LORAIN FIRE LEVELS BUILDING

Lorain – Calls began coming in at 3:29 a.m. to the Lorain Fire Department – people reporting a large structure engulfed in flames on Cooper Foster Park Road. The calls continued to pour in while Firefighters were on route as the flames could be seen shooting into the air from Route 2.

Lorain Firefighters arrived on scene just 8 minutes after the first call was made – the first Pumper reported a “large fully involved single story building.” It was then that the attack was deemed to be defensive only.

Lorain Tower One was set up to hit the structure with water from the air while two handlines were put in operation from two Pumpers to operate defensively.

Within 10 minutes of the Fire Departments arrival a large section of the roof and a 40’ section of the front wall collapsed.

Lorain and Amherst Police Officers blocked a section of Cooper Foster Park Road to protect the 5” lines that Firefighters had stretched across the road to attach to a hydrant.

Ohio Edison and Columbia Gas were called to the scene and confirmed for Fire officials that there was no gas or power in the building.

Defensive aerial and exterior handline operations continued until just after 5 a.m. A hazard assessment of the remaining structure was conducted and a secondary search was performed in areas that did not present collapse dangers. The secondary search was concluded with an all clear.

The Fire Prevention Bureau was called to the scene and continues to investigate the cause of the blaze.

Fire officials place the damage to the structure at $335,000.00.


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