WATCH: JFRD releases hour-long video showing firefighters battling RISE Doro fire
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department on Wednesday released an hour-long video showing dozens of firefighters battling a massive fire at the RISE Doro apartment complex downtown .
The $60 million apartment project is now being demolished after it was destroyed when a fire broke out last month.
MORE: RISE president ‘broke down’ the first time he drove over Hart Bridge, saw his $60M complex destroyed by fire
The video begins when the fire starts late on a Sunday night and shows crews working until the sun comes up to put the fire out and keep the building from collapsing onto nearby businesses. In the video, JFRD features colorful radio traffic so you can hear exactly how they collaborated to attack the blaze.
RELATED: A brief history of RISE Doro apartments, the $60M downtown complex that caught fire before opening | ‘The timing was just terrible’: Why the sprinkler system didn’t activate at RISE Doro apartments
Watch the entire video below.
Watch the demolition of what remains of the fire-gutted building as of Wednesday below:
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