Your dedicated LOFS Fire volunteers provided mutual aid responses to Boone Grove Fire for 2 fire calls on Thanksgiving.
The first call, a reported vehicle on fire inside a garage, 3502 responded and provided command and 3511 responded for manpower.
The second call, a basement fire, 3502, 3511, 3545 all responded and provided support along with several other mutual aid agencies on Boone Groves 1st Alarm and 1st & 2nd Tanker Plan.
See below for Boone Grove Fires Facebook/Press Release:
Busy Thanksgiving with Double Fire
*4am – 300 West Block of 400 South
Dispatched as a fully engulfed SUV in a garage. Luckily the homeowner was able to pull the vehicle from the garage with another vehicle and save their structure. The SUV was a total loss & the garage sustained minor fire damage. No injures reported.
*1115p – 400 South Block of 500 West
Dispatched to a residential structure fire. Upon arrival, Command confirmed a working fire in the basement, extending into the first floor. Firefighters made aggressive simultaneous attacks into the fully engulfed basement & heavily involved first floor. Due to heavy fire conditions, additional to our Still Alarm, a 1st Alarm, 1st Tanker and 2nd Tanker Plan were requested. Unfortunately, the home sustained heavy fire, smoke and water damage. One resident was transported by EMS as a precaution due to smoke inhalation. No firefighter injuries reported. The fire is under investigation; however initial reports indicate it to be accidental in nature.
Thank you to all the dedicated mutual aid firefighters who came to assist us, even on a holiday!
Northwest Health EMS
Porter County F.I.S.T.
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