Just after 230 AM Rescue Company 19 along with Company 75 Briarcliffe were dispatched to assist Companies 06 and 42 Collingdale on a building fire with entrapment. Units from 19 and 75 were requested as the Rapid Intervention Companies. 06-9 requested 2 RITs because he had 2 row homes fully involved with fire extending down the row of houses. Engine 19 along with 19-8A acting as the rescue responded with a crew of 11. Upon arrival the RITs were placed in service in the front and rear 75 in the front and 19 in the rear. Crews from the first in companies managed to make several rescues but unfortunately a 7 year old perished in the fire. Crews were able to contain the fire to the first 2 houses with minor extension to the third. Company 19 was on location for just over 3 hours.
