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Fire chief outlines large Livingston Avenue blaze; department reports year-to-date 462 calls
Summary
Fire Chief Hines described a large Livingston Avenue structure fire that required mutual aid, consumed roughly 646,000 gallons of water and caused losses estimated in excess of $6 million; he emphasized that all responding firefighters returned home safely.
Fire Chief Hines told the council the department responded to 65 incidents in July, bringing the year-to-date total to 462 calls, and spent roughly eight and a half hours on the Livingston Avenue structure fire on Aug. 15. He said mutual aid arrived quickly and that the incident required large-scale logistics: "all of my guys that went came home and that's the big takeaway from all that," Hines said.
Hines said the city called for help from neighboring departments and agencies, including Belington and Colton, and that Randolph County OEM provided logistical support; several local businesses donated water and food. According to Hines, the department pumped about 646,000 gallons of water during the response and estimates losses in excess of $6 million; he said insurance investigators were on scene and the investigation is ongoing. Hines thanked the water plant staff for confirming system capacity during the response and noted that crowd control and on-scene rehabilitation for crews were handled by the police and sheriff's departments.
