Brooklyn, NY +Explosions On Roof OF Building+ Three explosions on the roof of 301 Gold Street and Tillary Street from five 100lb propane tanks belonging to roofers working on the roof of the 84th Pct Station House, FDNY on the scene requesting Haz-Mat units to respond, and ESU has been requested as well, FD has three line stretched, building is next to Eng. 207 firehouse, Pct house has been evacuated, Hatzolah BLS and ALS also on the scene, fire is D/W/H, 2nd alarm has been called and a 500 foot perimeter set up around the 84th Pct
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U/D: 15:33
All workers and NYPD personal are accounted for. Fire Marshals are requested forthwith.
U/D: 15:41
Fire is P/W/H, NYPD are calling for a level one mobilization.
U/D: 16:01
Three of the cylinders are down on the street, fire was on both roofs of the station house and of the firehouse, fire is now under control.
Major delays in the area, Tillary Street and Flatbush Avenue are completely closed, on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway expect major delays.
“saw the explosion from their window”
was the window tinted?
~screaming in the background~
how dare you mock shomrim
oh come on cut me some slack, it was only a silly corny joke
Two members of the Shomrim community watch patrol, a Hasidic group in Williamsburg, saw the explosion from their window. “It was very, very powerful, the flames,” said one of the men, who gave his name as Jacob. “There was a loud explosion, a ball of fire coming up.”
and now here is a clip of this incident, half you thru the clip you can actually see the second explosion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eEW3JSdJc0
and the pics are starting to stream in
here is one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62266625@N00/137685950/
for more goto
vosiznies pics
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Field Comm reports damage to both the firehouse and the police pct. Both buildings evacuated. Five 100lb propane cylinders exploded on the roof
now requesting the Decon unit
they are calling these tanks illegal
closing down flatbush ave
all visible fire knocked down
84th pct building is being evacuating