{"id":5569,"date":"2020-08-13T20:36:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T00:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=5569"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:24:54","slug":"two-alarms-durham-condos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/two-alarms-durham-condos\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Alarms in Durham &#8211; Condos Under Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two alarms were struck in Durham just before midnight on Tuesday, August 11, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Dispatched 11:50 p.m. for 512 Gordon Street. Three-story condo building, under construction. Behind the old police station. Engine 1 advised smoke column while en route, requesting the box be filled. Second alarm requested by Engine 1 officer on arrival, with center section of building fully-involved.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the radio traffic:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-LS13V4N2bY\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Narrative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Engine 1 caught their own hydrant at the site, and started flowing their deck gun, along with 200-feet of 2 1\/2-inch hose. Ladder 2 was flowing within minutes of arriving after Engine 1, supplied from a hydrant at Duke and Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>Ladder 3 caught a hydrant at Duke and Yancey, and set up on the &#8220;A&#8221; side of the structure, which command labeled as the &#8220;C&#8221; side. Both Ladder 2 and Ladder 3 flowed.<\/p>\n<p>Ladder 6 initially was directed to the A\/D corner, but due to the distance from the street, was unable to reach the structure. It was redirected behind E1 and L2 as a back up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ladder 12 set-up on the BC corner. Unsure if they also had a hydrant supply. They were used for elevated monitoring of conditions. Ladder 17 was staged.<\/p>\n<p>Watch drone footage by\u00a0Nathan Lawrence:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DaHlKPLfwmg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Collapse conditions were observed pretty quickly into the incident. Crews kept a safe distance. Sounds like the bulk of the fire was controlled within 30 minutes of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>With extended overhaul, as crews checked the remainder of the building&#8211;as safely as possible&#8211;for hot spots. Plus extinguishing the debris pile.<\/p>\n<p>Some 75 firefighters on scene, with twenty-three fire companies. And with just a handful of engine companies plus one quint still in service in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Investigators (DFD, DPD, DCFM, NC-OSFM, ATF) worked the scene well into midday, when Legeros arrived for lunch-time shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.smugmug.com\/Fire-Photos\/2020\/2020-08-12-dfd-gordon-st\/\">See aftermath photos by Legeros<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-08-13-dfd1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5572\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-08-13-dfd1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-08-13-dfd1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-08-13-dfd1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-08-13-dfd1-730x487.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMike Legeros photos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-08-13-dfd2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5573\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-08-13-dfd2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-08-13-dfd2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-08-13-dfd2-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-08-13-dfd2-730x556.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMike Legeros photos<\/p>\n<p><strong>Run Card<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fire units on scene:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, E8, E9, E10, E12, E13, E14, E17<\/li>\n<li>L2, L3, L6, L12, L17<\/li>\n<li>Q7, Q11<\/li>\n<li>R1<\/li>\n<li>Sq1, Sq4<\/li>\n<li>B1, B2, B4<\/li>\n<li>MS1<\/li>\n<li>Safety 1<\/li>\n<li>FD8, FD10, FD20, FD32, FD39<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alarm times:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dispatched 11:50 p.m.<br \/>\nE1, E2, E3, E4, L2, L3, R1, Sq1, B1, B4.<\/li>\n<li>Box filled for working fire at 11:52 p.m.<br \/>\nE5, E9, E10, E13, L6, Q7, MS1, Safety 1, FD8, FD20<\/li>\n<li>Second alarm dispatched 11:53 p.m.<br \/>\nE6, E8, E14, E17, L12, L17, Q11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Ftwo-alarms-durham-condos%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"5569\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Two Alarms in Durham - 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