hey thats near you.. hope you and your family are ok..

someone was pissed

Thanks so much AL for keeping us informed. You have several of us from Fishers keeping an eye on your website for all the updates! I obviously cant talk to my husband so I keep checking on here to see how the fire is going!
thank you!
thank you!
thank you!
I pray for everyones safety~

Blessings,
Trisha

The fire is pretty much out now but still smoldering for awhile. Thanks to all the fire departments that came out to help. I'll see if I can't get a list of all of them and post it later. I guess I am closed for part of the day :)

Al Jordan

Thanks Al, those of us working in Carmel are also checking the site frequently to get updates. Thanks for keeping us updated.

Thank you!! You do a GREAT job of keeping the citizens informed.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You all :)

Al Jordan

Hope everyone is ok. It was the top story on the noon news in Fort Wayne.

keep up the good work, al!

Everything Going on in Elwood. Great Pictures. I guess it pays off to get up early! I will be watching Channel 8 News to see your photos on TV...that's Great Reporting. Valentines RadioShack Dealer.
Bob

Wish TV 8 is going to show a few of my photos on the news at 5:30
Too Cool, A Big Thanks to Jack Miller for introducing us.
Al Jordan

You got some really good pictures of what was going on this morning. That's great that Channel 8 is going to use some of them on tonight's news. I'll be sure to watch at 5:30. Great Job Al!!

Looks like only one casualty in the fire today. The neighbors lost the head off her concrete pineapple when the channel 13 news truck was backing up to leave :) Its the last picture I uploaded. Enjoy!

Al Jordan

Were they wearing seatbelts?

The poor pineapple never had a chance :)
Al Jordan

Big thanks to the fire departments who responded. Thank goodness Elwood has paid firemen instead of a volunteer department.

Thanks Al for this great website and keeping us informed on all of the updates. Thumbs Up to our great fire department and to all of those who helped. They did a great job and I know the families of ALL the firemen were worried sick, I was worried for them too!! They should be applauded for what was sopposed to be an all day job. Their trucks should also say..."Protect and Serve." They truly deserve a big thumbs up!!!!!!

I guess the next person that got laid off or fired got some revenge. Way to put another family into foreclosure.

I hope our firemen are well rested today after the long day at Plastech. As we came home from a baseball game last night we saw they were fighting a house fire on South A Street. Hope no one was hurt there. There's not much scarier than a house fire!

my neighbor works at plastech, and she said they had fires all the time but got them put out and didnt call the fire department, for those who care to know..

If you had not noticed, MOST ALL of the FIREMEN that assisted with the fire opperations and bringing in water to fight the fire at Plastech were indeed VOLUNTEER firefighters. You might want to choose your words a little better. Kinda sounds very ungrateful to the people that helped your Precious Paid fire Dept.

Sorry couldn't sign in but I guess I should have chosen my words a little more carefully. The volunteer fire departments do a great job. My comment was more about response time. The volunteers have to come from home, work or wherever they happen to be. They do a fantastic job, it just takes a little longer to get there. However, I did say thanks to the departments plural not just to Elwood.

How can you tell or know that it was mostly Volunteers...i cant tell in the pics...just curious...

did the police set the fire?

And they are stopping by your place next :)

You can't tell by the pics who is a volunteer or not. If you are familiar with the names such as Pipe Creek, Richland, or Madison, those are some of them. Usually your township fire departments are volunteers. I think it takes a very special person to be a firefighter, those men put their lives on line every time the pager goes off. The uncertainty of not knowing what you are going to pull up on. Trying to console a homeowner after their home has just burnt or trying to help them gather any of their prize posessions that may be left. As I stated it takes a specail person to do the job. Nurse 911 please proof your next posting a little better. Comments such as yours, even though you retracted it are really harsh.

Can't sign in again but just wanted to say that I didn't retract anything. I just added to it. I live in a community now that only has a volunteer department. And while they are a great group of people and do a fantastic job, it still takes them longer to respond because they have to be "called in." I wish we had a paid ambulance and fire department so that someone would be there 24/7 when 911 is called. Oh and before I moved, I lived in Elwood for 36 years and consider it my hometown.

You explained yourself better. you are right it is bad that they have to come from wherever they are to the fire barn and then respond, yes it does take precious time.

you explained your comment. My bad!