Firefighters in Denver showed off how valuable their equipment is one week after a man was rescued from a burning apartment building.
The flames shot from the apartment building at 1515 Grant Street on March 15 as firefighters rushed to rescue a man from inside.
“The velocity and the volume of fire that came out of that building that day, put an excess of probably 1,000 degrees more temperature on the surface of our firefighting gear,” said Denver Fire Department Asst. Chief CJ Haberkorn.
Haberkorn said when it was safe to do so, the remaining two firefighters climbed down from the ladder.
“When he gets off the ladder you’ll see what appears to be flames coming off his back,” said Haberkorn.
Firefighters say it was one of the fastest growing fires they had ever seen going from light smoke to flames about 30 feet high in a matter of two minutes.
“I’ve never seen a fire move this fast, this quick and grow to that level,” said Haberkorn.