A Fire at The Meadows Apartments

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The view of the burning building from the 2nd floor of my building.

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The yellow glow is from the flames. About 5 mintues before that, the flames...(more)

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Lots of smoke and lots of response vehicles.

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Two police officers were on the scene early, but then left once the large fire...(more)

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Firefighters came from Lansing, Ithaca, and Cayuga Heights. According to one...(more)

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Initially, I didn't see any responders wearing respirators, so I assume they...(more)

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The ladder over the burning apartment.

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The orange glow from the flames coming from the far side of the building.

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Smoke and glow and the flames.

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There was a lot of smoke. Fortunately for me, it was being blown away from me.

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The glow from the fire is still visible.

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Outside my apartment, looking down at the parking lot full of people and...(more)

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One fire hydrant they were using is visible in the middle of the picture. The...(more)

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The spray from the hydrant is arcing to the right, probably going about 20 feet...(more)

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Lots of smoke.

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The spray from the ladder is visible in this picture.

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Spraying the building from the top of the ladder.

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I think at this point that it might have been remote controlled. Later, it was...(more)

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Another angle showing them spraying the building from the ladder.

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Two pictures of the fire hydrant violently leaking. They had other hoses...(more)

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One of my neighbors was watching from the edge of our building.

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I like the silhouette effect along with all of the colored lights reflecting...(more)

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From the start, there was a fireman whose job was to keep people out of the...(more)

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Panoramic picture of the whole (and hole) building at noon the next day.

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I noticed the tire on one car (rear passenger) seemed melted. No other apparent...(more)

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The damage to the apartments.

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Maintenance workers were temporarily removing a plywood door to check on the...(more)

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They look in the apartment.

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Remember the fire hydrant from last night? It's now marked "OUT OF...(more)

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Another view of the hydrant.

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They had a backhoe trying digging to get to the water main to shut off the...(more)

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The back side of the apartments. The damaged ones have open windows.

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There are a few scattered shingles on the grass. Probably came loose from the...(more)