RE: Fwd: [houstonfd] Re: Wharton Fire Dept captain killed

[Guest guest]

You are right - a very, very bad day.

Jane Dinsmore

To: texasems-l

From: lnmolino@...

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 12:25:41 -0500

Subject: Fwd: [houstonfd] Re: Wharton Fire Dept captain killed

I lost Three friends on 7/4/02. Two close in a building collapse in

Gloucester City, New Jersye. This makes that sting all the harder.

Not a good day for Texas emergency services.

Louis N. Molino, Sr. CET

FF/NREMT/FSI/EMSI

Typed by my fingers on my iPhone.

Please excuse any typos.

(Cell)

LNMolino@...

Begin forwarded message:

>

> Date: July 4, 2010 11:04:38 CDT

> To: houstonfd

> Subject: [houstonfd] Re: Wharton Fire Dept captain killed

> Reply-To: houstonfd

>

> When firefighters went into the 25,000 to 30,000 square-foot

> building, they encountered heavy smoke and intense heat. Three

> firefighters tried to get back out of the building. Two were able to

> get out, but a third firefighter, Captain Araguz, III, did not.

>

> Crews went back into the building to look for Araguz, but were

> driven back by intense heat and flames. The fire wasn't declared

> under control until around 6:30am.

>

> Then, this morning at around 7:20am, Captain Araguz was found dead

> inside the building.

>

> Araguz is an 11-year veteran of the Wharton Volunteer Fire

> Department. He's 30 years old and leaves behind two small children.

>

>

>>

>> Massive egg farm fire in Boling,TX.

>> 150+ firefighters on scene...30 Depts

>>

>

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

>