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London Ct, 3rd alarm with extra call.Around 9:30am. Initial call was for
65 Fuller St for a dwelling fire, First due Battalion, found 2 Dwellings on fire. Engine 2 arrived and started fire attack, A 200 and Truck 2, followed. Command requested a 2nd alarm, then a General alarm. The street was a dead end and limited apparatus access to the street. A-1 requested a 3rd alarm fairly quick. The incoming engines, laid several supply lines into Fuller street. Due to high winds and a gas fed fire, conditions deteriorated and commanded evacuated the dwellings. During the defensive operations, a brush fire started across the street in the wooded area, command requested a extra alarm for this exposure fire. Crews worked for about a hour with the heavy fire conditions, as extra companies arrived and boosted the water pressure conditions improved. Heavy damage to 2 dwellings and about 1+ acres of woods burned. The fire in under investigation. My photos are about 30 mins into the incident.
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