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Eastham 3rd Alarm
10 Locust Road @ Route 6
Tuesday  March 9, 2004
Approx 1050 Hours

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3 Alarm Fire Guts Eastham Building
Eastham Firefighters were assisted by firefighters from across the Cape as they battled
a 3 Alarm fire at 10 Locust Road, along Route 6 in Eastham.  The 2 story house, about
40' x 60', balloon frame construction,  dates back to the 1800s.  Heavy dark smoke was
coming from 2 chimneys on arrival of the Eastham Chief Glen Olson. 

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3 Alarm Fire Guts Eastham Building
Soon after arrival, the fire which appeared to have started in the basement began extending upward
through the balloon frame house.  Eastham E155 arrived first on Locust Road and advanced a line.
Automatic aid was responding from Orleans and Wellfleet on the first alarm.

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3 Alarm Fire Guts Eastham Building
Eastham does not have a municipal water system.  A tanker shuttle operation was established early.  A flow
of over 1000 gpm was achieved eventually.

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3 Alarm Fire Guts Eastham Building
As conditions worsened within minutes of arrival, a 2nd alarm was transmitted bringing mutual aid to the
scene from several communities.  It was soon discovered that the floor had already burned away on the
first floor and operations were limited to an exterior defensive attack.  The building was unoccupied. 

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3 Alarm Fire Guts Eastham Building
A third alarm was transmitted bringing additional tankers to the scene.  The Barnstable County Mutual Aid Center
dispatched apparatus to the scene and covered vacant stations across the Cape.  Communications on scene was
on Ops 1 while water supply used Ops 2.

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3 Alarm Fire Guts Eastham Building
Firefighters worked hard to keep the fire from spreading.  The construction, limited water supply, and extent of the
fire however made the battle difficult.

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3 Alarm Fire Guts Eastham Building
Departments responding to the scene included: Eastham, Orleans, Wellfleet, Truro, the CCNS, Chatham, Brewster,
Harwich and West Barnstable.  Coverage was provided by Provincetown, Dennis, Yarmouth, Mashpee, and Sandwich
units as tankers were moved down Cape.

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3 Alarm Fire Guts Eastham Building
Orleans L176 operates the ladder pipe.

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3 Alarm Fire Guts Eastham Building
Firefighters working on Delta side to knock down heavy fire conditions.

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Operations on Side Charlie and Delta.

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