The new parish office will be in the building to the left in the picture above. The two houses to the east were burned by the Papillion Fire Department today.. They will make way for our Pave the Way project to add more parking in four phases. Removing these buildings is among the last items of "phase one."
A number of drills were done in the morning before the true burn began. For example, this dummy was placed in the house, and a firefighter had to locate it and carry it outside. a number of drills were done in the western house where they would start fires and observe how long it took to fill the room with smoke.
On both houses, one of the things firefighters had practiced was cutting holes in the roof. Unfortunately some water got through in the eastern house and parts of the drywall ceiling collapsed. They were then unable to do some of their drills in the eastern house as any fire would get right to the attic and burn everything right away.
Fire hoses are difficult to maneuver. It would take a lot of cooperation to take it in this house, take an immediate right up steps and then to the left to put out a fire.
After the drills were complete, the Fire Department asked Bob Roth to knock down part of the west side of the west house. That prevented it from getting as hot and harming our new parish office.
Then it was time to burn them
down, starting with the east house.
Fr. Damian complained that when he was in grade school he never got to go outside and watch a house burn.
Eventually it died down enough to roast marshmallows.
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