MKFD Responds to Village Social

On the evening of October 5th the MKFD responded to a chimney fire at the restaurant Village Social on Main Street. Members of the Independent Fire Company and Union Hook and Ladder Company were in the middle of their fire company meetings when 60 Control dispatched the MKFD at 8:26 PM to 251 Main Street: Village Social Kitchen+Bar for a commercial alarm. While E-105 was responding along with TL-14, Car-2282 (Chief Jackson) arrived on location reporting heavy smoke and had 60 Control dispatch a possible structure fire assignment for the location. On arrival of E-105 and TL-14, the building had been evacuated and heavy flames were coming from the chimney. The crew on E-105 stretched a hose line off the truck into the building and members of the ladder assisted putting the hose line in place and extended their bucket containing members and equipment to the roof. Firefighters used water cans and extinguished the flames in the hearth of the wood burning stove while the ladder company dropped a ball and chain (a devise used to clear blocked chimneys) and cleared out the inside of the chimney. After clearing the blockage members of the ladder company used a hose line off E-105 and cleared any other blockages in the chimney. The building was vented and members of the Rescue Fire Police used wet vacuums to clean up the water left from extinguishing the flames. Firefighters rolled up the used hose and went back in service.