Firefighters responding to a Wilmer (AL)mobile home firewere hampered by a lack of water in a nearbyhydrant.
The occupant, a volunteer firefighter, nearly lost everything in the fire, according to a report from WPMI (http://bit.ly/WDyjZV).
“On a trailer, normally you can save them,” Wilmer Volunteer Fire Chief Mike Cooper said. “Sometimes you can’t, they just go up so quick.” He told reporters that he was compiling a list of hydrants in the area with the same issue.
For more details on this incident, visithttp://bit.ly/WDyjZV.
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