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Close Call Video: Firefighter Catches Fire in Flashover and Escapes With Minor Injuries!

A video of a firefighter jumping out of the window of a burning second-floor apartment in Jianli county, Hubei Province, has gone viral on Chinese social media. In the video, the firefighter is seen standing by the window attempting to arrange a line that he could grab to slide down, as the flames continue to grow intense. However, as his clothes caught fire, he was left with little option but to jump off the window holding on to the fire hose. Fortunately, he survived the incident, only suffering minor injuries to his hands.

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Helmet Cam: Transitional Attack at Vacant House Fire

Filmed with the Fire Cam 1080 WIFI from www.firecam.com . Quick attack on a 1 story frame vacant dwelling fire. The fire appeared to have started on the outside in the rear and then ran throughout the attic which was quickly piked and extinguished. Partial roof collapse before entry and a note that the weather head / power line was down before attack. 2 inch and a half hand lines, 2 engines and 6 firefighters on scene.

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Helmet Cam: Commercial Fire in Richmond, CA

Richmond Fire Department fought a commercial structure fire at 516 23rd Street in Richmond Ca, on 11/16/15 Engine Co. 67's Captain Marc Lucero wearing a helmet cam and GoPro as well as Engine Co 66's Capt. Dane Poteet while operating at a structure fire at 1:53AM. Well involved grocery market contained to building of origin.

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Video: House Fire with Exposure in Stockton, CA

This video was captured at a working structure fire Monday November 2, 2015 on Channel Street. Multiple perspectives and radio traffic are included and have been edited for this video. This is the third time this year Stockton Firefighters have been to a working structure fire at this address. Firefighters arrived on scene to heavy fire, and conducted a defensive operation to quickly extinguish the fire. There were no injuries.

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