Fire Reported On Quintette Lane

July 17, 2010

Fire stations from across the area responded to an early morning house fire in the Quintette community.

Firefighters reportedly found a smoldering mattress when they arrived on Quintette Lane just north of Quintette Road about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. The fire was quickly extinguished.

The Cantonment, Molino, McDavid and Ensley stations of Escambia Fire Rescue were dispatched to the fire. Several units were canceled prior to their arrival.

There were no injures reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Comments

6 Responses to “Fire Reported On Quintette Lane”

  1. oodles on July 18th, 2010 8:53 am

    what ppl don’t realize is how fast too that fires can get out of hand and
    someone could be killed!

    Thanks for all you do firemen!

  2. Betty on July 18th, 2010 8:02 am

    If people only knew what firemen, emt’s and deputies went thru…..you would not get some of these comments. This is men and women who put their lives on the line each time they go on a call, day or night.

  3. fire man on July 17th, 2010 10:46 am

    Thank you Donna and William! I was on the first due engine to that fire last night. I am always glad to have back up just in case there is a working fire. I guess you have to be in this kind of bossiness to understand why we do the things we do to keep everyone safe and go home to our families! Thanks again ya’ll!

  4. Donna on July 17th, 2010 10:11 am

    And if it were your bed on fire, wouldn’t you want plenty of our Firemen to help put it out before it caught your entire house on fire?
    I believe you would!
    Great job Firemen and dispatcher!

  5. William on July 17th, 2010 7:15 am

    >I suppose the dispatcher did not know the nature of the blaze when she sent in the entire county’s fire resources

    That’s the way it’s done. If a caller reports a fire involving a structure, they send lots of people right away. After the first firefighters get there and see what’s going on, they cancel the ones they don’t need.

    It makes way more sense that sending one fire truck to find out the whole house is burning. When a smoldering mattress is called in (if the caller even provided that much info), it could be a roaring blaze in the few minutes it takes to get a fire truck there.

  6. unbeWeavable! on July 17th, 2010 7:10 am

    Must have been a hot date to catch the bed on fire. Four stations dispatched to a smoldering mattress? Sounds a litttle excessive. I suppose the dispatcher did not know the nature of the blaze when she sent in the entire county’s fire resources to extinguish Betty’s burning bed.