Walking out the office on Broadway in Gary, I was immeadtly struck by a large plume of black smoke reaching skyward. I chased firefighters around as they tried to formulate a way to get equipment to the fire. GaryFD ended up calling in brush trucks from neighboring communities to get hose out to the fire. The road to get to the burning mass of tires and dead forest was a very soft and hilly - not suitable for bringing in the heavy equipment. The brush trucks brought in about 75 gallons of water at a time. A few trips had to be made to extinguish the blaze. It's reported that the plume of smoke could be seen from Porter County and even over the border in Illinois.
Gary firefighter Derrell Robinson tries to keep the brush and tire fire from spreading into the surrounding forest around 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary. The smoke plume from the fire could be reportedly seen from Porter County and Illinois.
Gary firefighters wait for a Brush truck from Merrillville to show up as they stand watch near a brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary.
A Merrillville firefighter sprays water onto a brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary. The brush truck had to make multiple trips to refill it's tanks to have enough water to put the fire out.
A large plume of smoke rises above a brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary. The smoke plume from the fire could be reportedly seen from Porter County and Illinois.
Gary firefighter Derrell Robinson waits for the brush truck to show up from Merrillville so he and the other firefighters can put out the brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary.
Gary and Merrillville firefighters wait for the Merrillville brush truck to return with more water so they could finish putting out the brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary.
A rim of a tire is all that remains as smoke billows from the smoldering embers of tires as firefighters from Merrillville and Gary put out a brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary.
A Merrillville firefighter carries a water can into the billowing smoke of a brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary.
Gary firefighter Derrell Robinson tries to keep the brush and tire fire from spreading into the surrounding forest around 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary. The smoke plume from the fire could be reportedly seen from Porter County and Illinois.
Gary firefighters wait for a Brush truck from Merrillville to show up as they stand watch near a brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary.
A Merrillville firefighter sprays water onto a brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary. The brush truck had to make multiple trips to refill it's tanks to have enough water to put the fire out.
A large plume of smoke rises above a brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary. The smoke plume from the fire could be reportedly seen from Porter County and Illinois.
Gary firefighter Derrell Robinson waits for the brush truck to show up from Merrillville so he and the other firefighters can put out the brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary.
Gary and Merrillville firefighters wait for the Merrillville brush truck to return with more water so they could finish putting out the brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary.
A rim of a tire is all that remains as smoke billows from the smoldering embers of tires as firefighters from Merrillville and Gary put out a brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary.
A Merrillville firefighter carries a water can into the billowing smoke of a brush and tire fire on 22nd Place east of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Gary.
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