6:56 p.m: Fire observed at rear of store

• Store employee discharges portable fire extinguisher
• Fire reported to 911 center

7:08: Dispatch receives report of fire behind store
7:09: Engines 10 & 11, Ladder 5, and battalion chief dispatched
7:12: Engines 10 & 11, Ladder 5, and assistant and battalion chief on scene
7:13: Assistant chief opens door and locates fire on loading dock

• Loading dock fully involved with fire
• Fire spreads to holding area and warehouse

7:16: Fire chief arrives on scene
7:20: Engine 10 at loading dock receives water from Engine 12
7:27: Engine 11 at store front receives water from Engine 16

• Trapped employee calls 911
• “Lost or trapped inside “ radio call

7:31: Employee rescued

• “Mayday”
• Fire chief: “We need to evacuate building”
• Engine air horns sounded to evacuate building

7:35: Front windows vented

• Brown smoke pours out of broken windows

7:36: Black smoke rolls out front windows
7:37: Fire rolls out front windows
7:51: Portion of main showroom roof collapses
10:00: Fire under control