Amazing video: Raleigh fire visible throughout downtown
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Capt. Ralph Ripper of the Raleigh Fire Department battled last week's blaze for hours from an aerial bucket. Ripper talks about his time at the fire and shares more about balancing his family life.
Parishioners at the Edenton Street United Methodist Churched filled the pews Sunday for the first time since the massive fire in downtown Raleigh Thursday night.
Downtown Raleigh residents forced to leave their homes as fire raged on Thursday night will got an initial look at what they left behind and what's left Saturday, when they were escorted back to their apartments to pick up belongings. The residents will have a second opportunity to retrieve belongs on Sunday morning.
Cleanup efforts have started in downtown Raleigh after a massive fire destroyed multiple structures, and many area residents are without homes.
Raleigh Fire Battalion Chief Kevin Coppage said all fires present a unique set of dangers. The main danger Thursday night was how quickly this fire spread and progressed to a five-alarm.
Firefighters spent about three hours late Thursday and early Friday gaining control over the biggest fire in downtown Raleigh since the 1920s. At five alarms, around 15 fire engines, 130 firefighters and five ladders were on the scene throughout the night.
Ted Reynolds, who built the Quorum Center condo and office high rise in downtown Raleigh and now lives on the 15th floor, said he was thankful he and his wife were able to escape unharmed after an apartment building under construction next door went up in flames.
A fire that engulfed an apartment building under construction damaged several nearby downtown Raleigh businesses, while others were feeling the effects of the blaze financially.
Local businesses give back after Raleigh fire
Raleigh Fire Chief John McGrath gives an update on the downtown apartment fire.
Kirk Eilers lives in The Link, an apartment building near the Metropolitan, an apartment also under construction and covered in flames.
Firefighters continued to spray water on the site of a massive fire in downtown Raleigh Friday, hoping to keep it from rekindling.
Raleigh officials on Friday held a news conference to discuss a massive fire that destroyed a new apartment building in downtown.
Residents of high-rises near the scene of a massive Raleigh fire could wait months to return safely to live in their homes.
A man calls 911 to report what he was seeing as a full city block burned Thursday, March 16, 2017.
The heat of a high-rise fire in downtown Raleigh Thursday night melted the glass in windows of surrounding buildings. (Video courtesy Jay Hughes)
Dr. Joel Schneider lives on the 14th floor across from a building under construction that burned Thursday night.
A construction crane collapsed in the heat of a fire in downtown Raleigh, damaging a building across the street and setting off sparks as it fell. (Video courtesy Brett Hanley)
Raleigh Fire Division Chief John Fanning said the Friday morning fire in downtown Raleigh was the biggest fire he had seen in 24 years in the city.
Fire officials said 10 buildings were damaged early Friday morning after a massive fire started at a new apartment building in downtown Raleigh.
Sky 5 flies over the aftermath of a massive fire in downtown Raleigh.
Ten buildings in downtown Raleigh were damaged Thursday by a roaring fire that started in a construction site.
A massive fire destroyed a new apartment building in downtown Raleigh.
A construction crane fell across a blazing fire in downtown Raleigh, setting off sparks and damaging buildings nearby.
A five-alarm fire broke out Thursday night and affected several buildings in downtown Raleigh.
Raleigh residents captured videos after a five alarm fire broke out in downtown Raleigh Thursday night.
Flames leaped hundreds of feet in the air in Raleigh on March 16, 2017, as a construction site burned.
An apartment building in downtown Raleigh was engulfed in flames Thursday night.
A five-alarm fire broke out in downtown Raleigh late Thursday night.