Yesterday the pager goes off dispatching the neighboring department to a structure fire at the very fringes of their territory, which is on the other side of their territory from my department. They request aid from the next closest department and go on location advising that they have a double-wide manufactured home heavily-involved. They don't request any additional help, so I figure they've got it under control.
An hour later and still no request for help, I decide it is probably safe to start cooking dinner. Probably is the key word here. No sooner is dinner ready than they request our assistance. Karma and fate and whatever else can just kiss my...
Anyway, we roll our engine and four firefighters to assist, thinking that after an hour, the fire is in the basic "mop-up" stage. We couldn't have been more wrong. We arrive to find all four wall still standing with heavy smoke and fire coming from the roof. This is nearly two hours after the fire was initially dispatched. Oh... and did I mention this was a manufactured home.
The fire had gotten between the ceiling and the roof, which is a space of no more than six inches on this particular home, and had ignited the insulation. I've been a firefighter for over twenty years and I've NEVER seen a fire this stubborn. Finally, after fighting the fire for nearly five hours, we finally managed to get it out.
A manufactured home on fire for nearly five hours and all four walls were still standing. Figure that one out...
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AND not a window broken, AND the front door was still functional. It was the trick birthday cake candle that keeps re-lighting after you blow it out.
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