Umlilo ophakamileyo kwiMeridian Square wabulala abacimi bomlilo be-3 basePhiladelphia kwiminyaka eyi-30 edlulileyo

I-Philadelphia (CBS) -Namhlanje isikhumbuzo se-30 somlilo kwiNombolo ye-1 Zi Meridian Square. Abacimi-mlilo abathathu basePhiladelphia babulawa kumlo kunye namadangatye kwisakhiwo seofisi.
I-Meridian isengowona mlilo udume kakubi kakhulu ePhiladelphia. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu eyadlulayo ngale ngokuhlwa, abacimi-mlilo abathathu babhidwa ngumsi omkhulu kumabali amaninzi ngaphezulu kweholo yesixeko nangaphaya kwesitrato. Babulawa emlilweni kwaye inqwaba yabacimi-mlilo nabo benzakala kwaye baphoqeleka ukuba bashiye isikhululo somlilo ukuya kufuna imisebenzi emitsha.
“Besililungu leqela lokukhangela nokuhlangula kwaye sazama ukubafumana. Bachaza ukuba babevaleleke kumgangatho we-30. Ngoko ke, saya kumgangatho wama-30 ukuya kuwakhangela saza safumanisa ukuba akumgangatho wama-28.” UMichael Jaeger, intloko yeFiladelphia Fire Camp (uMichael Yeager) uthathe umhlala phantsi.
Xa isebe likhuphe i-alam yesihlanu, uYeager waphuthuma kwindawo yesiganeko waza wathumela amakhulu abacimi-mlilo ukuba bazame ukuwubamba umlilo.
Phakathi koMgqibelo ebusuku kunye neCawa kusasa, umlilo kwisakhiwo esinemitha engama-500 ubude uye waphakama kwii-alamu ze-12.
Abacimi-mlilo bajongene nemingeni enzima-iinkonzo zamandla eziziiprayimari nezesekondari ziyaphazamiseka, unikezelo lwamanzi luncitshiswe kakhulu, iilifti kunye neejenereyitha ezigcinayo zophukile.
UYeager uthe: “Ngenxa yale nkonzo yomlilo nomlilo, zonke iinguqu ezenzeke kule minyaka idlulileyo, nokuba sisivalo sokunciphisa uxinzelelo okanye isixhobo sombane, azikwazanga ukuphakama kunye nesixhobo sombane esiphambili kunye nesixhobo sombane sesibini. .”
Kwimyuziyam yoMlilo waseFiladelphia, ukusweleka kwabacimi-mlilo abathathu kuphakamise iikhowudi zokwakha kunye neemfuno zokulwa nomlilo kwizakhiwo ezinjenge "Meridian enye."
UBrian Anderson, umalathisi weMyuziyam yaseFiladelphia Firefighter’s House, wathi: “Idini labo liye layitshintsha indlela ezakhiwa ngayo izakhiwo ezikumgangatho ophakamileyo, kuquka izinto zokhuseleko nezakhiwe kwiikhowudi zokucima umlilo.”