«Breaking News» Firefighters rescue an American flag from just outside a building entirely engulfed in flames

A fire and rescue crew coming upon a raging inferno in Virginia was able to save the stars and stripes waving dangerously near the flames despite losing the building.

Video footage at the fire at Hopewell Moose Lodge in Hopewell, Virginia, early Thursday morning shows two of the firefighters hurriedly working to bring the U.S. flag down as other crew members tried to douse a blaze behind them.

'That's crazy and I think it's awesome that they'd take time to do that,' lodge member Kaloeb Crockett told WTVR. 'That shows what that means to them.' 

Firefighters called to the building that houses the international fraternal service organization, known as Moose International, was already completely engulfed in fire and smoke.

Hopewell Fire and Rescue arrived at the Moose Lodge in Hopewell, Virginia, early Thursday morning to the scene of a building completely up in flames

One firefighter was initially trying to get the flag down in front of the lodge when another one ran in to help rescue it

'When I got here it was so engulfed in flames that you couldn't even really figure where it started,' Don Readshaw, lodge treasurer, said. 'It's a feeling of futility because there's nothing you can do.'

The flames appeared to originate in the laundry and kitchen sections in the center of the building, and foul play is not currently suspected by investigators.

'This is one of my top ten,' Hopewell Fire Chief Donny Hunter said of the massive size of the fire. 

Hopewell Fire Chief Donny Hunter (left) presents the American flag that flew in front of the Hopewell Moose Lodge to the lodge governor, Brian Carpenter, after the fire was put out

The fire appeared to originate from the center of the Hopewell Moose Lodge in the areas where the kitchen and laundry are located

The lodge that housed the local chapter of Moose International, a fraternal service organization, was a total loss

Brian Carpenter says that with help from the community, the lodge will be rebuilt

'We don't usually lose a whole building. I mean, we pride ourselves in being very aggressive and fighting fire hard.'

Meanwhile, lodge governor Brian Carpenter members of the community other Moose lodges, and other social clubs are reaching out to help with future rebuilding.

'We'll be back. A little bit bigger, a little bit cleaner, a little bit neater, and we'll be able to do what we do all over again,' Carpenter said. 

Carpenter also received the flag back from Fire Chief Hunter after the fire, saying that it meant everything to him that the flag could be saved and returned.

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Main photo article A fire and rescue crew coming upon a raging inferno in Virginia was able to save the stars and stripes waving dangerously near the flames despite losing the building.
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