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[Training Fire]

Description: Photograph of a multi-company fire drill at the Fire Training School at Texas A&M in College Station with fire streams coming from both sides and billows of black smoke in the background as a team of firefighters advances in the middle, probably to shut off a gas valve. The man in the foreground wearing a cowboy hat is Denton Fire Chief Jack Gentry, who was an instructor there every year.
Date: 1978~
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Partner: Denton Public Library

[Denton Fire Fighters Examining a Site]

Description: Photograph of of two unidentified Denton fire fighters searching the debris in a structure after a fire (possibly looking for a cause or origin); the one in the foreground appears to be a chief based on his white coat and helmet. There is smoke visible in the middle and a damaged walls in the background.
Date: May 1972
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Partner: Denton Public Library

[House on Fire]

Description: Photograph of a house on fire while fire fighters try to extinguish the flames with hoses; there is a large billow of black smoke coming from the house and several trees visible in the background.
Date: January 1972
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Partner: Denton Public Library

[Fire on the South Side of the Square]

Description: At 3:45 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, 1972, a fire broke out at the Three Sisters Restaurant on the South side of the Square. The fire worsened and a total of 41 firemen were called in to help. This is the view of the backside of the buildings along Walnut Street. The restaurant was destroyed and one of the walls collapsed into Ever's Hardware on the east side. It also spread into Bomar's Men's Clothing on the west side. All three businesses were destroyed.
Date: May 10, 1972
Creator: City of Denton staff
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Partner: Denton Public Library

[Fire at Cedar Crest Apartments in Denton]

Description: Photograph of a fire at the Cedar Crest apartment complex with a Denton Fire Department fire engine in the foreground and an unidentified man standing on the second floor with fire and smoke in the background. The Cedar Crest apartments, now called Vendi Place, is located at 223 Avenue G. The fire was started by a student who was cooking. They put out the fire and went to class, but the flames had traveled up the vent and had gone into the attic.
Date: October 2, 1973
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Partner: Denton Public Library
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