It didn't look that small to me. And with the types of fabric in there I am guessing it was very toxic. From the pictures I can see they could only attack it from either end, with no way of getting at it from the sides, and only appeared to have one ladder pump when they could have done with more to attack it from above.

Risky business fire fighting you know. Perhaps they don't have the same quality of training as some countries, but if I needed them, I would still be very glad to see these boys.