Eight days after battling a blaze that destroyed a home Jan. 19, members of the Lynn Lake Fire Department (LLFD) were back on the job Jan. 27 at a fire on Sherritt Avenue that destroyed a two-storey home.
LLFD Chief James Lindsay said firefighters were paged around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday and began arriving on scene within four minutes, some having seen the house on their way to the hall and reporting that it was already fully involved. Nine firefighters brought the blaze under control by 8 p.m. when two members with pre-existing medical conditions left the scene. The other seven continued to extinguish the main floor and advance on the second-floor through a front bedroom window.
Lindsay, who was travelling home from Thompson when the page came in, arrived at the fire about 10:30 p.m., when it was still continuing to burn in three locations under the roof. Four hours later, the department decided to allow the fire to breach the roof in a controlled manner since the home was already a total loss.
“We would not be placing our members at any undue risk to save a structure that was already halfway to the landfill,” said Lindsay in an email to the Nickel Belt News.
Lindsay and another firefighter remained at the scene to control any flare-ups after the other firefighters were sent home at 3:30 a.m. Six hours later, six firefighters returned to help finish the job.
“The other firefighter who remained on scene all night was sent home to rest with my thanks and gratitude,” said Lindsay.
The fire was fully extinguished by 1:30 p.m. Jan. 28 with no injuries to occupants or firefighters.
