Name: Kitchen Fire in Building, People Evacuating video
Uploaded: 2026-06-20T10:06:24.000Z
Description: Firefighters quickly extinguished a kitchen fire in a Bronx apartment building, with residents evacuating via fire escapes. No injuries were reported, and crews are ensuring no hotspots remain.

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Firefighters quickly extinguished a kitchen fire in a Bronx apartment building, with residents evacuating via fire escapes. No injuries were reported, and crews are ensuring no hotspots remain.

Kitchen Fire in Building, People Evacuating

Firefighters continue operations; no injuries reported and command post remains active nearby.

Medical Branch 3346 with a progress report.

 Medical Branch 3346, staging is going to remain detained, wire operations are still ongoing, patient total count is zero, potential is going to be low, end of progress report.

 Duration of incident 37 minutes, time currently is 624, dispatch 849 citywide.

Medical Branch 3346 with a progress report. Proceed. Medical Branch 3346, staging is going to remain detained, wire operations are still ongoing, patient total count is zero, potential is going to be low, end of progress report. Duration of incident 37 minutes, time currently is 624, dispatch 849 citywide.

Medical teams report no patients found, and the potential for injuries remains low. Fire operations are ongoing.

Medical Branch 3346 with the preliminary. Proceed.

 You can confirm the MCI, there's a fire on the third floor of the incident building. We're going to keep staging 188 and Arthur. Best access is actually on Arthur Avenue southbound. Fire operations are ongoing.

 Essential for public safety personnel is moderate.

Medical Branch 3346 with the preliminary. Proceed. You can confirm the MCI, there's a fire on the third floor of the incident building. We're going to keep staging 188 and Arthur. Best access is actually on Arthur Avenue southbound. Fire operations are ongoing. Essential for public safety personnel is moderate. Fire operations are ongoing.

Command post is going to be at 188 and Hughes. No patients at this time. Add a preliminary.

 In addition to incident 14 minutes, time now is 601 hours, and dispatcher 495.

Command post is going to be at 188 and Hughes. No patients at this time. Add a preliminary. In addition to incident 14 minutes, time now is 601 hours, and dispatcher 495.

Fire operations continue on the third floor. No injuries reported, and the command post is set up nearby.

Battalion 18 to the Bronx. Battalion 18. 3346, all visible fire has been extinguished. Trucks are continuing to open up and check for extension. Primary search is negative in the fire department and on the entire third floor. Primary search is also negative on the top floor.

 Alright, 10-4 Battalion 18, time of that report at 0600 hours, the incident duration 1616 minutes.

Battalion 18 to the Bronx. Battalion 18. 3346, all visible fire has been extinguished. Trucks are continuing to open up and check for extension. Primary search is negative in the fire department and on the entire third floor. Primary search is also negative on the top floor. Alright, 10-4 Battalion 18, time of that report at 0600 hours, the incident duration 1616 minutes. Thank you.

Firefighters have extinguished the visible fire and are checking for any remaining hotspots. No one was found during the search.

You can have those, everybody who's assigned, you can have them continue it.

 We're still opening up, checking for extension. We have people coming down, the fire escapes.

You can have those, everybody who's assigned, you can have them continue it. We're still opening up, checking for extension. We have people coming down, the fire escapes. Alright, 10-4. 46 engine, received. Engine 46, 10-4. Rescue. Rescue 3, 10-4. Squad. Squad, 10-4. 0550, dispatcher 491.

Battalion 18 to Bronx. 18. 46, we're using 2 and 2 with the 3rd fast. We got a fire in the kitchen, apartment number 17 on number 34. We're stretching a precautionary line at this time.

 Alright, 10-4, 18. We'll go with the size of 620 East 18. 380 by 40.

Battalion 18 to Bronx. 18. 46, we're using 2 and 2 with the 3rd fast. We got a fire in the kitchen, apartment number 17 on number 34. We're stretching a precautionary line at this time. Alright, 10-4, 18. We'll go with the size of 620 East 18. 380 by 40. That's clear.

Firefighters advise of a kitchen fire and checking if the fire have spread to nearby areas. They advise the residents are using fire escapes to evacuate.

The address 620 East 188th Street, it's a mixed occupancy.

 Four-story, 80 by 40, Class 3, corner building.

 Window gates on the basement and first floor, grocery store.

 There's also a restaurant on the first floor.

The address 620 East 188th Street, it's a mixed occupancy. Four-story, 80 by 40, Class 3, corner building. Fire escapes on the 1, 2, and 4 sides. Window gates on the basement and first floor, grocery store. There's also a restaurant on the first floor.

Telephone alarm box 3346, receiving the address 620 East 188th Street, that's off of Hughes Avenue, fire in a multiple dwelling.

Telephone alarm box 3346, receiving the address 620 East 188th Street, that's off of Hughes Avenue, fire in a multiple dwelling. Telephone alarm box 3346, receiving the address 620 East 188th Street, that's off of Hughes Avenue, fire in a multiple dwelling. Bounce for the 18 Battalion.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire in an apartment building.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 620 E 188th St.

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