BELLEVIEW, FL (352today.com) – It’s not often you get to see a point-of-view perspective through the lens of a firefighter, especially when they’re in the middle of a job.
Thanks to some nifty camera work by the Marion County Fire Rescue (MCFR) team, that rarity suddenly became a reality.
Video footage from an MCFR fireman’s bodycam captured the dispatch to a shed fire near the 6500 block of SE 111th Place, in Belleview, on Friday, March 7.
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The video begins with the firefighter driving towards the shed fire, with large clouds of smoke acting as a beacon to its location. It then cuts to the fireman arriving on scene and jumping out of his emergency vehicle, unraveling a large fire hose before carrying it towards the shed. With nearby houses only a few feet away, firemen had to act quickly to extinguish the blaze.
The video cuts just before the firemen extinguish the blaze, but photos depict a before and after the fire’s destruction.
MCFR reports that the fire was deemed “under control” just eight minutes after being dispatched.