Hoos Fire November 20, 2012
photos by Robert Tuttle

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Explosion and Fire in the Manor on Nov 20, 2012
4 businesses destroyed

These photos were taken by a lifelong resident of Livingston Manor,
graphic artist Robert Tuttle.

 


Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012 4:56 pm.
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  (more photos below)

 

I live on Finch Street and felt the first explosion sometime after 3. At first I thought my Mom who lives downstairs had fallen or dropped something, but after checking I looked outside and saw the smoke. At first we thought it was Rocky Vitale's lumber mill. We decided to walk over and look, so I grabbed my camera and off we went. 

It wasn't long after we were there that several small explosions occurred which, as Butch Simpson (Fireman) said, happened because of the metal roof. After about 20 minutes a huge explosion occurred.  I was shooting during and after the explosion. Pieces of burning building were hitting me and landing all around. A 2x4 hit Vivian Greene who was standing about 15 feet to my left, but I didn't learn about that until the following days. My shooting sequence lasted only 29 minutes which is partially because I ran out of light. The fire was continuing (sort of) after I walked back home. 

 


Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012 4:56 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 4:56 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 4:58 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.
November 20, 2012, 5:00 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 5:04 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 5:04 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 5:04 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 5:04 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 5:09 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 5:15 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 5:15 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 5:17 and 5:18 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 5:21 pm.
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Photo © Robert Tuttle.  November 20, 2012, 5:25 pm.
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