Photos below were all taken by Gary Buydens, one of the firefighters from Swan Lake.

These two photos are a perfect representation of how firefighters must have felt that day.

Firefighters use a ladder to break the second story windows. At the time, spectators thought this would only fuel the fire, however it was later realized this needed to be done in order to shoot water through them.

Firefighters on Heppner's Garage roof.

Fighting the fire from the rear of the building.

Firemen and ambulance crews used the corner across from the hotel as their central location.

Firefighting from the corner.