Fire Fighters: Recalling Mattresses

Stand by all station. Attention, all districts. That's it. Fighter Fighters, the true to life story of our unsung heroes, who stand ready to ride by day or night against our most murderous enemy, the demon of fire.

In a moment, we'll join Chief Cody and rookie fireman Tim Collins as they probe deeper into the latest of a whole series of mystery fires that have plagued the Department in recent days. They've just put out a mattress fire in a locked bedroom, and a house also locked up and deserted.

How could this fire have been set? Yet there's no explanation as to how it could have started by itself. But in one way, they are moving closer toward the source of these strange sudden fires, and we'll see how when we look in on them in just a minute, right after this message you'll want to hear.

Let's go, firefighters! Let's join Chief Cody and Rookie Fireman Tim Collins in that top floor bedroom filled with smoke from the charred mattress. Only a moment ago, from the open skylight in the roof, Tim and his chemical extinguisher had done their job. Then the two men had dropped down into the room and unlocked the door.

Now they have a perfect sample of the mystery fires which Tim has been investigating as a special assignment. So far, the only thing Tim and his younger brother Jimmy had discovered was the strange item that all these unexplained blazes seem to have had in common. In each case, they involved a mattress.

And now as Chief Cody digs into this one with his knife, Tim and Jimmy watch closely, hoping for the answer at last. I'm careful. You don't burn your hands. You're ripping that mattress apart. Still pretty hot.