Historic Springfield FIRES list of addresses and outcomes

[Lunican]

Sept 3, 2006. 8th and Silver (next to the house pictured above).

http://www.youtube.com/v/NSL8WsHM8GI?version=3

[Timkin]

the numbers of homes /buildings that have burnt down are more than a passing coincidence.

[Lunican]

http://www.youtube.com/v/4S9o-kaekCE?version=3

The last day of 2007 started with a bang. At 740 am Engine 2 responded to a 2 story house fire with heavy fire showing. The Deuce along with Engines 1 & 9, Ladders 1 & 4, Fires 1 & 4, Rescue 2 and Safety 1 had the fire under control in about 15 minutes.

[Lunican]

http://www.youtube.com/v/tBmcAuDLyg4?version=3

[wsansewjs]

This is just off the top of my head, all within the last year and a half:
(please feel free to add addresses or remind me and I'll dig for the address.)

445 E. 7th Street (subsequently demolished)
447 E. 7th Street (subsequently demolished)
451 E. 7th Street (subsequently demolished)
455 E. 7th Street (subsequently demolished)
1721 Ionia (subsequently demolished)
1715 Ionia (this was set to fire twice, on the second time it was demolished, this was tenant occupied)
1716 Ionia (still stands, damage repaired, people live there)
1634 Ionia (still stands, the city boarded it)
1630 Ionia (subsequently demolished)
1626 Ionia (still stands, damage minor)
1340 Ionia (subsequently demolished)
453 E. 3rd Street (owner occupied, still stands, exterior damage only, damage repaired)
242 W. 8th Street (subsequently demolished, but the fire ravaged near all of it, so there wasn't much to demo)
100 or 200 block of E. 1st Street (still stands, damage not fatal)
205 W. 3rd Street/Job Corps Building (currently being demolished)


FYI, 3/4 fires on 7th and/or Ionia where the house was demoed are owned by the same individual.

Holy hell! Now, I am really suspicious... I am going to keep this in my active projects folder to monitor. I may have some information after I dig through history. This is making me sick to my stomach.

-Josh

[sheclown]

I make maps for a living, so I thought I would try to help visualize the Springfield fires.  I took the fires mentioned in this post and created a table and map using Google fusion tables.  If someone at Metro Jacksonville is interested, they could take over this project and manage the fires data. 

Fusion tables are really easy to use.  This technology can be used to map just about anything...another interesting project might be mapping demolished homes in Springfield.

links:
http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?snapid=S183971reSZ (Map)
http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?snapid=S183972tGt1 (Table)

http://img219.imageshack.us/i/springfieldfire.jpg/

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