Firefighters were forced out when flames overtook the stairwells and battled the blaze from ladders set on slushy snow. The high school had open hallways and no fire stops along the roof, allowing the fire to rage.
The Pueblo Chieftain newspaper said the fire broke out on the fourth floor along Orman Avenue and spread to a new addition, which included an auditorium.
Fire Chief Sam Christy "was obliged to use all engine streams, the pressure at the hydrants being only 40 pounds and the nearest plugs requiring not less than 500 feet of hose," according to the magazine Fire Engineering. "He used seven engine streams, having 3,100 feet of hose in use, one length bursting."
The following apparatus attended the fire, according to the magazine:
1 Metropolitan pumping engine
1 Victor motor pumping engine
3 combination hose and chemical wagons
2 two LaFrance hose and chemical wagons
1 75-foot aerial ladder truck.
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