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"Make 10" Gets A Hotfoot
Midtown Manhattan was a gridlocked mess Monday May 5, 1997,as a
6 alarm fire destroyed a mixed occupancy type building at 1016
Avenue of the Americas. The fire started in the basement of the 5
story 25 x 75 brick building and eventually spread to all 5 floors.
The workers of the "Make 10" shoe store on the 1st floor noticed
an odor of smoke around 10 A.M. They discovered smoke issuing from
an area behind the electrical service panel and called the Fire Department.
By the time firefighters arrived the basement was filled with smoke
and was very hot.
The basement was stocked floor to ceiling with empty shoeboxes
making it difficult to reach the deep seated fire. Maze-like
conditions and interconnected cellars also contributed to the delay
in accessing the fire. With unsafe conditions and a deteriorating
building the decision was made to use high expansion foam.
The huge amount of stock prevented the foam from extinguishing
the blaze so they reverted back to the use of hand lines. As the
fire raged on invisibly, the building's structure was compromised
and an exterior operation began.
The 2nd floor soon collapsed and 90% of the remainder of the
building collapsed at 2045 hours that night while tower ladders
were pouring water into it. A secondary collapse occurred a short
time later taking a part of exposure 4 with it. To prevent further
collapse, N.Y.C. Transit suspended service on the "F" & "D" line
subways.
All 16 families that lived on the top 3 floors lost everything
but the clothes they were wearing.
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| 1012 BOX TRANSMITTED | E026 E065 L024 BC09 RS01 |
| 1013 ROSTER STAFFING | E001 | | 1016 FILL 2ND SOURCE | L021 |
| 1017 10-75 | E054 BC08 | | 1020 7-5 | L007 RA01 DC03 |
| 1024 S/C | E034 BC07 | | 1026 10-86 CODE 3 | BC06 E009 ST01 E238 FT01 E260 FA81 E026 FA86 E212
FA91 L002 L012 |
| 1034 2-2 | E021 E016 E008 L003 FC01 TS01 SB01 E284 ST03 |
| 1034 PROGRESS REPORT | 2 LINES STRETCHED AND OPERATING. HEAVY SMOKE CONDITION AND A MEDIUM HEAT CONDITION. |
| 1037 S/C | BC10 | | 1041 PROGRESS REPORT | SETTING UP HIGH EXPANSION FOAM OPERATION. |
| 1051 PROGRESS REPORT | HIGH-EXPANSION FOAM STILL OPERATING. HEAVY SMOKE CONDITION. 2 LINES STRETCHED INTO EXPOSURE 2. STARTING TO PULL MEMBERS FROM THE BASEMENT. STILL HAVE A HEAVY SMOKE CONDITION. S/C A 2ND RESCUE. |
| 1051 S/C | RS04 |
| 1107 PROGRESS REPORT | PRIMARY SEARCH OF THE FIRE BUILDING IS NEGATIVE. UNABLE TO SEARCH THE SHOE STORE AT THIS TIME. 2 LINES STRETCHED; 1 INTO EXPOSURE 4. FOAM UNITS ON STAND BY. STILL HAVE A HEAVY SMOKE CONDITION. |
| 1127 S/C | MK01 |
| 1134 S/C | L009 L005 L035 |
| 1139 S/C | RA02 | | 1149 3-3 | E014 E005 E040 E033 L020 MW01 E207 BC02 E324 ST04
BC48 |
| 1202 S/C | BC14 | | 1218 PROGRESS REPORT | 4 LINES STRETCHED AND OPERATING; 1 ON THE FLOOR ABOVE; 1 IN THE BASEMENT OF EXPOSURE 4 TO PROTECT THE BREECH; 2 IN THE BASEMENT OF EXPOSURE 2. SHUTTING DOWN FOAM LINES IN ANTICIPATION OF RESUMING WATER OPERATIONS. |
| 1226 S/C | L045 L011 |
| 1228 S/C | E028 E055 |
| 1236 S/C | L015 |
| 1251 4-4 | E003 E058 E037 E084 L001 |
| 1254 S/C | L131 |
| 1327 S/C | HM01 |
| 1329 S/C | SB02 |
| 1338 S/C | E028 |
| 1439 5-5 | E074 E039 E024 E022 L004 |
| 1449 S/C (6-6) | E007 E015 E006 E076 L018 |
| 1454 S/C | BC12 |
| 1610 S/C | L022 L124 |
| 1627 PROGRESS REPORT | PROBABLY WILL HOLD |
| 1721 PROGRESS REPORT | UNDER CONTROL |
| 2046 S/C | RS03 RC01 |
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