Butte (MT) Fire and Collapse

Fire officials in Butte are investigating a fire that erupted at the National Hotel building in Butte on the early morning of 8-23-2010. The building primarily serves as an apartment building and tenants were rescued from the blaze. The building also houses an antiques store.

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Comment by Rusty Mancini on August 26, 2010 at 10:15pm: Pete, good work and situational awareness on that scene! Great video by the way!! Always wanted to visit The big sky country, hope to... some day soon!

Comment by pete pederson on August 26, 2010 at 4:33pm: 3 of the tenants were rescued from the 3rd floor by the 1rst arriving units, 2 from a ground ladder and the other from the arieal. Having eyes on all sides of the fire made the difference with this collapse we were able to identify the over hang was becoming weak and were able to clear out the area before it came down