Comments on: Fire

By: worldmegan

worldmegan — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:07:08 +0000

Youngstown Fire Extravaganza

The following is a clip Greg Ricker posted from the Vindicator:

Fire Ruled Accidental
From the Youngstown Vindicator on 6/4/2005.

YOUNGSTOWN — The fire that destroyed a 105-year-old downtown building nearly two weeks ago has been ruled acciden…

By: worldmegan

worldmegan — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:01:35 +0000

The Youngstown Mattress Company

I sort of dropped the ball on this one, but I’m going to pick it back up. I went back a week or two ago to get pictures of the poor, gutted Mattress Co. It was so sad. I had heard that it was an Arts effort and even not knowing anything about it, t…

By: worldmegan

worldmegan — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:12:33 +0000

Wow, Greg, thanks for the info! I’m gonna go draft another post, and take a look at your site! :}

By: yfdgricker

yfdgricker — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:01:00 +0000

The third fire you linked to on firehouse.com was a photo story I submitted on the 520 Garfield structure fire. It was a different day entirely :)

I loved your photos! They capture exactly what I saw as I was on my way to photograph the fire. You caught the fire early on. Here is some information you can add, the fire was at the Youngstown Mattress Arts Center at 40 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (You can see more pictures in the Youngstown Fire Department in Action galleries at http://www.youngstownfire.com/galleryyfdia/). The building was 105 years old. In photo 15175954_618ce086ac_o.jpg, the red and brick building with the flag is the main Youngstown Fire Station. Let me know what other questions you have about the fire and I’ll try and answer them :)

Peace.
Greg

By: yfdgricker

yfdgricker — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:30:26 +0000

Good day. I read your blog and the fire you took photos of was the Youngstown Mattress Company Arts Center. It was a renovated Mattress Maufacturing building converted to studio apartments and small shops. I am facinated with fire photography and in the daily life of firefighters. I created http://www.youngstownfire.com to share my interest with others and to honor the men and women who fight the battles you were so drawn to.

The second fire you linked to was a trailer fire in Youngstown, Florida. WJHG is their local NBC affiliate.

There was a second vacant house fire on the South Side while the Yo Mattress Comapny Arts Center was burning.

Peace.
Greg

By: worldmegan

worldmegan — Tue, 24 May 2005 00:04:36 +0000

Moths to a Flame

I drove through Youngstown again today on my way from Austintown to Warren and found myself drawn again out of curiosity to the site of yesterday’s fire. My father mentioned earlier today that it had been the Youngstown Mattress Company, and he’d he…

By: worldmegan

worldmegan — Mon, 23 May 2005 16:54:42 +0000

Those are the questions I was asking you! Are you like me and don’t read instructions before exams? :-D

By: James

James — Mon, 23 May 2005 02:21:43 +0000

First Question where was the fire? Second Question What was burning?