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N. White Street Structure Fire Wakes Town Up

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Around 8:30 AM this morning an old house caught fire on N. White Street in downtown Wake Forest. The property, owned by Babar Rehman & Aziz Ur is listed as being built in 1901.

The call went out for multiple units to respond. You can listen to the call below.

Equipment dispatched included Wake Forest Engine 1, Wake Forest Engine 2, Wake Forest Engine 3, Wake Forest Ladder 1, Wake Forest Rescue 3, and Rolesville Truck 153. Not to mention our own EMS 10 and an additional EMS unit from Eastern Wake.

Upon our arrival there was fire shooting out the roof and the blaze was quickly extinguished with a liberal application of water.

Both Rolesville and Wake Fore Fire Departments actively participated in putting the fire out quickly.

As far as the back story goes we will just have to live with an old house burned down. We will let the pictures below tell the story for you.

Fire leaps out of roof as firefighters prepare to pour on the water.
Fire leaps out of roof as firefighters prepare to pour on the water.
Heavy smoke descends over train tracks behind and above the burning house.
Heavy smoke descends over train tracks behind and above the burning house.
Firefighters hit the fire hard to knock it down.
Firefighters hit the fire hard to knock it down.
Wake Forest firefighters await their turn to participate.
Wake Forest firefighters await their turn to participate.
Putting fire out at the roofline as the smoke descends.
Putting fire out at the roofline as the smoke descends.
Loads of emergency responders on hand to handle anything.
Loads of emergency responders on hand to handle anything.
N. Main Street was filed with emergency equipment.
N. Main Street was filed with emergency equipment.
Wake Forest cleaning up last of fire tucked in odd places.
Wake Forest cleaning up last of fire tucked in odd places.
Dirty Wake Forest firefighter after battling structure fire. Covered in water and debris.
Dirty Wake Forest firefighter after battling structure fire. Covered in water and debris.
The powers that be congregate as David Leone and David Allen from the Wake Weekly talk to Fire Chief Ron Early. Police Chief Jeff Leonard pow wows with others.
The powers that be congregate as David Leone and David Allen from the Wake Weekly talk to Fire Chief Ron Early. Police Chief Jeff Leonard pow wows with others.

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