[Scan-DC] Apartment Fire - Mt. Pleasant DC

[Ed Tobias]

Yes, 1973.  It was the first big fire I covered when I was a new radio 
reporter in DC working for WASH.  I remember a little guy with a helmet that 
said "Fire Photographer," who took me and introduced me to the mayor, who 
was there.  The little guy was Larry Krebs, who was working for WMAL Radio 
and TV at night.  I don't remember that blaze as being as big as last 
night's, however.


Ed


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>
To: "D.R. Watkins" <drwatkins3 at rcn.com>; <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:09 PM
Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Apartment Fire - Mt. Pleasant DC



35 years ago would be, what, 1973?  Gawd, I'm old.  Might be worth scanning 
the Washington Pest archives... can be done thru the Montgomery County 
Library system if you have a card... if I have a chance over the weekend, 
will take a look.

> From: drwatkins3 at rcn.com
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Apartment Fire - Mt. Pleasant DC
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:02:37 -0400
> CC:
>
> The most interesting thing about this is that this same building almost
> burned down due to a multi-alarm fire somewhere around 35 years ago. I 
> grew
> up in Mt. Pleasant, and walked up to watch that fire after hearing about 
> the
> 9th or 10th fire truck running up Irving Street. IIRC, the first fire was
> as bad as the pictures of this fire, and also happened about 10 o'clock at
> night during the cold of winter. I remember because the firefighters would
> turn the hoses on those of us watching every so often as a form of crowd
> control (not full flow, but more like a constant rain). I wish there were 
> a
> way I could go back and look up that fire, because I would bet that it was
> no less than 3 alarms. Just remembering the days growing up in Mt
> Pleasant... I was scanning then, but only had MPDC in my 4 channel 
> Pro-4...
> might have been the Pro-6, which ever one did UHF (4D, 4D-Tac, SOD, CW-1).
>
> Dewey
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