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Fire department details Pier 28 operation, shipboard rescues and greater-alarm fires
Summary
Deputy Chief Darius Letrope described July operations including a Pier 28 under-pier fire requiring circulator and fire-boat tactics, two shipboard rescues from the Atlantic Glory, and a July 27 greater-alarm apartment fire on 19th Avenue that produced two firefighter injuries and exposed hoarding-related challenges.
Deputy Chief Darius Letrope told the commission on Aug. 9 that July operations included a complex Pier 28 fire, two successful shipboard rescues and a greater-alarm apartment fire on 19th Avenue that highlighted hoarding conditions and renovation-related hazards.
Letrope said crews responding to a Pier 28 call discovered an established underside fire that required use of a circulator nozzle — a high-volume device typically…
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