NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — One firefighter suffered minor injuries following a fire to a two-story home on Marshall Avenue Monday evening. Norfolk Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief M. Scott Murphy said the fire started at the rear of the house in the 700 block of Marshall Avenue and was on both floors. Smoke detectors alerted residents, and […]
florida, fire rescue battalion chief. you are relying on a generator. what can you tell us about what you re facing at this moment? yes, so, about a little after 5:00 a.m. this morning is when we really started to get significant impacts and then it just deteriorated rapidly from there. we finally made it out about 9:00 to be able to start answering emergency calls and doing pushes into the coastal communities. but between that rapid deterioration between about 6:00 and until 9:00, we met substantial winds of about 80 to 90 miles per hour. that is sustained for two and a half hours. we had to shut down our fire trucks and law enforcement and