On Sunday, January 18, 2015, at approximately 0600 hours, Detroit 1st Battalion companies were dispatched to a reported commercial building fire at Lincoln & Brainard.
Chief 1 arrived on the scene and reported an vacant apartment building involved and reported squatters trapped in the building. Chief 1 then requested a second alarm. Companies stretched and preformed search and rescue and fire attack.
Upon clearing the building of occupants, and with fire conditions not improving and possible structural compromise, Chief 1 ordered all companies out of the building and switched to defensive operations. Ladder 20 and Ladder 7 were put into position for water tower operations.
Firefightersremoved three victims from the building. Companies operated for four hours to bring this fire under control.
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