OMG!
In my entire long life, I’ve never ever heard of a 9 alarmer!
this could be extremely serious?
VERY densely populated area——and a fairly windy day.
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My husband was a Columbus OH firefighter and I just asked him about a nine alarm, he wasn’t aware of it either. In his day anything over a four alarm was considered a General Alarm, which meant every firefighter off duty was to report. He fought one general alarm.
I’ve heard of nine, not ten. I thought that after “nine” came “general alarm.” But I’m no expert. It’s a big fire, no doubt. And part of the problem is that in East Cambridge (where the fire is) there are a lot of very closely spaced wooden houses that can flash from the heat of adjacent building unless they are heavily hosed down.