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eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

of highderoand is a

pipgts to a five-naUlbtHK

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

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Equipment lost or found

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Companies responding lt - 6 shy

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Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

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General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

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DATE

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Tank Explosion Hurls Chemical

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offishyehetftfcal

eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

of highderoand is a

pipgts to a five-naUlbtHK

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1-Bulletm Photo by MICHAEL J B KELLY j

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

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Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

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D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

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[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

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Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

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Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT yr

DATE

STREET

OWNER

OCCUPIED BY

BOX ALARM

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

REPORT OF FIRE

TIME OUT

RECALL

MAKE OF FIRE

CAUSE

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DATE | L 19 A -TIME OUT 7raquo3Q

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OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM PHONE

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EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

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OWNER MAKE OF FIRE Q Jamp

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REPORT OF FIRE

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REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENC3NE LADDER CO reg

DRIVE POLICE CONST

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE

STREET

OWNER

OCCUPIED BY

BOX ALARM

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

REPORT OF FIRE

TIME OUT

RECALL

MAKE OF FIRE

CAUSE

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MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

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DRIVERS POLICE CONST s

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE - lt 19

STREET

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OCCUPIED BY

BOX ALARM

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

PHONE

NO

TIME OUT

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REPORT OF FIRE

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MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

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DRIVERS POLICE CONST

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Tank Explosion Hurls Chemical

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offishyehetftfcal

eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

of highderoand is a

pipgts to a five-naUlbtHK

raquoin Street Rehoboth A family of j~| bull - bull - bull bdquo -

1-Bulletm Photo by MICHAEL J B KELLY j

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

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DATE 5Y 4 19 70 TIME OUT pound laquo i ^^ f

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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REMARKS

Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

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REMARKS

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JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT jj i u U N0_

DATE | L 19 A -TIME OUT 7raquo3Q

STREET RECALL -bull^f-f OWNER _JvyAj MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM PHONE

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EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

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OWNER MAKE OF FIRE Q Jamp

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CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE

STREET

OWNER

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COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

REPORT OF FIRE

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eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

of highderoand is a

pipgts to a five-naUlbtHK

raquoin Street Rehoboth A family of j~| bull - bull - bull bdquo -

1-Bulletm Photo by MICHAEL J B KELLY j

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

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REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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REMARKS

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

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Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

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JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT laquo NO

DATE

STREET

OWNER

OCCUPIED BY

BOX ALARM

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

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REPORT OF FIRE

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DRIVERS POLICE CONST

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAV NO

DATE TIME OUT2__

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OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE TIME OUT f 1tgt 0^19^y STREET RECALL f^ffd)

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE Q Jamp

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DATE TIME OUT

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REPORT OF FIRE

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DRIVE POLICE CONST

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE

STREET

OWNER

OCCUPIED BY

BOX ALARM

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

REPORT OF FIRE

TIME OUT

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CAUSE

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DRIVERS POLICE CONST s

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE - lt 19

STREET

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COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

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Tank Explosion Hurls Chemical

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offishyehetftfcal

eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

of highderoand is a

pipgts to a five-naUlbtHK

raquoin Street Rehoboth A family of j~| bull - bull - bull bdquo -

1-Bulletm Photo by MICHAEL J B KELLY j

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

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REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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REMARKS

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

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Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

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Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAV NO

DATE TIME OUT2__

STREET RECALL 3 if fi

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM__ PHONE DIST

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REPORT OF FIRE

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OWNER MAKE OF FIRE Q Jamp

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE ^

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DATE TIME OUT

STREET RECALL

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BOX ALARM PHONE DIST AYI w t

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REPORT OF FIRE

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DRIVE POLICE CONST

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE

STREET

OWNER

OCCUPIED BY

BOX ALARM

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

REPORT OF FIRE

TIME OUT

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COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

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MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

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DRIVERS POLICE CONST

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eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

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REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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C bull f fifty C f

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REMARKS

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

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JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

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eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

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house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

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REPORT OF FIRE

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

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Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

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STREET JpoundTH^pound mdash -ampsf7 RECALL -^ r gt bull

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BOX ALARM PHONE DIST C+Jtfy0tlaquo4 COMPANIES RESPONDED ^^ laquo^^

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LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

ff

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CALL RECEIVED BY C ^ IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT NO

DATE TIME OUT y - lt3 ft

STREET RECALL shy

OWNER ft Q - j7 j T f C MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM_ PHONE DI8T (^ pound I 7

COMPANIES RESPONDED

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LADDERS PUMP USED __ LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

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s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

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house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

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fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

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Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

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[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

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Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

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Companies responding x bull9shy

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

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frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

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Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

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Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

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Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

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MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

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OWNER MAKE OF FIRE Q Jamp

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s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

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house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

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3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

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Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

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FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

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frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

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ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

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Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

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Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

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Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

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OWNER MAKE OF FIRE Q Jamp

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ENC3NE LADDER CO reg

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Tank Explosion Hurls Chemical

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AJraquo explosion of a tank con taining liquid formaldehyde blew out several w indows and a penthouse wall at Metro-Atlan tic Inc a i North Providence chemical firin yesterday spreading ftp chemical over a

offishyehetftfcal

eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

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DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

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Aerial

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Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

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Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

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MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

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3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

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Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

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Companies responding lt - 6 shy

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Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

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FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

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Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

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Estimated loss -ishy

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STREET RECALL

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eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

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house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

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of highderoand is a

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

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REPORT OF FIRE

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

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fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

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MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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REMARKS

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

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Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

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Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

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Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

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eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

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house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

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Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

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Companies responding o or

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

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[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

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Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

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Companies responding x bull9shy

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MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT NO

DATE 19 4pound TIME OUT fcgt A A

STREET RECALL bull -- w

OWNER _ MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM ttd PHONE DIST i ^ ~lt

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DRIVERS POLICE CONST

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CENTREDALE FmE DKPT FIRE REPORT

DATE 9j_jL 19 TIME OUT

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OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY Sflttfc CAUSE

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COMPANIES RESPONDED LraquoftlgtPEK

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REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENC3NE LADDER CO reg

DRIVE POLICE CONST

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE

STREET

OWNER

OCCUPIED BY

BOX ALARM

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

REPORT OF FIRE

TIME OUT

RECALL

MAKE OF FIRE

CAUSE

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MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

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DRIVERS POLICE CONST s

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE - lt 19

STREET

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Tank Explosion Hurls Chemical

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offishyehetftfcal

eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

of highderoand is a

pipgts to a five-naUlbtHK

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1-Bulletm Photo by MICHAEL J B KELLY j

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

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REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

J

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CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

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DATE - 3 pound 194 7 TIMEOUT ^-J^7

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DATE lt 19 SQ TIME OUT d 0 4 1

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO

DATE V2^ 197O TIME OUT pound 3 j fjtr) ^tshy

STREET A7 ^i~7Z^ i ^i^t^J^ RECALL 1Sj 4 l^ l in f

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OFFICER ON PUMP v-^ OFFICER ON LADD e CALL RECEIVED IN CHARGE ^ poundfaj KM

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY K NIGHT

NO ) V

DATE 5Y 4 19 70 TIME OUT pound laquo i ^^ f

STREET reggtl TH 5T RECALL 9f fr ^

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE V - Jl yl 19 2V

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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C bull f fifty C f

0

I pound

Fshy

REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

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REMARKS

Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

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Equipment lost or found

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Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

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CENTREDALE FmE DKPT FIRE REPORT

DATE 9j_jL 19 TIME OUT

STREET laquo TH RECALL A)

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY Sflttfc CAUSE

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REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENC3NE LADDER CO reg

DRIVE POLICE CONST

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE

STREET

OWNER

OCCUPIED BY

BOX ALARM

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

REPORT OF FIRE

TIME OUT

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Tank Explosion Hurls Chemical

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AJraquo explosion of a tank con taining liquid formaldehyde blew out several w indows and a penthouse wall at Metro-Atlan tic Inc a i North Providence chemical firin yesterday spreading ftp chemical over a

offishyehetftfcal

eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

of highderoand is a

pipgts to a five-naUlbtHK

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1-Bulletm Photo by MICHAEL J B KELLY j

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

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REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

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J

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NO

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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C bull f fifty C f

0

I pound

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REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

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REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

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D

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REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE

STREET

OWNER

OCCUPIED BY

BOX ALARM

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

REPORT OF FIRE

TIME OUT

RECALL

MAKE OF FIRE

CAUSE

DIST

1-12

BOOSTER

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO CO f

7 Lshy6 ^ gt ^SUK^

amp

DRIVERS POLICE CONST s

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE - lt 19

STREET

OWNER

OCCUPIED BY

BOX ALARM

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

PHONE

NO

TIME OUT

RECALL_

MAKE OP FIRE

CAT1SE

HOSE 2-l2

LADDERS

REPORT OF FIRE

PUMP USED

BOOSTER

__ LIGHTS

JU JM -poundjUJi0

ENGINE CO

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

LADDER CO

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

c

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CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

Tank Explosion Hurls Chemical

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AJraquo explosion of a tank con taining liquid formaldehyde blew out several w indows and a penthouse wall at Metro-Atlan tic Inc a i North Providence chemical firin yesterday spreading ftp chemical over a

offishyehetftfcal

eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

of highderoand is a

pipgts to a five-naUlbtHK

raquoin Street Rehoboth A family of j~| bull - bull - bull bdquo -

1-Bulletm Photo by MICHAEL J B KELLY j

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

J

amp M^r gtJ

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT NO

DATE - 3 pound 194 7 TIMEOUT ^-J^7

STREET Ccngt gt^tX^-gt ampGampA~dLs RECALL 7 iy$ V^

OWNER X MAKE OF FIRE ^^^3 _ ^^

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM PHONE ^^ DIST O^cT

COMPANIES RESPONDED cpound

EQUIPMENT USED JampCLi^ jQf~pound - nrRV 2-12 f

1-12

BOOSTER ^TD ^

LADDERS PUMP USED r^5gtnlaquo-^d LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

I I

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO

DRIVERS

J M

Vj (M^S t-^1-tlt t-t-lt-Xr

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

rj~~NO

DATE lt 19 SQ TIME OUT d 0 4 1

STREET Sxy FV S 7 RECALL ^ ^f 4 S

OWNER - O 47 A raquo gt T C MAKE OF FIRE poundampsv OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

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BOX ALARM PHONE t^ DIST f^sf^t gt

COMPANIES RESPONDED poundAf it -

EQUIPMENT USED )gt W gt HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIBE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

jf

f

r

-5 DRIVERS POLICE CONST

raquo 0 j v r

OFFICER ON PUAipf Aft OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

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Companies responding x bull9shy

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

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Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

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Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE - lt 19

STREET

OWNER

OCCUPIED BY

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COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED

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NO

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REPORT OF FIRE

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Tank Explosion Hurls Chemical

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offishyehetftfcal

eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

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DATE 5Y 4 19 70 TIME OUT pound laquo i ^^ f

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

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3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

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[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

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REMARKS

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JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

Tank Explosion Hurls Chemical

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offishyehetftfcal

eh -internally the pure chem

s fatal officials said persons one about

-mile way when the occurred at 3 05 pm were

_ at Roger Williams GenshyerajU hospital after what was described as a giant mushshyroom of formaldehyde and rust particles settled to the ground

Steven lozzi 14 of 8 Justice St Korth Providence whowas playing in tee St Lawrence

1 yard and Richard I 43 laquo) 5 Falmouth Road

ltJn lt$to was in a Centre-dale parking lot were treated at the hospital for contact with the chemical

TtHces of the yellow dust traveled in a southeasterly dishyrection from the plant at 2072

Smith St in the Centredale section Some particles were found as far as the Allendale Baptist Church about a half- mile away

The explosion was reported tov

have shaken buildings in the im- mediate area nd could heard half-mile away

A company spokesman sa the explosion occurred when a deiiveryman mistook a full tank of formaldehyde for an empty oneThe continued pressure of the pumping caused Hie top oi the tank to blow off The tank was not shattered and the deshyliveryman was not hurt the spokesman said

A number of persons reportshyedly called police shortly after the blast complaining that they had come in contact with the chemical dust They were told the chemical would cause minor skin irritation if not ashed off immediately police said

Chief John P Murphy of Censhytredale Fire Company said the blast blew out several third-floor windows on the east side of

chemical plant where the

tank was located and the east wall of a small penthouse on the roof of the three-story building (

Joseph BuonannOj Jr assistshyant company manager said the blast caused no injuries and aside from the tank did not damage equipment An estishymate of the building damage had hot been made last night -Chief- Murphy who tour

the area (af(ergtthe explosion with state and food and drug specialist nd Sit Godin assistant itaW fire marshyshal said the laquoact cays laquof the explosionlife not heen off icially determined bull

One resident Edward Ricci of 427 George Waterman Rd Johnston said Jie was home when thpound blast occurred He said he thought it was overhead and bull my whole-h^Aiie

ChiefMuiphy f -bull----- just

house fife -at Spring Avef about a quarter-mile away when they heard thet blast Jthdsom1 firefighter re-1

ported seeing the yellow cfauamp of dust

The fire company went dishyrectly to the chemical plant the chief said

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

of highderoand is a

pipgts to a five-naUlbtHK

raquoin Street Rehoboth A family of j~| bull - bull - bull bdquo -

1-Bulletm Photo by MICHAEL J B KELLY j

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

J

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DATE - 3 pound 194 7 TIMEOUT ^-J^7

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NO

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STREET A7 ^i~7Z^ i ^i^t^J^ RECALL 1Sj 4 l^ l in f

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY K NIGHT

NO ) V

DATE 5Y 4 19 70 TIME OUT pound laquo i ^^ f

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE V - Jl yl 19 2V

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CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO ^

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DRIVERS POLICE CONST

fa t f

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CALL RECEIVED IN CHARGE _1_

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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C bull f fifty C f

0

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REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

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REMARKS

Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

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deg lt _ Q

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D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

Other fires included a two- ( Vy alarm blaze in Fall River that made two families homeless yesterday afternoon and damshyaged a clothing store on the ground level a fire that heavily damaged a Century-old duplex home on the Horton Dairy Farm 118 Plain St Rehoboth last night and a fire in a three-story wooden-frame apartment building at 40 Merchant St Newport this morning that left ^f4pg11 persons homeless

The tank collapse in Paw- ^^ tuoket occurred about 430 artL Joseph Cziar plant foreman and a rew of 12 at one shut off Incoming wives to the fink Fromthat mpinent on nothing

lapsed from ^iSturalfJUliuJ because ofage-anl the intense I

laquot oil

tltv _ ment the naturaJJgas pupply during a heavy drain such as occurs in zero weather This is

said o soaring

of highderoand is a

pipgts to a five-naUlbtHK

raquoin Street Rehoboth A family of j~| bull - bull - bull bdquo -

1-Bulletm Photo by MICHAEL J B KELLY j

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FmE REPORT

DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM^_ PHONE DIST_

COMPANIES RESPONDED

EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

J

amp M^r gtJ

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT NO

DATE - 3 pound 194 7 TIMEOUT ^-J^7

STREET Ccngt gt^tX^-gt ampGampA~dLs RECALL 7 iy$ V^

OWNER X MAKE OF FIRE ^^^3 _ ^^

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM PHONE ^^ DIST O^cT

COMPANIES RESPONDED cpound

EQUIPMENT USED JampCLi^ jQf~pound - nrRV 2-12 f

1-12

BOOSTER ^TD ^

LADDERS PUMP USED r^5gtnlaquo-^d LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

I I

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO

DRIVERS

J M

Vj (M^S t-^1-tlt t-t-lt-Xr

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

rj~~NO

DATE lt 19 SQ TIME OUT d 0 4 1

STREET Sxy FV S 7 RECALL ^ ^f 4 S

OWNER - O 47 A raquo gt T C MAKE OF FIRE poundampsv OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

r-

BOX ALARM PHONE t^ DIST f^sf^t gt

COMPANIES RESPONDED poundAf it -

EQUIPMENT USED )gt W gt HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIBE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

jf

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

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fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

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3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

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[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

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Equipment lost or found

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

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3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

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Working time of pumper lt

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Equipment lost or found

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Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

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Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

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District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

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Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

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Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

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Estimated loss -ishy

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DATE Li tf 19 TIME OUT

STREET RECALL TREE

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

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NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

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3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

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C bull f fifty C f

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REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

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[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

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Hose lines laid ft line in hose

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Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

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Officer in Charge

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Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

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FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

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D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

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NO

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NO ) V

DATE 5Y 4 19 70 TIME OUT pound laquo i ^^ f

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CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE __Ll

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE V - Jl yl 19 2V

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1-12

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LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

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ENGINE CO LADDER CO

L f US

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

7~ - i -L

^-fOFFICER ON PUMP OFFICER ON LADDE JCALL RECEIVED BY m CHARGED

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO ^

DATEtpound V f W TIME OUT 9 ltbull - 7

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1-12

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REPORT OF FIRE

mdash ^ ^ 7 f

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DRIVERS POLICE CONST

fa t f

s~gt OFFICER ON PUMP C X- OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED IN CHARGE _1_

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

y

C bull f fifty C f

0

I pound

Fshy

REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

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bullgtX-5U

7

T

REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

rj~~NO

DATE lt 19 SQ TIME OUT d 0 4 1

STREET Sxy FV S 7 RECALL ^ ^f 4 S

OWNER - O 47 A raquo gt T C MAKE OF FIRE poundampsv OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

r-

BOX ALARM PHONE t^ DIST f^sf^t gt

COMPANIES RESPONDED poundAf it -

EQUIPMENT USED )gt W gt HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIBE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

jf

f

r

-5 DRIVERS POLICE CONST

raquo 0 j v r

OFFICER ON PUAipf Aft OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO

DATE V2^ 197O TIME OUT pound 3 j fjtr) ^tshy

STREET A7 ^i~7Z^ i ^i^t^J^ RECALL 1Sj 4 l^ l in f

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE ^gt^ L

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM PHONE r DE5T -77 A

COMPANIES RESPONDED_ii^=laquo

EQUIPMENT USED ~gtt^gt^i lt HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

OFFICER ON PUMP v-^ OFFICER ON LADD e CALL RECEIVED IN CHARGE ^ poundfaj KM

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY K NIGHT

NO ) V

DATE 5Y 4 19 70 TIME OUT pound laquo i ^^ f

STREET reggtl TH 5T RECALL 9f fr ^

OWNER V^ rX w 72 ytftgt C MAKE OP FIRE f ) bull - gt

OCCUPIED BY CA11SF C^

BOX ALARM 1 2 3 2- PHONE DIST lt2poundllt

COMPANIES RESPONDED ENpound 1 ~2 $ H O S lt 1

EQUIPMENT USED 1 9 1 k C 9o I^ HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER SO

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE ^ - gt Dfum 1 ft^ flaquo lt^ IWi dreuro A v u o w U fdegT PwT OUT

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MEN THAT REPORTED TO EIRE

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DRIVERS POLICE CONST

r

OFFICER ON PUMP L Ag (fit) OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE __Ll

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE V - Jl yl 19 2V

STREET i v gtpound21 ^pound7

OWNER

DAY NIGHT ^

NO 33

TIME OUT tV y f p f

RECALLi Vf ^ ^ ^shy

MAKE OF FIRE fc~4~ ^ lt hW

OCCUPIED BY Pf gt4 -ltf3- ^ - ^Llaquoy 1 CAUSE

BOX ALARM PHONE x^ DKT- s^fr rOMPANTFS RERPONDED ^ ^ xA bdquo gt

EQUIPMENT USED 0 HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

L f US

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

7~ - i -L

^-fOFFICER ON PUMP OFFICER ON LADDE JCALL RECEIVED BY m CHARGED

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO ^

DATEtpound V f W TIME OUT 9 ltbull - 7

STREET O bullV 7 SJ ^ S RECALL - 0 r+(

OWNER Sf ~ ~ A C f J v T C MAKE OF FIRE O^ - - T

OCCUPIED BY 844 ^^O ^ CAUSE lN SWQ

BOX ALARM PHONE - ^^ DBT ^ bull

COMPANIES RESPONDED gtV^ -^ EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER tgt O

LADDERS PUMP USED C ATVV LIOITS

REPORT OF FIRE

mdash ^ ^ 7 f

- MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENCHNE CO laquo LADDER CO 2 S

f 0 C

f amp

1deg

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

fa t f

s~gt OFFICER ON PUMP C X- OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED IN CHARGE _1_

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

y

C bull f fifty C f

0

I pound

Fshy

REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

yshyo ^ zr

bullgtX-5U

7

T

REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO

DATE V2^ 197O TIME OUT pound 3 j fjtr) ^tshy

STREET A7 ^i~7Z^ i ^i^t^J^ RECALL 1Sj 4 l^ l in f

OWNER MAKE OF FIRE ^gt^ L

OCCUPIED BY CAUSE

BOX ALARM PHONE r DE5T -77 A

COMPANIES RESPONDED_ii^=laquo

EQUIPMENT USED ~gtt^gt^i lt HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

OFFICER ON PUMP v-^ OFFICER ON LADD e CALL RECEIVED IN CHARGE ^ poundfaj KM

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY K NIGHT

NO ) V

DATE 5Y 4 19 70 TIME OUT pound laquo i ^^ f

STREET reggtl TH 5T RECALL 9f fr ^

OWNER V^ rX w 72 ytftgt C MAKE OP FIRE f ) bull - gt

OCCUPIED BY CA11SF C^

BOX ALARM 1 2 3 2- PHONE DIST lt2poundllt

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EQUIPMENT USED 1 9 1 k C 9o I^ HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER SO

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE ^ - gt Dfum 1 ft^ flaquo lt^ IWi dreuro A v u o w U fdegT PwT OUT

To

MEN THAT REPORTED TO EIRE

ENGINE CO CO

3-W o l i o -bull P

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

r

OFFICER ON PUMP L Ag (fit) OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE __Ll

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE V - Jl yl 19 2V

STREET i v gtpound21 ^pound7

OWNER

DAY NIGHT ^

NO 33

TIME OUT tV y f p f

RECALLi Vf ^ ^ ^shy

MAKE OF FIRE fc~4~ ^ lt hW

OCCUPIED BY Pf gt4 -ltf3- ^ - ^Llaquoy 1 CAUSE

BOX ALARM PHONE x^ DKT- s^fr rOMPANTFS RERPONDED ^ ^ xA bdquo gt

EQUIPMENT USED 0 HOSE 2-12

1-12

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LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

L f US

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

7~ - i -L

^-fOFFICER ON PUMP OFFICER ON LADDE JCALL RECEIVED BY m CHARGED

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO ^

DATEtpound V f W TIME OUT 9 ltbull - 7

STREET O bullV 7 SJ ^ S RECALL - 0 r+(

OWNER Sf ~ ~ A C f J v T C MAKE OF FIRE O^ - - T

OCCUPIED BY 844 ^^O ^ CAUSE lN SWQ

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COMPANIES RESPONDED gtV^ -^ EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER tgt O

LADDERS PUMP USED C ATVV LIOITS

REPORT OF FIRE

mdash ^ ^ 7 f

- MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENCHNE CO laquo LADDER CO 2 S

f 0 C

f amp

1deg

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

fa t f

s~gt OFFICER ON PUMP C X- OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED IN CHARGE _1_

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

y

C bull f fifty C f

0

I pound

Fshy

REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

yshyo ^ zr

bullgtX-5U

7

T

REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY K NIGHT

NO ) V

DATE 5Y 4 19 70 TIME OUT pound laquo i ^^ f

STREET reggtl TH 5T RECALL 9f fr ^

OWNER V^ rX w 72 ytftgt C MAKE OP FIRE f ) bull - gt

OCCUPIED BY CA11SF C^

BOX ALARM 1 2 3 2- PHONE DIST lt2poundllt

COMPANIES RESPONDED ENpound 1 ~2 $ H O S lt 1

EQUIPMENT USED 1 9 1 k C 9o I^ HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER SO

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE ^ - gt Dfum 1 ft^ flaquo lt^ IWi dreuro A v u o w U fdegT PwT OUT

To

MEN THAT REPORTED TO EIRE

ENGINE CO CO

3-W o l i o -bull P

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

r

OFFICER ON PUMP L Ag (fit) OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED BY IN CHARGE __Ll

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE V - Jl yl 19 2V

STREET i v gtpound21 ^pound7

OWNER

DAY NIGHT ^

NO 33

TIME OUT tV y f p f

RECALLi Vf ^ ^ ^shy

MAKE OF FIRE fc~4~ ^ lt hW

OCCUPIED BY Pf gt4 -ltf3- ^ - ^Llaquoy 1 CAUSE

BOX ALARM PHONE x^ DKT- s^fr rOMPANTFS RERPONDED ^ ^ xA bdquo gt

EQUIPMENT USED 0 HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

L f US

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

7~ - i -L

^-fOFFICER ON PUMP OFFICER ON LADDE JCALL RECEIVED BY m CHARGED

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO ^

DATEtpound V f W TIME OUT 9 ltbull - 7

STREET O bullV 7 SJ ^ S RECALL - 0 r+(

OWNER Sf ~ ~ A C f J v T C MAKE OF FIRE O^ - - T

OCCUPIED BY 844 ^^O ^ CAUSE lN SWQ

BOX ALARM PHONE - ^^ DBT ^ bull

COMPANIES RESPONDED gtV^ -^ EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER tgt O

LADDERS PUMP USED C ATVV LIOITS

REPORT OF FIRE

mdash ^ ^ 7 f

- MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENCHNE CO laquo LADDER CO 2 S

f 0 C

f amp

1deg

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

fa t f

s~gt OFFICER ON PUMP C X- OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED IN CHARGE _1_

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

y

C bull f fifty C f

0

I pound

Fshy

REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

yshyo ^ zr

bullgtX-5U

7

T

REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT

DATE V - Jl yl 19 2V

STREET i v gtpound21 ^pound7

OWNER

DAY NIGHT ^

NO 33

TIME OUT tV y f p f

RECALLi Vf ^ ^ ^shy

MAKE OF FIRE fc~4~ ^ lt hW

OCCUPIED BY Pf gt4 -ltf3- ^ - ^Llaquoy 1 CAUSE

BOX ALARM PHONE x^ DKT- s^fr rOMPANTFS RERPONDED ^ ^ xA bdquo gt

EQUIPMENT USED 0 HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER

LADDERS PUMP USED LIGHTS

REPORT OF FIRE

MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENGINE CO LADDER CO

L f US

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

7~ - i -L

^-fOFFICER ON PUMP OFFICER ON LADDE JCALL RECEIVED BY m CHARGED

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO ^

DATEtpound V f W TIME OUT 9 ltbull - 7

STREET O bullV 7 SJ ^ S RECALL - 0 r+(

OWNER Sf ~ ~ A C f J v T C MAKE OF FIRE O^ - - T

OCCUPIED BY 844 ^^O ^ CAUSE lN SWQ

BOX ALARM PHONE - ^^ DBT ^ bull

COMPANIES RESPONDED gtV^ -^ EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER tgt O

LADDERS PUMP USED C ATVV LIOITS

REPORT OF FIRE

mdash ^ ^ 7 f

- MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENCHNE CO laquo LADDER CO 2 S

f 0 C

f amp

1deg

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

fa t f

s~gt OFFICER ON PUMP C X- OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED IN CHARGE _1_

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

y

C bull f fifty C f

0

I pound

Fshy

REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

yshyo ^ zr

bullgtX-5U

7

T

REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

CENTREDALE FIRE DEPT FIRE REPORT DAY NIGHT

NO ^

DATEtpound V f W TIME OUT 9 ltbull - 7

STREET O bullV 7 SJ ^ S RECALL - 0 r+(

OWNER Sf ~ ~ A C f J v T C MAKE OF FIRE O^ - - T

OCCUPIED BY 844 ^^O ^ CAUSE lN SWQ

BOX ALARM PHONE - ^^ DBT ^ bull

COMPANIES RESPONDED gtV^ -^ EQUIPMENT USED HOSE 2-12

1-12

BOOSTER tgt O

LADDERS PUMP USED C ATVV LIOITS

REPORT OF FIRE

mdash ^ ^ 7 f

- MEN THAT REPORTED TO FIRE

ENCHNE CO laquo LADDER CO 2 S

f 0 C

f amp

1deg

DRIVERS POLICE CONST

fa t f

s~gt OFFICER ON PUMP C X- OFFICER ON LADDER

CALL RECEIVED IN CHARGE _1_

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

y

C bull f fifty C f

0

I pound

Fshy

REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

yshyo ^ zr

bullgtX-5U

7

T

REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L fft~J Company No Report No

District f 3ampDate Time alarm was received ~

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone bull_ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ltpounddegM Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Q Fire in brush or grass

Pumper laquo GPM FICATION fj Fire in rubbish near buildingQ Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank laquo gals

3raquo J

Check the n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck fj Other fire outdoors False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) $(

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam 112 -inch

Loaded Stream 2Vfe-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding o or

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

y

C bull f fifty C f

0

I pound

Fshy

REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

yshyo ^ zr

bullgtX-5U

7

T

REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- Craquoft ltolaquoxlt$

y

C bull f fifty C f

0

I pound

Fshy

REMARKS

D Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

yshyo ^ zr

bullgtX-5U

7

T

REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No VT (I v

District

Date ^~ 19 Time alarm was received gtQ M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone _ Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of ^ f

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at A- M Miles traveled

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy rj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper SJJ~Q GPM FICATION 0 Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank poundiQS gals

[J Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the fj Other fire outdoors ^j False alarm proper square fj Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam li2-inch

Loaded Stream 2 -inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

t tJa^JLJUi^JtJk No Type Total Feet

J-t^JU^Jjtshymdash -^

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding x bull9shy

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

yshyo ^ zr

bullgtX-5U

7

T

REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM

fSu Q J

yshyo ^ zr

bullgtX-5U

7

T

REMARKS

Officer in Charge

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

_- _^yen w t y ^L lt7 ^ _

Vacant Plant Ruined By Fire in Centredale

A fire believed set damshyaged two floors of the annex of the vacant Metro Atlantic Chemical building in the downtown Centredale section of North Providence last night causing a traffic jam along Route 44 for about half an hour

The flames spotted by a passing motorist on Route 44

about 830 pm were leaping on the ground floor and baseshyment windows of an office annex and spreading to a four-story tower adjoining the main building when firemen arrived minutes later

About 80 permanent and volshyunteer firemen from compashynies in Marieville Centredalp Fruit Hill and Lymansville

battled the blaze for about an hour before bringing it under control

North Providence Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the main concern of the firemen was to cut the fire off before It reached the main building ltv j^ bullity

The building bad been pari tiaJly in use a month gQbut was said to have been corn-p 1 e t e 1 y abandoned ihce There are qp chemicals at the site now -

M e t r o Associates top owners of the building have a request for a zoning exception pending before the zoning board of review They want to tear down the structures and build a twin-tower 10-story apartment building deriy

The walls ceiling of the all-wooden of were heavily charred on first two floors The tower also received some damage

Chief Morrissey said fires apparently were started in the basement and on the iViain floor He said there was no electric current in the buildshying

He said the building apshyparently had become a Jiangshyout for youths There were peace symbols all over Hie place he said

The firemen had the blaze completely out about 15 minshyutes after getting it under control

North Providence police after the initial tie-up divertshyed traffic in both directions along Waterman Road and the Oentredale by-pass for about 45 minutep

The partners in the Metro Associates firm are Joseph Buonanno of Narragansett Edward W Ricci of Provishydence and Centredale Propershyties Corp whose partners are Peter Arden of Franklin Mass and John Rao Jr of Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

Company No Report No ^- ^

District lt bull Oti t~

Date s X ^ mdash Time alarm was received w M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone lt v Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters akC-^v f M Miles traveled

pound5 Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper GPM n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank gals

n Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False alarm

proper square rj Other fire outdoorsn Fire in vehicle in street

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number)

Cause of fire vT^i ViT^f gtT

General description of building or occupancy

Owner of building

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam J iy2 -mch -j^rc Loaded Stream v 2Vamp-inch or larger rco Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

ltbull No Type Total Feet

SiTS Aerial

frsc rtjf- J Over 35 ft 70

3 Short ladders Jff

Hose lines laid ^00 ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper lt

hrs mm

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding lt - 6 shy

Estimated loss

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

ltbull- MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- - r lt-lt (-

f j O pound v i

bullltbull

deg lt _ Q

- lt o_ j

D

D

REMARKS

TO

JLLL Officer in Charge

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

Explosion and Fire Light Up Centredale

A n explosion-punctuated fire destroyed two storage buildings and heavily damshyaged a third early today at the closed Metro-Atlantic Chemical Dye Works plant in the Centredale section of North Providence

First reported at 1249 am the fire wrecked two of the structures within five minshyutes

A general alarm was sigshynalled bringing 20 fire trucks and 200 firefighters from North Providence and surshyrounding coumunities

1 ocal officials said the state fire marshal would be asked to investigate

for about a year Plans were being made to tear it down and erect twin tower apartshyments for the elderly but the proposal was tabled until the towns newly-created Redevelshyopment Agency decides what direction urban renewal will take in the business district

On July 9 fire damaged two floors of a wooden annex to the plants main building At that time Fire Chief Joseph T Morrissey said the site was apparently a hangout for youths Two weeks ago he told the town council that the buildings were a fire hazard and ought to be razed

The blaze today was knocked

down within half an hour U firemen stayed lor three houi Area residents left the homes to watch a wall c flame 100 feet high

The initial alarm was givei by Patrolman Angelo Roton- do who wltas cruising in the downtown area Seeing a glow he went to check

When I got there I saw wall of flames the police man said Just as I was calt ing headquarters the wholi place went up There were three explosions The heal was terrific

Early watchers said they saw 50-gallon drums blown 150 feet by the first explosion Some o f f - d u l gt f i i en id i heard the blrists and l o f t then homes without waiting for the general alarm

John Murphy town superinshytendent of fire alarms said he was watching a late movie on television heard the exploshysions and thought at first it was thunder

I looked out the front door and all Centredale was lightshyed Mr Murphy said

The f i re appaiently s ta l led in a 50-by-50 foot cinder block building once used for cleanshying used steel barrels It spread to a wood frame storage building Roth were destroyed and an adjacent

Turn to Page 10 Col 6

Fire

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department

Company Run Report

Gt^Ti^nJjvL^ Company No ^ Report No l-l

District TEmLLE

Date poundbull29 1972 Time alarm was received 19AM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone )pound Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at $laquo 5 AM Miles traveled 57

S Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 12-50 GPM fj Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM fj Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

G Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck ltCheck the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm

Fire in vehicle in street CODE RED

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITH -SI1

Cause of fire UNDERINVESTAGATION

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP YACAHTUJLL

Owner of building METBQ-ASSBCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1-inch

Foam bull li2-inch T^O Loaded Stream 5 2V2-inch or larger 850 Carbon Dioxide T 1nrraquoVi 1 no Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

1 Aerial

Over 35 ft ^

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper 2 nrs- ^0 rnin

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENGraquoi j 4SALADiillZt-pound12 JQHNfCQNLAlDERI JOHNSTON ENG 8 SMITHPIELD ENG 2 amp TANKER 1 HARMONY BMsect 4

Estimated loss -ishy

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM 1)1 GJILO LT PI GUTIQ

LT SALISBURY

V I SALISBURY

J KOLLO F RQTELLA

W ROY A

C T T-3HiriGTON J 0 CHARf-OTTER

E C M JR F

J KURPHY SR

J BOREK

J LANE

JEFF MURPHY

fl PAQgET

K MIDDLETON

G BULPITT

D MARCIANO

R IAFRATE

H DAHBY

B PI GUILO

P RUGGIANO

T RUSSO

T PERNA

Rraquo PARENTEAU

KARTELL

REMARKS 1JARREL a coPLTELY FROM 55 GAL DRUMS NO INJURIES PTYTTJG TJTO RTIS^WKS-i PI^THICT

ALL EAP03URES COVERED

T JLO Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L^XLJliDALEompany No 2-50 Report No HQ

District GKNEBHBALK Date sectpound 19 7 Time alarm was received 5laquofl5A

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone X Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at Mf on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ^vjgt^fJM Miles traveled o

Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 1250 GPM Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5PP gals

Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the False alarm

proper square Other fire outdoors DFire in vehicle in street S TI JIi ALARM

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITHST

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP

Owner of building JWETBQASSQSIATB8

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1 1-inch 100

Foam iy2-inch

Loaded Stream 2^-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs 10 min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding

Estimated loss A

(over)

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

L^XLJliDALEompany No 2-50 Report No HQ

District GKNEBHBALK Date sectpound 19 7 Time alarm was received 5laquofl5A

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone X Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at Mf on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at ^vjgt^fJM Miles traveled o

Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- Fire in brush or grass

FICATION Pumper 1250 GPM Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5PP gals

Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the False alarm

proper square Other fire outdoors DFire in vehicle in street S TI JIi ALARM

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITHST

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupancy BARRELSHOP

Owner of building JWETBQASSQSIATB8

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks 1 1-inch 100

Foam iy2-inch

Loaded Stream 2^-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs 10 min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding

Estimated loss A

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM- criur PI GUIIO P BURSIE

ROY

G BULPITT

F PFLLAND

REMARKS- SMALL BREAKOUT IN BUBNSD OUT BARREL SHOP

W R O Y Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

RePdegrt NoCKNIERDALE Company No 255 - -1-2-2-3

District CENTSflflALE Date 9r 1972 Time alarm was received X0 5A M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone X Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at H kGQA(- Miles traveled j

fj] Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper 1250 GPM FICATION n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM n Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank JCQQ gals

Q Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False

proper square fj Other fire outdoors alarm Fire in vehicle in street IIT7B3TOATIPN

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) 3HITHST

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupanc

Owner of building METRO ASSO

y BARREL SHOP

CIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type

Pump Tanks

Foam

Loaded Stream

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical

No

No

Size

1-inch

iy2 -inch

2 -inch or larg

LADDERS U

Type

Aerial

er

SED

Total Feet

Total Feet

No Floor

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper

Equipment lost or found

hrs min

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ~trader

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARMshyCAPT MURPHY

CAPT SALISBURY

LT D7 GUTLO

LT SALISBURY

J MOTTO

B DT ltrIITTQ

T RIISSO T- PRRMA

R PARKNTFAII

REMARKS CALL TO INVE3TGATIONOF SMOKE COMING FROM BARRELS

PLUS PROPANE GAS TANK LEAKING

CHIEF DI GUILO Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

RePdegrt NoCKNIERDALE Company No 255 - -1-2-2-3

District CENTSflflALE Date 9r 1972 Time alarm was received X0 5A M

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone X Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at H kGQA(- Miles traveled j

fj] Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSI- fj Fire in brush or grass

Pumper 1250 GPM FICATION n Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency OF ALARM n Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank JCQQ gals

Q Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D False

proper square fj Other fire outdoors alarm Fire in vehicle in street IIT7B3TOATIPN

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) 3HITHST

Cause of fire

General description of building or occupanc

Owner of building METRO ASSO

y BARREL SHOP

CIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type

Pump Tanks

Foam

Loaded Stream

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical

No

No

Size

1-inch

iy2 -inch

2 -inch or larg

LADDERS U

Type

Aerial

er

SED

Total Feet

Total Feet

No Floor

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper

Equipment lost or found

hrs min

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ~trader

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARMshyCAPT MURPHY

CAPT SALISBURY

LT D7 GUTLO

LT SALISBURY

J MOTTO

B DT ltrIITTQ

T RIISSO T- PRRMA

R PARKNTFAII

REMARKS CALL TO INVE3TGATIONOF SMOKE COMING FROM BARRELS

PLUS PROPANE GAS TANK LEAKING

CHIEF DI GUILO Officer in Charge

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARMshyCAPT MURPHY

CAPT SALISBURY

LT D7 GUTLO

LT SALISBURY

J MOTTO

B DT ltrIITTQ

T RIISSO T- PRRMA

R PARKNTFAII

REMARKS CALL TO INVE3TGATIONOF SMOKE COMING FROM BARRELS

PLUS PROPANE GAS TANK LEAKING

CHIEF DI GUILO Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Department Company Run Report

No 353 Report No 1793

District CENTERDALE

Date ll 29 ^ 72 Tme aarm was received QAOJLM

Alarm from Box No Headquarters by phone CARI Other (described)

Reported to cover Company No at M on authority of

Ordered Home by at M In quarters at y^ryik M Miles traveled c

fj Fire in building Alarm Where EQUIPMENT RESPONDED There Was No Fire WITH CLASSIshy fj Fire in brush or grass

FICATION G Fire in rubbish near buildingD Rescue or emergency Pumper 12-50 GPM OF ALARM Q Fire in rubbish in vacant lot D Needless call Booster tank 5QO gals

rj Fire in a dump D Accidental alarm Ladder truck Check the D Fa|

proper square fj Other fire outdoors se alarm fj Fire in vehicle in street IANKPIRE

Location of fire or origin of alarm (street and number) SMITHST

Cause of fire CUTTING TORCH

General description of building or occupancy OLD METRO ATLANTI-C

Owner of building METRO ASSOCIATES

Owners address

EXTINGUISHERS USED HOSE LINES USED SALVAGE COVERS USED

No Type No Size Total Feet No Floor

Pump Tanks

Foam 1 1-inch

112 -inch 0

Loaded Stream 2^-inch or larger

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical LADDERS USED

No Type Total Feet

Aerial

Over 35 ft

Short ladders

Hose lines laid ft line in hose

ft line in hose

Working time of pumper hrs 20 min

Equipment lost or found

Equipment damaged or destroyed

Companies responding ENG

Estimated loss

(over)

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM CArT SALISDUnY

LT DI GUILO J HOLLO

B DI GUILO

J BOREK

B BEANLAND

F ROTELLA

REMARKS CAR I CABLED JN FIRS AT METRO FOR BNG T

IN VAT TAHK MAN CUTTINQ WITH A TOROH

J MOLLO Officer in Charge

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENT Company Alarm 551 N P File 2291

Date-MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received 5l 5^ P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service M

Time hack at station OlOl P M

RADTOAlarm received bv Box Phone Other iwrih)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST SET

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy Owners bulllaquolaquogt ATLANTIC SITE

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q| Fire in building Code Red Q] Rescue or emergency

Q] Fire in dwelling Code Yellow Q| Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue Q Lockout

Fire in rubbish Q] Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical

Foam

Pump Cans

Brooms

Other (Describe)

TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED

10 Booster 1

li2 Inch Hose

212 Inch Hose

3 Inch Hose

Other (Describe)

LADDERS USED

Aerial

Over 35 Feet

Under 35 Feet

SALVAGE COVERS

Number Used

Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies resp9nding

Engines(s)_ Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT C SALISBURY

A HOY

E rELUND

T HUS30

D BAZZLE

R RATTIER

D HOUDE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CHIEF K DI GIULIO

D POSTIN

T PERN A

P BOTKLLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS SMALL PILE OP BRUSH A WOOD N1AB RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN

IN METROS YARD

f Lu SIGNED Bgti

PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CuMI- V A Company Alarm - 567 N P File

Date 11 MONTH DAY YEAR

F 9Time alarm received M Number of miles traveled fc

PTime back in service ^ 5o M

Time hark at station M-l 5Q P M

XX Alarm received by Box Phone Other rnesrriha)

Location of alarm (Street and Numhert SMIIH 3T ( METRO ATLANTIC )

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Q Code Red fj Rescue or emergency

Q] Fire in dwelling [XpCCode Yellow fj] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

Fire in rubbish fj Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical

Foam

Pump Cans

Brooms

Other (Describe)

TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED

50 Booster

112 Inch Hose

2i2 Inch Hose

3 Inch Hose

Other (Describe)

LADDERS USED

Aerial

Over 35 Feet i

Under 35 Feet

SALVAGE COVERS

Number Used

Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S)

CAPT C SALISBURY

W HOY

E PELLAND

G KENNAWAY

D POHTIN

D MABCIANO

J BOREK

D BAZZLE

T PERNA

VEHICLE

LADDER(S) RESCUE

STATION ON SCENE

CHIEF E DI GIULIO

CAPT J MURPHY

P HOTELLA

REMARKS CALL FOR BRUSH AT METRO FIRE WAS AT JOHNSTON ACROSS

RISER CALLED JOHNSTON FIRE ALARM WE USED BOOSTER BEFORE THEY

GOT THERE

SIGNED BY

CAPT C SALISBURY PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Comoanv WV^ ^V7

Company Alarm SRM N P File ^ deg37^

MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received F M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service

Time hank at station i 20 P

M

M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX other mesrrihe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMTH STlaquo

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy MBTHO ATLANTIC SITE

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Fire in building Code Red Q Rescue or emergency

Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

Fire in rubbish fj Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 50 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies respondinga

Engines(s) L Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CHIEF - i I i LIO

LT rraquo- - - TfJLIO

D FCRH

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

0T TCFJNAAY

T FJI1SSO

R RATHIER

P RUGGIANO

D HOLJDE

W DRAPER

REMARKS SAMLL BRUSH FIRE ON EIVER BANK

SIGNED BY

r irF K l PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company_ Company Alarm _ N P File

Date MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received j bull 1 S M Number of mile traveled 3

Time back in service M

Time hack at station shy P M

Alarm received bv Box Phone

Location of alarm (Street and Number)

5KTTH 3T

Other (Desrrihe)

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address METRO ATLANTIC SITE

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q] Fire in building Q Code Red rj Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling QnJode Yellow L~] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass f Code Blue Q Lockout

Fire in rubbish Q Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 25 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 2 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car JOHNSTON

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT bull ^ shy -

r V M ~ T O

c gt ati

R T nr r T i r TO Dt BAZZLE

PHILLIPS

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CAPT J HURPHY rr T ^JHSTR J r MOLLG

n POM IN P RU^GIANO

bull

F HOTELLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS 2 FT RES OH RIVER 1ANK TO^N OF JOHNSTON

vSIGNED BY

rr ~ PERSON IN CHG

10

1

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENTRED ALE Company Alarm 1 33 N P File 339

Date U1775

Time alarm received 111 5 P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service 11 57 P M

Time back at station jgt | Q7 p M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST

Cause of fire

OLD METRO SITE Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj] Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency OfPf Fire in brush or grass Code Blue rj Lockout

Q Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Qpound Fire in dump rj False alarm

rj Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

1HCarbon Dioxide 400 Booster Aerial

Dry Chemical li2 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _ 30

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s)_2-Lraquo Rescue(s) Carllaquo

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENT Company Alarm 551 N P File 2291

Date-MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received 5l 5^ P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service M

Time hack at station OlOl P M

RADTOAlarm received bv Box Phone Other iwrih)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST SET

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy Owners bulllaquolaquogt ATLANTIC SITE

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q| Fire in building Code Red Q] Rescue or emergency

Q] Fire in dwelling Code Yellow Q| Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue Q Lockout

Fire in rubbish Q] Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical

Foam

Pump Cans

Brooms

Other (Describe)

TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED

10 Booster 1

li2 Inch Hose

212 Inch Hose

3 Inch Hose

Other (Describe)

LADDERS USED

Aerial

Over 35 Feet

Under 35 Feet

SALVAGE COVERS

Number Used

Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies resp9nding

Engines(s)_ Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT C SALISBURY

A HOY

E rELUND

T HUS30

D BAZZLE

R RATTIER

D HOUDE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CHIEF K DI GIULIO

D POSTIN

T PERN A

P BOTKLLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS SMALL PILE OP BRUSH A WOOD N1AB RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN

IN METROS YARD

f Lu SIGNED Bgti

PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CuMI- V A Company Alarm - 567 N P File

Date 11 MONTH DAY YEAR

F 9Time alarm received M Number of miles traveled fc

PTime back in service ^ 5o M

Time hark at station M-l 5Q P M

XX Alarm received by Box Phone Other rnesrriha)

Location of alarm (Street and Numhert SMIIH 3T ( METRO ATLANTIC )

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Q Code Red fj Rescue or emergency

Q] Fire in dwelling [XpCCode Yellow fj] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

Fire in rubbish fj Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical

Foam

Pump Cans

Brooms

Other (Describe)

TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED

50 Booster

112 Inch Hose

2i2 Inch Hose

3 Inch Hose

Other (Describe)

LADDERS USED

Aerial

Over 35 Feet i

Under 35 Feet

SALVAGE COVERS

Number Used

Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S)

CAPT C SALISBURY

W HOY

E PELLAND

G KENNAWAY

D POHTIN

D MABCIANO

J BOREK

D BAZZLE

T PERNA

VEHICLE

LADDER(S) RESCUE

STATION ON SCENE

CHIEF E DI GIULIO

CAPT J MURPHY

P HOTELLA

REMARKS CALL FOR BRUSH AT METRO FIRE WAS AT JOHNSTON ACROSS

RISER CALLED JOHNSTON FIRE ALARM WE USED BOOSTER BEFORE THEY

GOT THERE

SIGNED BY

CAPT C SALISBURY PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Comoanv WV^ ^V7

Company Alarm SRM N P File ^ deg37^

MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received F M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service

Time hank at station i 20 P

M

M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX other mesrrihe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMTH STlaquo

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy MBTHO ATLANTIC SITE

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Fire in building Code Red Q Rescue or emergency

Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

Fire in rubbish fj Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 50 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies respondinga

Engines(s) L Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CHIEF - i I i LIO

LT rraquo- - - TfJLIO

D FCRH

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

0T TCFJNAAY

T FJI1SSO

R RATHIER

P RUGGIANO

D HOLJDE

W DRAPER

REMARKS SAMLL BRUSH FIRE ON EIVER BANK

SIGNED BY

r irF K l PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company_ Company Alarm _ N P File

Date MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received j bull 1 S M Number of mile traveled 3

Time back in service M

Time hack at station shy P M

Alarm received bv Box Phone

Location of alarm (Street and Number)

5KTTH 3T

Other (Desrrihe)

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address METRO ATLANTIC SITE

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q] Fire in building Q Code Red rj Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling QnJode Yellow L~] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass f Code Blue Q Lockout

Fire in rubbish Q Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 25 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 2 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car JOHNSTON

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT bull ^ shy -

r V M ~ T O

c gt ati

R T nr r T i r TO Dt BAZZLE

PHILLIPS

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CAPT J HURPHY rr T ^JHSTR J r MOLLG

n POM IN P RU^GIANO

bull

F HOTELLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS 2 FT RES OH RIVER 1ANK TO^N OF JOHNSTON

vSIGNED BY

rr ~ PERSON IN CHG

10

1

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENTRED ALE Company Alarm 1 33 N P File 339

Date U1775

Time alarm received 111 5 P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service 11 57 P M

Time back at station jgt | Q7 p M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST

Cause of fire

OLD METRO SITE Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj] Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency OfPf Fire in brush or grass Code Blue rj Lockout

Q Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Qpound Fire in dump rj False alarm

rj Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

1HCarbon Dioxide 400 Booster Aerial

Dry Chemical li2 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _ 30

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s)_2-Lraquo Rescue(s) Carllaquo

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT C SALISBURY

A HOY

E rELUND

T HUS30

D BAZZLE

R RATTIER

D HOUDE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CHIEF K DI GIULIO

D POSTIN

T PERN A

P BOTKLLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS SMALL PILE OP BRUSH A WOOD N1AB RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN

IN METROS YARD

f Lu SIGNED Bgti

PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CuMI- V A Company Alarm - 567 N P File

Date 11 MONTH DAY YEAR

F 9Time alarm received M Number of miles traveled fc

PTime back in service ^ 5o M

Time hark at station M-l 5Q P M

XX Alarm received by Box Phone Other rnesrriha)

Location of alarm (Street and Numhert SMIIH 3T ( METRO ATLANTIC )

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Q Code Red fj Rescue or emergency

Q] Fire in dwelling [XpCCode Yellow fj] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

Fire in rubbish fj Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical

Foam

Pump Cans

Brooms

Other (Describe)

TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED

50 Booster

112 Inch Hose

2i2 Inch Hose

3 Inch Hose

Other (Describe)

LADDERS USED

Aerial

Over 35 Feet i

Under 35 Feet

SALVAGE COVERS

Number Used

Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S)

CAPT C SALISBURY

W HOY

E PELLAND

G KENNAWAY

D POHTIN

D MABCIANO

J BOREK

D BAZZLE

T PERNA

VEHICLE

LADDER(S) RESCUE

STATION ON SCENE

CHIEF E DI GIULIO

CAPT J MURPHY

P HOTELLA

REMARKS CALL FOR BRUSH AT METRO FIRE WAS AT JOHNSTON ACROSS

RISER CALLED JOHNSTON FIRE ALARM WE USED BOOSTER BEFORE THEY

GOT THERE

SIGNED BY

CAPT C SALISBURY PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Comoanv WV^ ^V7

Company Alarm SRM N P File ^ deg37^

MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received F M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service

Time hank at station i 20 P

M

M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX other mesrrihe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMTH STlaquo

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy MBTHO ATLANTIC SITE

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Fire in building Code Red Q Rescue or emergency

Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

Fire in rubbish fj Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 50 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies respondinga

Engines(s) L Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CHIEF - i I i LIO

LT rraquo- - - TfJLIO

D FCRH

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

0T TCFJNAAY

T FJI1SSO

R RATHIER

P RUGGIANO

D HOLJDE

W DRAPER

REMARKS SAMLL BRUSH FIRE ON EIVER BANK

SIGNED BY

r irF K l PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company_ Company Alarm _ N P File

Date MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received j bull 1 S M Number of mile traveled 3

Time back in service M

Time hack at station shy P M

Alarm received bv Box Phone

Location of alarm (Street and Number)

5KTTH 3T

Other (Desrrihe)

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address METRO ATLANTIC SITE

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q] Fire in building Q Code Red rj Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling QnJode Yellow L~] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass f Code Blue Q Lockout

Fire in rubbish Q Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 25 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 2 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car JOHNSTON

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT bull ^ shy -

r V M ~ T O

c gt ati

R T nr r T i r TO Dt BAZZLE

PHILLIPS

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CAPT J HURPHY rr T ^JHSTR J r MOLLG

n POM IN P RU^GIANO

bull

F HOTELLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS 2 FT RES OH RIVER 1ANK TO^N OF JOHNSTON

vSIGNED BY

rr ~ PERSON IN CHG

10

1

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENTRED ALE Company Alarm 1 33 N P File 339

Date U1775

Time alarm received 111 5 P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service 11 57 P M

Time back at station jgt | Q7 p M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST

Cause of fire

OLD METRO SITE Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj] Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency OfPf Fire in brush or grass Code Blue rj Lockout

Q Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Qpound Fire in dump rj False alarm

rj Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

1HCarbon Dioxide 400 Booster Aerial

Dry Chemical li2 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _ 30

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s)_2-Lraquo Rescue(s) Carllaquo

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CuMI- V A Company Alarm - 567 N P File

Date 11 MONTH DAY YEAR

F 9Time alarm received M Number of miles traveled fc

PTime back in service ^ 5o M

Time hark at station M-l 5Q P M

XX Alarm received by Box Phone Other rnesrriha)

Location of alarm (Street and Numhert SMIIH 3T ( METRO ATLANTIC )

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Q Code Red fj Rescue or emergency

Q] Fire in dwelling [XpCCode Yellow fj] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

Fire in rubbish fj Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED

Carbon Dioxide

Dry Chemical

Foam

Pump Cans

Brooms

Other (Describe)

TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED

50 Booster

112 Inch Hose

2i2 Inch Hose

3 Inch Hose

Other (Describe)

LADDERS USED

Aerial

Over 35 Feet i

Under 35 Feet

SALVAGE COVERS

Number Used

Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S)

CAPT C SALISBURY

W HOY

E PELLAND

G KENNAWAY

D POHTIN

D MABCIANO

J BOREK

D BAZZLE

T PERNA

VEHICLE

LADDER(S) RESCUE

STATION ON SCENE

CHIEF E DI GIULIO

CAPT J MURPHY

P HOTELLA

REMARKS CALL FOR BRUSH AT METRO FIRE WAS AT JOHNSTON ACROSS

RISER CALLED JOHNSTON FIRE ALARM WE USED BOOSTER BEFORE THEY

GOT THERE

SIGNED BY

CAPT C SALISBURY PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Comoanv WV^ ^V7

Company Alarm SRM N P File ^ deg37^

MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received F M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service

Time hank at station i 20 P

M

M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX other mesrrihe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMTH STlaquo

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy MBTHO ATLANTIC SITE

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Fire in building Code Red Q Rescue or emergency

Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

Fire in rubbish fj Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 50 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies respondinga

Engines(s) L Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CHIEF - i I i LIO

LT rraquo- - - TfJLIO

D FCRH

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

0T TCFJNAAY

T FJI1SSO

R RATHIER

P RUGGIANO

D HOLJDE

W DRAPER

REMARKS SAMLL BRUSH FIRE ON EIVER BANK

SIGNED BY

r irF K l PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company_ Company Alarm _ N P File

Date MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received j bull 1 S M Number of mile traveled 3

Time back in service M

Time hack at station shy P M

Alarm received bv Box Phone

Location of alarm (Street and Number)

5KTTH 3T

Other (Desrrihe)

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address METRO ATLANTIC SITE

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q] Fire in building Q Code Red rj Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling QnJode Yellow L~] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass f Code Blue Q Lockout

Fire in rubbish Q Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 25 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 2 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car JOHNSTON

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT bull ^ shy -

r V M ~ T O

c gt ati

R T nr r T i r TO Dt BAZZLE

PHILLIPS

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CAPT J HURPHY rr T ^JHSTR J r MOLLG

n POM IN P RU^GIANO

bull

F HOTELLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS 2 FT RES OH RIVER 1ANK TO^N OF JOHNSTON

vSIGNED BY

rr ~ PERSON IN CHG

10

1

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENTRED ALE Company Alarm 1 33 N P File 339

Date U1775

Time alarm received 111 5 P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service 11 57 P M

Time back at station jgt | Q7 p M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST

Cause of fire

OLD METRO SITE Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj] Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency OfPf Fire in brush or grass Code Blue rj Lockout

Q Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Qpound Fire in dump rj False alarm

rj Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

1HCarbon Dioxide 400 Booster Aerial

Dry Chemical li2 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _ 30

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s)_2-Lraquo Rescue(s) Carllaquo

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S)

CAPT C SALISBURY

W HOY

E PELLAND

G KENNAWAY

D POHTIN

D MABCIANO

J BOREK

D BAZZLE

T PERNA

VEHICLE

LADDER(S) RESCUE

STATION ON SCENE

CHIEF E DI GIULIO

CAPT J MURPHY

P HOTELLA

REMARKS CALL FOR BRUSH AT METRO FIRE WAS AT JOHNSTON ACROSS

RISER CALLED JOHNSTON FIRE ALARM WE USED BOOSTER BEFORE THEY

GOT THERE

SIGNED BY

CAPT C SALISBURY PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Comoanv WV^ ^V7

Company Alarm SRM N P File ^ deg37^

MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received F M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service

Time hank at station i 20 P

M

M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX other mesrrihe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMTH STlaquo

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy MBTHO ATLANTIC SITE

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Fire in building Code Red Q Rescue or emergency

Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

Fire in rubbish fj Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 50 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies respondinga

Engines(s) L Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CHIEF - i I i LIO

LT rraquo- - - TfJLIO

D FCRH

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

0T TCFJNAAY

T FJI1SSO

R RATHIER

P RUGGIANO

D HOLJDE

W DRAPER

REMARKS SAMLL BRUSH FIRE ON EIVER BANK

SIGNED BY

r irF K l PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company_ Company Alarm _ N P File

Date MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received j bull 1 S M Number of mile traveled 3

Time back in service M

Time hack at station shy P M

Alarm received bv Box Phone

Location of alarm (Street and Number)

5KTTH 3T

Other (Desrrihe)

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address METRO ATLANTIC SITE

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q] Fire in building Q Code Red rj Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling QnJode Yellow L~] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass f Code Blue Q Lockout

Fire in rubbish Q Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 25 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 2 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car JOHNSTON

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT bull ^ shy -

r V M ~ T O

c gt ati

R T nr r T i r TO Dt BAZZLE

PHILLIPS

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CAPT J HURPHY rr T ^JHSTR J r MOLLG

n POM IN P RU^GIANO

bull

F HOTELLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS 2 FT RES OH RIVER 1ANK TO^N OF JOHNSTON

vSIGNED BY

rr ~ PERSON IN CHG

10

1

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENTRED ALE Company Alarm 1 33 N P File 339

Date U1775

Time alarm received 111 5 P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service 11 57 P M

Time back at station jgt | Q7 p M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST

Cause of fire

OLD METRO SITE Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj] Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency OfPf Fire in brush or grass Code Blue rj Lockout

Q Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Qpound Fire in dump rj False alarm

rj Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

1HCarbon Dioxide 400 Booster Aerial

Dry Chemical li2 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _ 30

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s)_2-Lraquo Rescue(s) Carllaquo

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Comoanv WV^ ^V7

Company Alarm SRM N P File ^ deg37^

MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received F M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service

Time hank at station i 20 P

M

M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX other mesrrihe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMTH STlaquo

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy MBTHO ATLANTIC SITE

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Fire in building Code Red Q Rescue or emergency

Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

Fire in rubbish fj Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 50 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies respondinga

Engines(s) L Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CHIEF - i I i LIO

LT rraquo- - - TfJLIO

D FCRH

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

0T TCFJNAAY

T FJI1SSO

R RATHIER

P RUGGIANO

D HOLJDE

W DRAPER

REMARKS SAMLL BRUSH FIRE ON EIVER BANK

SIGNED BY

r irF K l PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company_ Company Alarm _ N P File

Date MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received j bull 1 S M Number of mile traveled 3

Time back in service M

Time hack at station shy P M

Alarm received bv Box Phone

Location of alarm (Street and Number)

5KTTH 3T

Other (Desrrihe)

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address METRO ATLANTIC SITE

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q] Fire in building Q Code Red rj Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling QnJode Yellow L~] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass f Code Blue Q Lockout

Fire in rubbish Q Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 25 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 2 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car JOHNSTON

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT bull ^ shy -

r V M ~ T O

c gt ati

R T nr r T i r TO Dt BAZZLE

PHILLIPS

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CAPT J HURPHY rr T ^JHSTR J r MOLLG

n POM IN P RU^GIANO

bull

F HOTELLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS 2 FT RES OH RIVER 1ANK TO^N OF JOHNSTON

vSIGNED BY

rr ~ PERSON IN CHG

10

1

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENTRED ALE Company Alarm 1 33 N P File 339

Date U1775

Time alarm received 111 5 P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service 11 57 P M

Time back at station jgt | Q7 p M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST

Cause of fire

OLD METRO SITE Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj] Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency OfPf Fire in brush or grass Code Blue rj Lockout

Q Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Qpound Fire in dump rj False alarm

rj Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

1HCarbon Dioxide 400 Booster Aerial

Dry Chemical li2 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _ 30

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s)_2-Lraquo Rescue(s) Carllaquo

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CHIEF - i I i LIO

LT rraquo- - - TfJLIO

D FCRH

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

0T TCFJNAAY

T FJI1SSO

R RATHIER

P RUGGIANO

D HOLJDE

W DRAPER

REMARKS SAMLL BRUSH FIRE ON EIVER BANK

SIGNED BY

r irF K l PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company_ Company Alarm _ N P File

Date MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received j bull 1 S M Number of mile traveled 3

Time back in service M

Time hack at station shy P M

Alarm received bv Box Phone

Location of alarm (Street and Number)

5KTTH 3T

Other (Desrrihe)

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address METRO ATLANTIC SITE

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q] Fire in building Q Code Red rj Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling QnJode Yellow L~] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass f Code Blue Q Lockout

Fire in rubbish Q Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 25 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 2 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car JOHNSTON

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT bull ^ shy -

r V M ~ T O

c gt ati

R T nr r T i r TO Dt BAZZLE

PHILLIPS

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CAPT J HURPHY rr T ^JHSTR J r MOLLG

n POM IN P RU^GIANO

bull

F HOTELLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS 2 FT RES OH RIVER 1ANK TO^N OF JOHNSTON

vSIGNED BY

rr ~ PERSON IN CHG

10

1

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENTRED ALE Company Alarm 1 33 N P File 339

Date U1775

Time alarm received 111 5 P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service 11 57 P M

Time back at station jgt | Q7 p M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST

Cause of fire

OLD METRO SITE Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj] Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency OfPf Fire in brush or grass Code Blue rj Lockout

Q Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Qpound Fire in dump rj False alarm

rj Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

1HCarbon Dioxide 400 Booster Aerial

Dry Chemical li2 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _ 30

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s)_2-Lraquo Rescue(s) Carllaquo

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company_ Company Alarm _ N P File

Date MONTH DAY YEAR

Time alarm received j bull 1 S M Number of mile traveled 3

Time back in service M

Time hack at station shy P M

Alarm received bv Box Phone

Location of alarm (Street and Number)

5KTTH 3T

Other (Desrrihe)

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address METRO ATLANTIC SITE

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q] Fire in building Q Code Red rj Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling QnJode Yellow L~] Water emergency

Fire in brush or grass f Code Blue Q Lockout

Fire in rubbish Q Accidental alarms

Fire in dump Q False alarm

Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide 25 Booster 1 Aerial

Dry Chemical 112 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 2 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s) Car JOHNSTON

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT bull ^ shy -

r V M ~ T O

c gt ati

R T nr r T i r TO Dt BAZZLE

PHILLIPS

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CAPT J HURPHY rr T ^JHSTR J r MOLLG

n POM IN P RU^GIANO

bull

F HOTELLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS 2 FT RES OH RIVER 1ANK TO^N OF JOHNSTON

vSIGNED BY

rr ~ PERSON IN CHG

10

1

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENTRED ALE Company Alarm 1 33 N P File 339

Date U1775

Time alarm received 111 5 P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service 11 57 P M

Time back at station jgt | Q7 p M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST

Cause of fire

OLD METRO SITE Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj] Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency OfPf Fire in brush or grass Code Blue rj Lockout

Q Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Qpound Fire in dump rj False alarm

rj Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

1HCarbon Dioxide 400 Booster Aerial

Dry Chemical li2 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _ 30

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s)_2-Lraquo Rescue(s) Carllaquo

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT bull ^ shy -

r V M ~ T O

c gt ati

R T nr r T i r TO Dt BAZZLE

PHILLIPS

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

CAPT J HURPHY rr T ^JHSTR J r MOLLG

n POM IN P RU^GIANO

bull

F HOTELLA

W DRAPER

REMARKS 2 FT RES OH RIVER 1ANK TO^N OF JOHNSTON

vSIGNED BY

rr ~ PERSON IN CHG

10

1

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENTRED ALE Company Alarm 1 33 N P File 339

Date U1775

Time alarm received 111 5 P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service 11 57 P M

Time back at station jgt | Q7 p M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST

Cause of fire

OLD METRO SITE Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj] Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency OfPf Fire in brush or grass Code Blue rj Lockout

Q Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Qpound Fire in dump rj False alarm

rj Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

1HCarbon Dioxide 400 Booster Aerial

Dry Chemical li2 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _ 30

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s)_2-Lraquo Rescue(s) Carllaquo

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

10

1

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Company CENTRED ALE Company Alarm 1 33 N P File 339

Date U1775

Time alarm received 111 5 P M Number of miles traveled

Time back in service 11 57 P M

Time back at station jgt | Q7 p M

Alarm received by Box Phone XX Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) SMITH ST

Cause of fire

OLD METRO SITE Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj] Rescue or emergency

Q Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency OfPf Fire in brush or grass Code Blue rj Lockout

Q Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Qpound Fire in dump rj False alarm

rj Fire in vehicle Q Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

1HCarbon Dioxide 400 Booster Aerial

Dry Chemical li2 Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

APPARATUS REPORT

Working time of pump Hours minutes _ 30

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s)_2-Lraquo Rescue(s) Carllaquo

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

CAPT J MURPRY

E PELLAtfD

N PHELAND

T PERNA

B DI GIULIO

J HOLLO

D BAZZLE

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

J BOREK GAPT Ct sALifl^NRY W DRAPER SR LT R f DT rITTTTO

W DRAPER JRt

REMARKS ENGff l REPORTED DUMP FIRE CAR1 CALLED FOR RES12 WITH

PORTABLE PUMP AND 1^ HOSE AND TOWN PAYLOADER

Ad l

CAPT J MURPHY PERSON IN CHG

NORTH PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Primary Fire District Report

Com pa nv Company Alarm 1 bull 6 N P File

Date MONTH DAY YEAR

received N

Time back in service M

Time alarm 5 i 3 P M Number of miles traveled- 11

6110 PTime back at station M

X-4 Alarm received by Box _ Phone Other (Describe)

Location of alarm (Street and Number) OLD METRO ATLANTIC

Cause of fire

Description of building or occupancy

Owner of building or occupancy

Owners address

CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM FIRE CODE ALARM WITH NO FIRE

Q Fire in building Code Red rj Rescue or emergency

Q] Fire in dwelling Code Yellow fj Water emergency

fj Fife in brush or grass Code Blue fj Lockout

g^ Fire in rubbish rj Accidental alarms

Q Fire in dump [3 False alarm

fj Fire in vehicle P_] Miscellaneous alarm (describe)

Q Miscellaneous fires (describe)

EXTINGUISHMENT USED TYPE amp FEET HOSE LINES USED LADDERS USED

Carbon Dioxide too Booster I Aerial

Dry Chemical IVz Inch Hose Over 35 Feet

Foam 212 Inch Hose Under 35 Feet

Pump Cans 3 Inch Hose SALVAGE COVERS

Brooms Other (Describe) Number Used

Other (Describe) Other Equipment

PICE POLE

1 PIC^ -SAD -E 1 D-WDLE

APPARATUS REPORT

30 Working time of pump Hours minutes

Defects on apparatus after alarm (if any)

Companies responding

Engines(s) Ladder(s) Rescue(s)

Other companies responding

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT P HKT TAKshyF PpoundLLIC T PERNA

D 14AZ2LE

C HABRSION

A CORSINI

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

C^IEF E DI GIULIO P TRBM^TOZZI

LT W ROY

laquoT DRAPER JR

R PAQUET

W DRAPER SR

REMARKS OLD ^ H R ^ L L

VERSION STFPP-D 0T NAIL WETT INiO FOOT

BY

-ISF r M T r PERSON IN CHG

PILEmdash^79 ND PROVIDE1VCE FIRE DEPARTMENT comdash- 186

- SECONDARY RESCUE REPORTS shy

DATE 51375 TIME ARRIVED 5O5 PraquoKraquo RETURNED 6laquo19 PlaquoMlaquo

NAME C HABPI30N AGE l8

ADDRESS 50 JACK30NA OB ALARM BY

NORTH PROVIDENCE RI

METRO ATLANTIC LOT LOCATION OF RESCUE

EXAMINATION

SKULL

EYES

EARS

NOSE

MOUTH

CHEST

ABDOMEN

UPPER EXTREMITIES

LOWER EXTREMITIES PUHCTUHB WOUND HIlaquoT FOOT

POSITION OF PATIENT WHEN FOUND STAMDIHG

YES WAS PATIENT CONSCIOUS

WAS PATIENT COOPERATIVE (IF NOT EXPLAIN) YBS

PATIENT TRANSPORTED TO

IF PATIENT WAS NOT TRANSPORTED EXPLAIN TREATED AT SCgNH BY LT SUGGIANO

NORMAL mdash No visible signs of lacerations abrasions discoloration swelling bleeding or fractures No complaints of pain

REMARKS mdash (List First Aid Given if Any)

PATIENT WENT TO ROOER WILLIAMS HOSPITAL AT 8100 PM MAS GIVEN A TETANUS SHOT

_SIGNED $) kL fUJLlXAJL) OFFICER IN CHARGE LT P MMI AM)

RESCUE CO NO

1. barcode 9303
2. barcodetext SEMS Doc ID 9303

MEN RESPONDING TO ALARM (Put Names Under Proper Spaces Provided)

ENGINE(S) LADDER(S) RESCUE

LT P HKT TAKshyF PpoundLLIC T PERNA

D 14AZ2LE

C HABRSION

A CORSINI

VEHICLE STATION ON SCENE

C^IEF E DI GIULIO P TRBM^TOZZI

LT W ROY

laquoT DRAPER JR

R PAQUET

W DRAPER SR

REMARKS OLD ^ H R ^ L L

VERSION STFPP-D 0T NAIL WETT INiO FOOT

BY

-ISF r M T r PERSON IN CHG

PILEmdash^79 ND PROVIDE1VCE FIRE DEPARTMENT comdash- 186

- SECONDARY RESCUE REPORTS shy

DATE 51375 TIME ARRIVED 5O5 PraquoKraquo RETURNED 6laquo19 PlaquoMlaquo

NAME C HABPI30N AGE l8

ADDRESS 50 JACK30NA OB ALARM BY

NORTH PROVIDENCE RI

METRO ATLANTIC LOT LOCATION OF RESCUE

EXAMINATION

SKULL

EYES

EARS

NOSE

MOUTH

CHEST

ABDOMEN

UPPER EXTREMITIES

LOWER EXTREMITIES PUHCTUHB WOUND HIlaquoT FOOT

POSITION OF PATIENT WHEN FOUND STAMDIHG

YES WAS PATIENT CONSCIOUS

WAS PATIENT COOPERATIVE (IF NOT EXPLAIN) YBS

PATIENT TRANSPORTED TO

IF PATIENT WAS NOT TRANSPORTED EXPLAIN TREATED AT SCgNH BY LT SUGGIANO

NORMAL mdash No visible signs of lacerations abrasions discoloration swelling bleeding or fractures No complaints of pain

REMARKS mdash (List First Aid Given if Any)

PATIENT WENT TO ROOER WILLIAMS HOSPITAL AT 8100 PM MAS GIVEN A TETANUS SHOT

_SIGNED $) kL fUJLlXAJL) OFFICER IN CHARGE LT P MMI AM)

RESCUE CO NO

1. barcode 9303
2. barcodetext SEMS Doc ID 9303

PILEmdash^79 ND PROVIDE1VCE FIRE DEPARTMENT comdash- 186

- SECONDARY RESCUE REPORTS shy

DATE 51375 TIME ARRIVED 5O5 PraquoKraquo RETURNED 6laquo19 PlaquoMlaquo

NAME C HABPI30N AGE l8

ADDRESS 50 JACK30NA OB ALARM BY

NORTH PROVIDENCE RI

METRO ATLANTIC LOT LOCATION OF RESCUE

EXAMINATION

SKULL

EYES

EARS

NOSE

MOUTH

CHEST

ABDOMEN

UPPER EXTREMITIES

LOWER EXTREMITIES PUHCTUHB WOUND HIlaquoT FOOT

POSITION OF PATIENT WHEN FOUND STAMDIHG

YES WAS PATIENT CONSCIOUS

WAS PATIENT COOPERATIVE (IF NOT EXPLAIN) YBS

PATIENT TRANSPORTED TO

IF PATIENT WAS NOT TRANSPORTED EXPLAIN TREATED AT SCgNH BY LT SUGGIANO

NORMAL mdash No visible signs of lacerations abrasions discoloration swelling bleeding or fractures No complaints of pain

REMARKS mdash (List First Aid Given if Any)

PATIENT WENT TO ROOER WILLIAMS HOSPITAL AT 8100 PM MAS GIVEN A TETANUS SHOT

_SIGNED $) kL fUJLlXAJL) OFFICER IN CHARGE LT P MMI AM)

RESCUE CO NO

1. barcode 9303
2. barcodetext SEMS Doc ID 9303