Engine 22 was dispatched to remove ice buildup on the roof of the American Legion in Lykens. The buildup was causing flooding inside the building. Engine 22 responded with a crew of six and staged in the alley next to the building. The crew entered onto the roof from an interior scuttle and removed ice buildup to allow water to run off and through the drainage system.
Company-22 responded with Engine and Truck to a report of a CO alarm. Upon arrival, occupants of structure were complaining of headaches and feeling sick. Examination of the structure with a CO monitor showed elevated levels of CO, and the source was determined to be a cracked fire box in the furnace. The property was ventilated and the occupants advised to find alternative housing. Units were placed available by Chief-22.
Truck-22 was dispatched in place of Truck-20, which was out of service, to the Borough of Elizabethville for a propane heater on fire inside a structure. The truck was canceled by Chief-21 prior to response and the box was held to Company-21.
Company 22 dispatched class one to 609 North Second Street in Lykens to the former Methodist Church for a report of thick black smoke coming from the chimney. Engine 22 responded with 4 and Truck 22 with 3. On arrival, side A, crews went to the second floor rear of the structure and found a workman burning trash in a fire place, producing the smoke. The fire in the fireplace was now out, and the crew vented the second floor and was placed available by command.
Company 24, 23 and Truck 22 dispatched class one to 127 West Market street in Williamstown for an odor of propane in an apartment building. Truck 22 responded with 4 and arrived on the A/B corner of a 3 story apartment building attached to the Williamstown legion building next door. A search was done of the building and all occupants were evacuated. Crew shut down the propane fed to the building. Readings were taken with a gas meter but nothing was found. Command placed the box available.
For two days, snow from a blizzard on January 27, 1922, blanketed the area around Washington DC, resulting in accumulations of more than two feet. On the night of January 29, 1922, 300 people were attending a movie at the Knickerbocker Theater, at the corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road. In the middle of the film, the accumulated snow on the theater?s roof collapsed the building and tons of steel and concrete fell down on top of the theatergoers. One hundred and eight people were killed. Another 133 people were hospitalized. Rescuers worked through the night to pull out the injured from beneath the rubble.
The opera house Teatro la Fenice (The Pheonix Theatre), in Venice, Italy was completely destroyed by fire on January 29, 1996. The fire was set by two electricians because their company was facing heavy fines over delays in repair work. Fighting the fire was difficult because the water source (the canal next to the theater) had been drained for repair work. A helicopter was used to fight the fire.
2003
West Pharmaceutical Services Plant Explosion - Kinson, NC
2004
Luoyang Hotel Fire - Luoyang, Henan Province, China
A security warden, who accidentally set his overcoat ablaze with a coal fire, caused a fire in a hotel in Luoyang, China on January 29, 2004. Firefighters in Luoyang rushed to the hotel two minutes after they received the report of fire. A total of 22 firefighters were sent to put out the fire and a rescue team was immediately set up. The fire killed seven people and injured 17 others.
An older bull sperm whale, measuring 56 feet long and weighing 50 tons, died when it became beached on the southwestern coast of Taiwan. On January 29, 2004, a large crowd of more than 600 local residents and curiosity seekers, along with vendors selling snack food and hot drinks, braved the cold temperature and chilly wind to watch workmen try to haul away the dead animal. It took more than 13 hours, three large cranes, and 50 workers to shift the whale on to the back of a truck. The whale was being transported on the back of the truck through the center of Tainan when a build-up of gas inside the decomposing sperm whale caused it to burst. It was a spectacular explosion.
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