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An aerial ladder extended overhead with ropes hanging down; additional images showed crews dismantling part of the slide to reach him.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The ladder is the largest carried on a Fremont fire truck and the ability to use the aerial ladder on the truck was inhibited by obstructions in the parking lot area, authorities said.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
Crews found heavy fire and smoke, requiring aerial ladders to extinguish, Guzman said.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
Hopkins said firefighters fought the fire defensively, using an aerial ladder to spray water down upon the blaze from above.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The ladder is the largest carried on a Fremont fire truck and the ability to use the aerial ladder on the truck was inhibited by obstructions in the parking lot area, authorities said.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
Crews found heavy fire and smoke, requiring aerial ladders to extinguish, Guzman said.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
Hopkins said firefighters fought the fire defensively, using an aerial ladder to spray water down upon the blaze from above.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Aerial ladder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aerial%20ladder. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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