Leominster, MA - 5+ Alarm Structure Fire - 11/24/2012

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Date: 11/24/2012

Time: 2210 hours - on going

Location: 65 Main Street - Columbia Hotel

District: Leominster

Frequency: Leominster Fire Channel 1 & 3

Units:Leominster, Fitchburg, Lunenburg, Lancaster, Shirley, Townsend, Westminster, Sterling, Gardner, Ayer and Devens, West Boylston FD's, National Grid, Leominster PD

Weather Conditions: Partly Cloudy, Cold

Reporters: x4093k

Writer: peterose313

Working fire in a 100 x 100 3 story mixed commercial. Crews found heavy smoke coming from the hotel upon arrival. By 2230 hours there was heavy fire throughout the building and the command struck a third and fourth alarm. At approx 2233 hours the rear of the structure collapsed leaving 1 ff with minor injuries.

23:30 - Multiple EMS units O/S staging area, advised to send 3 buses to IC for orders

23:31 - IC advises additional collapse is likely, all units to stay back

23:43 hours: Command requesting 2 additional engines

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