Monday, August 31, 2009

MTFR Controlled Burn


Photos by Lisa Goldberg


On Sunday morning Miami Township Fire Rescue conducted a controlled burn at Lisa Godberg's place out on Meredith Road.

"They burned down the old barn that was in really bad condition and pretty unsafe," Goldberg wrote in an email. "It was a good training exercise for them because the barn was pretty far off the road and they have to bring tankers of water out to the country where we don't have hydrants."

According to Goldberg, there were about 15 volunteer firefighters, two tanker trucks worth of water and a group of onlookers on her roof.

"It was pretty scary to see how quickly the fire spread and burned down the barn," she said. "The whole building was engulfed in flames in about 3 minutes, with flames burning a gaping hole in the roof that quickly."

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