Sullivan Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire on the afternoon of July 2nd, on Hamilton Hollow Road. I arrived soon after Pumper 8854 and parked up the road a little ways…knew there would be alot of tankers showing up soon, and quite surprisingly, DeSoto Rural Fire Department`s tanker arrived ahead of a few Departments that were closer. Fire Command established Station 4 at Woodland Lakes, as the fill point and soon tankers were making trips back and forth. This was a 2 story residence and fully involved on arrival….
…it appeared to have been burning a little while before firefighters arrived, as the 2nd story of the house was down on top of what was left of the ground floor. Firefighters Zach Martell and John Strothcamp were on the nozzle and had their hands full, especially when the ammunition started popping inside the residential ruins…
AVI 13 Randy Duck Residence 11041 Hamilton Hollow Road
Luckily they had a section of wall between them and the ammo initially because it was really popping off out there.
AVI 16 Duck Residence Fire 11041 Hamilton Hollow Road Out of Water
AVI 25 Out of Water Ammo Exploding 11041 Hamilton Hollow Road
AVI 33 Randy Duck Residence Sullivan Has Water Again
St Clair Firefighters arrived about this time with manpower and a pumper and quickly pitched in to assist on fire suppression. Soon Sullivan Tanker and Bourbon Tanker arrived back on scene with DeSoto Tanker not far behind them.
