Richmont Inn Blaze
to date, since i have been on the volunteer fire dept here in townsend, this was the hardest fire we have fought. this was richmont inn, located in laurel valley here in townsend, along a mountain side. this blaze literally wore us out. we fought it from 9:30pm til 6:10am, and then i had to return around 8:30am and fight it more til around 11am. i had already been up for over 24hrs. i was beat. there was one more call on this fire the next day, and again, a few of us showed up to “finish her off”
this was a task within itself, the inn was about 100foot from where we had to park our truck, and carry ALL of our gear down the mountain side to it. of course we started off at night, so having to watch your step along with carrying gear or a charged hose, was a challenge.
this shot along with 7 others will soon be published in 9-1-1 magazine, four from this fire..and three shots from the fire we had exactly one month to the day in january. two of the shots are already here on RB….”my volunteer job” and “battling the blaze”
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Crystal Zacharias
Great capture. How do you find time to take pictures between fighting the fire?
Christopher E... replied
it was when i was “taking a break” lol if i wasnt holding a hose, i had that camera :)
H M Bascom
Woo published! Fantastic work Christopher
Nancy Stafford
great capture of the blaze. . and published as well that great
Kelly J
Fantastic – published too – excellent.
Shaun Johnston
Congrats on having your work featured in 9-1-1 mag! Good stuff :)
SkyFox
Amazing – very good to protect us – thank you!!
jlynn
Amazing image,, I like that it shows how tiny the men and the hose are and hugh and fierce the fire is. Ohh an congrats on the publish:)
Michele Duncan...
Great shot. Very dramatic. I hope no one was hurt! Congrats on the publication!
bertspix
fabulous photography…absolutely rivetting…bert
mlgkats
nice capture , shame this happened and i hope no one was hurt, and thank goodness for people lie you
Helene Kippert
Congrats on being featured Chris. Fantastic shot full of drama.
Marianne Vene...
Beautiful shot Chris. Congratulations on being published again.
Linda Syms
If it wasnt for people like you where would we all be
Troy W. Smith
Awesome capture, fire is so destructive. I hope no one got hurt. Way to go on being published.
amarica
Wow, awsome capture. Superb work
dinghysailor1
what an inferno! amazing capature and brilliant news !!!
Jacqueline Baker
I love the way you have captured the fire and your brave buddies. I know that fire is so destructive and a killer etc but we all seem to have a love affair with it anyway and we all love a hero! Thanks to you and all firefighters world wide!
hilarydougill
Fantastic capture, Not a sight we would see without your wonderful photograph, thank you for sharing
cynthiab
awesome shot and you are so brave to do this job
susan davies
an amazing shot
Al Bourassa
Terrific sihouette shot.
Tom Gomez
Great shot. Lots of drama. You can really see how the fire crew are up against it …
whisperingruth
Quite a daring capture my little fireman Friend! Wonderful these shots are being published….....well deserved Chris….....it’s an amazing capture….......glad no one was hurt…........
Christopher E... replied
thanks so much ruth, and we did have a couple of close calls, we had a few attempt to go into this bulding, the 1st time they didnt know that fire was all below them, i had seen fire coming out the Other end of the building, radioed to the guys inside, hey we have fire on this end, they got out!! was a very intense fire, all the way around
Scott Ruhs
Amazing stuff, Chris! Both image and the story.
Catherine Davis
Great photo, so intense!
Denzil
Great shot, great story, thank goodness for firefighters the world over :)
Jellybean720
GREAT JOB fighting the fire first of all.. and then capturing it all.. BOTH JOBS were WELL done..
:)
micmac
Full action ,love the trees ,makes a superb composition but it’s a hell of a work,wow !!!!
budrfli
Amazing shot, Chris! congratulations on the publication!
ShepS
Brilliant shot and narration – congrats on what must be small reward to an end in a very traumatic occupation.
Ellen
Its beautiful this photo Chris, well done!
anaphotography
Excellent capture!!!
Allison Lane
Stunning! Amazing shot!
aphoto4you
this is cool shot christopher…..i like it…my fav
Christina Martin
wow
Sean Farragher
fantastic
Kieran Connellan
Wow, great shot, well done to you guys!
Travis Easton
Great shot and wonderful effort with the volunteer fire fighting, good on you Christopher.
LucyJones
this is a beautiful shot! your a brave man!
Bel10
from One Volunteer to another Congratulations Chris, awesome photo!!!!
Donna Sherwood
Absolutely awesome! Whoo Hoo!:)
Tara Sheffer-A...
Nice reality capture. Work like this is appreciated, as I come from a family where my father was a firefighter. A photo of a blaze like this is tragic, yet interesting! Great job!
Rebecca Ogden
great shot!!
Cassie Gannon
Wow, this an awesome capture. I take my hat off too those men and women who get in there amongst it and battle the flames. Well done.
davidmilne
Congrats for pic publication Chris and your dedication to The Fire Service!!
BTW….Its a magnificent photograph!!
Katja Fønss
Very scary, but also so beautiful at times.
Great fire/action shot.
Kathryn Potempski
congrats on your efforts as volunteer fire fighter Chris,and well done on the photos you where right in the heart of it ,fantastic shot!!!
Periwinkle
An amazing shot. I doubt if there was much left of the Inn after this horrible fire. I commend you and other fire fighters for all you do!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU risk your life & limb to save lives and possions. Thank you for all you do.
Babbler
amazing picture !
Ralph Olsson
hey, the commentary adds to the mood of the pic…well done.
Ginger Barritt
Beautiful, really beautiful..
Wendy Slee
oh wow…..you really captured the force and destruction of this, yet somehow, the beauty too….