Village of Wappingers (Dutchess) 5/11/08 Bethel Church Photos

[jfmuller 23]

My Photos from the scene, by the amount of cameras around I would venture to guess there will be more.

Around the corner from the fire a few weeks ago.

The old church suffered some heat damage.

Edit: Had a dupe and missed photo of 6245, also added one more heavy fire.

Edited May 11, 2008 by jfmuller

[ENG47INE 17]

Nice photos.

[pfdfirefighter01 1]

was this a new church or was it under renovation

[Danger 160]

was this a new church or was it under renovation

Brand new construction next to existing church.

[NB514 0]

was this a new church or was it under renovation

It hadn't even been completed yet. From what I heard they hadn't even put the dry wall up yet. It was basically empty, so luckily there wasn't much of a fire load in the building.

Edited May 11, 2008 by NB514

[GoDucks23 6]

Everyone one get prepared. If this turns out to be arson it's going to turn into Tawana Brawley all over again!

Here comes Rev. Al

[Guest feraldan]

God called, He says He liked the old one better. Sorry for the confusion.

Bad taste, I know. My apologies. Hopefully everything gets covered by insurance. I'm curious to find out what the cause was.

[xfirefighter484x 234]

Everyone one get prepared. If this turns out to be arson it's going to turn into Tawana Burley all over again!

Here comes Rev. Al

Wasn't it Tawana Brawley?

Thats besides the point. Awesome photos. Looks like one helluva fire. Glad no one for hurt.

[effd3918 34]

why did mobile life just get called to the scene?

[Guest Photounit]

Everyone one get prepared. If this turns out to be arson it's going to turn into Tawana Burley all over again!

Here comes Rev. Al

I would hope that this wouldn't happen..... They are a respected church in the local community and as one firefighter said to me this morning..... "It's sad, they are good people and it's too bad that this had to happen after all the work they put into this...." And I agree......

Edited May 11, 2008 by Photounit

[JetPhoto 626]

MLSS was called back because an excavator is on the scene.

[GoDucks23 6]

Wasn't it Tawana Brawley?

Thats besides the point. Awesome photos. Looks like one helluva fire. Glad no one for hurt.

Yeah, my bad. I always forget the correct spelling

[xfirefighter484x 234]

Yeah, my bad. I always forget the correct spelling

Haha, besides, was just bustin' chops. Don't want to hurt anyones feelings. Some people on here are likely to take offense if corrected.

[DaRock98 76]

Wow that looks like it made for a very long night.

[JBE 328]

Nice to see 62-45 getting a little action.

[Guest]

very nice pics hope we get to see more and hope the fid team finds the cause

[JetPhoto 626]

The FID team is still on the scene investigating at this time

[Guest]

wow some fire. Hope everyone was alright. Any injuries ? Great job guys. STAY SAFE

[Guest Photounit]

Nice shots John...... Here's some that I took...... This was one of those incidents where NOTHING was going to save the fire building. They did a great job in protecting all the exposeures....

One of my first shots...... This was taken at 5:49 AM..... I know it didn't take me 19 minutes from time of M/A dispatch to get on-scene.... I was hearing reports of collapse as I was leaving my driveway..... Unfortunately there's no exif data in your shots John so I can't compare the times.....

Upon the first Chief Officers arrival, the building was completely involved. The building was already collapsed except for the front and steeple upon my arrival. In addition to the fire itself, they had numerous major exposure problems one being the church that this was going to replace...... The new church when completed reportedly was going to be 17,000 Sq ft and cost $9 million - Could this be correct????..... And there's that JetPhoto Guy..... In the way again!!!!!!!

The Village of Fishkill's F.A.S.T. team arrives on the scene as master streams from all directions hit the fire....

Village of Wappingers Engine 68-12 operates at the front of the building under the control of Past Chief Dave Alfonso and Engineer Kevin Delehanty.

The steeple collapses due to the combination of fire consumption and the constant pummeling of master streams.

Edited May 13, 2008 by Photounit

[x129K 1,393]

Who dat on the deck gun? The best Fya Fyta eva??????

[Oswegowind 17]

In the original post it says plywood was up...but in the pics it sure does look like some type of cheap press board...

[Guest Photounit]

Rombout's 62-45 operated at the front of the building.

Daylight pokes though the smoke and forms a halo as 62-45 hits the fire from above.....

New Hamburg 53-11 opeates on Prospect St. across from the fire building supplying a 5" feed line to the scene....

A wide view from the front....

And a wide view from the side.....

Edited May 13, 2008 by Photounit

[Guest Photounit]

In the original post it says plywood was up...but in the pics it sure does look like some type of cheap press board...

All I ever saw as I drove past it recently was the cheap press board.... If they used plywood, I never saw any.....

[Oswegowind 17]

That stuff burns real fast...I think I have read about other fires on here where that stuff was used...maybe 1 in Mohegan off of Oregon Rd/Westbrook Dr...and maybe those fires in Peekskill years ago at Fire ahem Forest View estates? But, it is much more inexpensive to use since the builder ain't gonna live there!

[DOC22 1]

That stuff burns real fast...I think I have read about other fires on here where that stuff was used...maybe 1 in Mohegan off of Oregon Rd/Westbrook Dr...and maybe those fires in Peekskill years ago at Fire ahem Forest View estates? But, it is much more inexpensive to use since the builder ain't gonna live there!

Yeah, I see a lot of new houses being built with tat stuff being used as flooring. Scarey stuff. Talk about how fast the truss oofs can go, look out for this crap!!!!!

[jfmuller 23]

One of my first shots...... This was taken at 5:49 AM..... I know it didn't take me 19 minutes from time of M/A dispatch to get on-scene.... I was hearing reports of collapse as I was leaving my driveway..... Unfortunately there's no exif data in your shots John so I can't compare the times.....

The photo before I saw you and after I passed you were stamped at 05:41 and 05:45, (6812 from the same angle as your first shot, and the other the house from a few weeks ago above) looking at my camera I'm 2 minutes shy of an atomic clock and also my computer, so I'd venture to guess you're off by about 5 minutes.

Also I stand corrected it was OSB not Plywood.

[johnb131 0]

The building skin is Oriented strand board or OSB,

It is composed of fibers of wood glued in random patterns

[tdc202 0]

I think the Dept's involved did a good job with what they faced on arrival and the most important thing was everyone went home safe ..............