| On
the morning of Saturday, February 13, first arriving units from Station
2 found fire
venting from the first floor windows of a building at 142 North
Champlain Street, which is located on the corner of North
Street. They attacked the fire while
other units from Central Station and Station 3 searched the
building for
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A second alarm was transmitted at 5:07 AM, bringing all of
Burlington's
on-duty firefighters and apparatus to the scene and initiating a recall of
twenty off-duty firefighters. Although the firefighters did not know it at first, all four
of the occupants of the two apartments made it out of the fire prior to their
arrival. Two of the occupants were later transported by ambulance to
Fletcher Allen for treatment of smoke inhalation. The others were not
injured.
At 5:36 AM, a third alarm was struck, with a full
recall of all off-duty firefighters. At 5:47 AM, and additional engine
company from the South Burlington Fire Department was called to the
scene. In all, approximately 60 firefighters fought the fire,
and brought the visible fire under control by 6:15 AM.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the
Burlington Fire Marshal's Office.
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