Less than two days after firefighters reported an underground fire in downtown Detroit, they spotted smoke coming from another “blown” manhole Monday morning, just a block from Cobo Center.
“It’s starting to go from manhole to manhole,” a firefighter told dispatchers.
When Detroit firefighters arrived to a massive fire from a tanker explosion near downtown on I-75 this weekend, there was little they could do but wait. And wait. And wait.
Detroit has ignored a broken hydrant for a year or more on a neglected block where six houses have burned to the ground and recently risked the lives of firefighters.
A Highland Park fire official also recently endangered the lives of his fellow firefighters by demanding they not leave a burning house until a fire was out.
Mayor Duggan’s administration refused to turn over public records about broken hydrants that are jeopardizing lives and property.
For the first time in decades, the city is sending firefighters to medical scenes.
This is part of a yearlong project to document every fire in Detroit, where the arson rate is the highest in the nation.
Long-awaited help is on the way for the beleaguered Detroit Fire Department.
Detroit’s aging rigs are breaking down at a frightening rate.