Cornwall (Orange) - 3rd Alarm Factory Fire 1-15-12

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Time: 10:50

Location: 2 Mill St

Units Operating:

Cornwall

Vails Gate

Woodbury

Salisbury Mills

Monroe

Washingtonville

Orange Lake

Cornwall on Hudson

Highland Falls

Cronomer Valley

Good-Will

Middle Hope

Winona Lake

West Point

Chester

New Windsor

Town of Newburgh

City of Newburgh

south blooming grove

Coldenham

MECHANICSTOWN

tuxedo

add'l m/a where req

maybrook

middle hope

goshen

WARWICK

tankers from COLDENHAM CHESTER WOODBURY ORANGE LAKE WALDEN

Weather Conditions: Sunny 18 fair

Description Of Incident: Working fire in an old mill factory bulding

11:05 Car 1 o/s rpts working structure fire req m/a to work

11:07 Cmd req fast team t/s

11:10 cmd req 2nd alarm FIRE IN A OLD MILL FACTORY

11:15 cmd req 3 addl engins to work

11:17 cmd req addl fast team t/s

11:20 cmd req 3rd alarm m/a to go on cover

11:40 cmd rpts still hvy fire 3 T/L in op

11:50 cmd req all ff to fight the fire from out side no roof op deffnsive ops only

11:56 cmd req 1 engine t/s from stby

cmd req fire invs to the scene

12:07 cmd rpts units working inside

12:20 cmd req central hudson utilities to the scene

12:29 cmd req addl m/a to go for cover

cmd rpts units oper for 100 minutes still very hvy fire exterior attack only

12:40 cmd req central hudson gas to shut the gas to the area

co/s having water problems

cmd req 4th alarm still very hvy fire

12:56 Newburgh car 4 hvy fire n/s of building

co/s seting up draft site

13:00 cmd rpts CO'S SETING UP FOR PARTIAL BLDG COLLAPSE STILL VERY HVY FIRE

cmd req DIESEL FUEL TRUCK to stageing area for fire trucks

cmd rpts 50 unmarked 55 gal drums and fire is mving quickly north

13:46 cmd rpts power was cut the bldg and the area

14:10 cmd rpts cmd post is in the front of the bldg

14:30 cmd rpts still hvy fire throughout the complex mult T/L in ops still fighting the fire deffnsive

cmd req all stby dept to go to the scene 5th alarm fire now

m/a fron rockland ny on stby at HIGHLAND FALLS fire house

15:26 cmd req engine was on fuel brake to come back co/s loosing water

15:30 cmd req dry gear to the scene

16:26 Salisbury Mills car 1 req all available manpower to respond the fire house for relief crews at the fire scene

16:40 ems eval 1 firefighter for a ankle inj

ems trans ff to cornwall er

as of 17:00 HVY FIRE REMAINS 5 T/L in ops

17:30 cmd req all fire chief to assemble at orange county sheriff trailer on scene

17:50 cmd req m/a from tuxedo and MECHANICSTOWN to go for cov

going to a 6th alarm

as of 20:00 still hvy fire 8 T/L in ops 8 hand lines in use still dwh

1/16/2012

air guard foam truck

fire is now a 7th alarm fire

8:15 cmd req 2 add'l engines to go on cover, engine from goshen and middle hope,

9:00 cmd rpts HYDRANTS ARE FROZEN UP going to tankers

9:05 cmd req 5 tankers to the scene

9:50 cmd req 1 engine from middle hope for the fill site on rte 32

10:52 cmd req engine from WARWICK and Winona Lake to go on cover at cornwall fire house

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120115/NEWS/120119831

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2012/January/15/Cornwall_fire-15Jan12.htm

http://www.news12.com/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=304128&position=1&news_type=news

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Cornwall-Mill-Fire-Hudson-River-Orange-County-Blaze-137382463.html

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/northern_suburbs&id=8506038

http://hudsonvalley.ynn.com/content/top_stories/570282/crews-battling-large-fire-at-industrial-complex-in-cornwall/

Edited January 16, 2012 by ocfire