 2008 at 3:34 pm 1.FireBoss said …
Good move on the concrete pumper, thats really thinking ahead!
on 24 Feb 2008 at 8:22 pm 2.Mary Middlebrook said …
Lots of pictures and the first hand account of the firefighter who was buried under bricks during the explosion atAccess Durango. It’s really a miracle that no one was killed.