Feb, 14th 2016- Worcester Firefighters were called to Henry Street for a report of a structure fire.
Henry Street is a short and very narrow street in the East side of the city. It is only minutes away from the Franklin Street Firehouse.
Companies arrived to find fire in a 2 story wood frame occupied dwelling.
Companies were heavily engaged on arrival and had to evacuate the building and set a defensive attack.
A second alarm was sounded almost immediately.
Companies set up big lines and ladder pipes to knock down the fire.
It didn't help temps were hovering around 0 degrees.
A 3rd alarm was sounded for relief purposes. A Worcester Regional Transit bus was called to the scene to act as a warming station for firefighters.