East Jefferson Fire Rescue crews fight blazes that ended up consuming three recreational vehicles and two boats.

East Jefferson Fire Rescue crews fight blazes that ended up consuming three recreational vehicles and two boats.

Fire burns RVs, boats in Irondale

No one hurt in nighttime blaze

IRONDALE — Three recreational vehicles and two boats were consumed in a nighttime blaze on a property on Maude Street in Irondale.

The fire did not spread beyond the property lines, according to Chief Bret Black of East Jefferson Fire Rescue in a press release.

No one was hurt, he said. The cause of the fire remained under investigation on Friday.

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East Jefferson Fire Rescue crews were alerted at 11: 39 p.m. Thursday to reports of a possible wildfire on the street, according to Black.

While en route, the call was upgraded to a vehicle fire.

The first crew arrived at 11:45 p.m. and found the RVs and boats fully engulfed in flames.

“Flames were reaching a height of 15 feet and beginning to spread into the nearby trees,” Black sad.

Neighbors told Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies that no one currently lived on the property.

Crews knocked down the fires but the largest boat on the property was determined to be too unstable for crews to enter safely and was still burning, Black said.

“Ladder 16 was requested and crews were able to raise the platform and spray water down into the boat to successfully extinguish the fire,” he said.

Engine 11 had initiated an attack line for fire control and established a water supply, while Engine 15 assisted with a secondary fire attack line. Engine 91 from Indian Island provided mutual aid and assisted with fire control.

“Quick work of the crews kept the fire from spreading to other nearby exposures,” Black said.

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