The photo's were taken approximately 1 minute after the 9-1-1 call. A Union firefighter on his way to work heard the dispatch and was only a block away from the scene and grabbed these shots from the rear. The kitchen area was involved and the one pic shows where the fire penetrated the balloon construction studding with fire going up the wall between studs.

E141 (1961 LaFrance nearing the end of its career) layed in from Hanover and Penn Streets with fulltime driver Charlie Alleman driving.