battling the blaze
this is another shot of the fire my FD fought last wednesday night, this building had been built back in 1940, it was a historical place known as Kinzel restaurant, the place had been sold a few years back and a river tubing company took over, that has been close for 2yrs now
this is an angle where a couple of guys were trying to calm those flames down, within 3-5 minutes after arriving to the scene, the whole building was engulfed in flames
when i wasnt holding the hose to fight this blaze, i was holding my camera :)
no one was hurt, but now the building is officially..history
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Peter Hill
Damn those guys are close! Then again, so is the photographer!
Lisa G. Putman
Wow, so sad the building was lost, I’m so glad no people were hurt or lost. Makes for a lovely scene. Fire is so beautiful and intriguing, yet can be so deadly. Awesome capture. I love that we can see the busted out windows and the fire light in the windows.
susan davies
wow, powerful image
budrfli
Capture power… you have it!
Amazing work!
MuscularTeeth
fab photo…
Denzil
Great job Chris, both as a firefighter and as a photographer! Well done!
LocoCow
Again, Chris I admire you for your courage and your Photog. skills… Great To have brave people like you in the world and even more in ur communities all over…
Joan Smart
wonderful capture !!!!
Christopher E...
thanks so much everyone, and yes..i was pretty close, i had my semi short lens on camera, didnt want to use the 75-300mm lens because then i would have had to be across the road in order to get anything good..lol it was definitely a rush, and the firedept needs to create a helmet for photographer/firefighters! lol that was another challenge, to keep the helmet on..or off, it ended up off for awhile! lol
micmac
Wow !We can see all the definition of the interior burning ,superb shot.
whisperingruth
FANTASTIC capture Christopher . . . pity your town lost a bit of history that day . . . You may want to start a ‘Flames’ Group, seriously!
Antanas
Great capture
Ellen
Impressive photo, well done!
Karen Byrne-So...
wow…that is a great capture! So sorry for the people though. Arent you a little close there for your safety?
Christopher E... replied
lol karen..its my job to get close to the fire, just this time i had the camera instead of fire hose! lol thanks so much :)
jlynn
Excellent and powerful,, they look so vulnerable, focused and determined
Jellybean720
Talk about a heated photo. GREAT JOB
Al Bourassa
Great action shot!
AnnieG
Another wonderful shot Chris! Just make sure you are always safe while doing this. I know you have a dual job-fighting the fire and documenting but be safe.
anaphotography
Strong image…awesome
H M Bascom
Another fantastic shot.
EdgeOfReality
You and your friends do a great job and your all heroes in my book. A sad but great image and one that most people wouldn’t be able to capture. Thanks for sharing.
avionz
Very dramatic shot.
Jeremy Harrington
great capture Christopher.. very powerful and dramatic
Charl045
Another great capture!... Again thank God no one was hurt! keep em coming..oh well I don’t wish any fires but if you have to be there you might as well take photos too!.. ; ))
bertspix
Interesting image. Great action shot
ozczecho
..gee, I can feel the heat from here…you managed to put us right there into the picture …great shot.
Tom Gomez
Love these action shots. great capture …
whippedmama
Great job, capturing this image…. and putting the fire out.
Kelly J
Oh wow…. a photographer & a firey! Brave and talented – I salute you. Great work (sorry just found you). :)
Jacqueline Baker
Yes wow!!!!! fire holds such a fasination so primal, so passionate, so dangerous and yet so spiritual!
Sean Farragher
brilliant shot,,,shows just how dangerous fire is
Wendy Slee
amazing set of images you have captured Chris…...