Reporter Week 4

Today i went to the big that everybody is taking about. We were the 6th alarm called to the scene. It was a 3 story building and by the time we got there the flames were leaping out the windows and spreading to the neighboring building. i went in though a stairway on the side of the building. The heat was to unberable to enter the building, so i layed on the stair way trying to fight back the flames. As i was doing that my partner realised that the flames were building up behind us on the other building. It took us quit awhile to battle the flames back but we did it. Later on i found out that 1 fireman lost his life and 2 others were badly burned when a flaming beam feel on them. The fireman that lost his life was my mentor Tracy. I couldnt believe it, he was just weeks away from retirement. It just shows you that no matter how much experence you have or how many fires you've been to, when your times up, its just up.