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Fire in Transformer Vault Sends Smoke Into Sky; Multiple Users Reporting Lost Power

504 Myrtle Ave, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

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Summary

  • Firefighters responded to a light haze reported in an eight-story, mixed-use building on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn. No smoke or carbon monoxide was detected, and the building's power isolation was delayed.

Timeline

No injuries have been reported.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Branch box 0645, 60 U.I. in the Borough of Brooklyn with a preliminary report. Proceed. Branch box 0645, confirming NCI 21. This happens to be a transformer fire. FBI's on scene with Con Edison. Currently, we have zero patients, I repeat, zero patients. Danger is going to remain on Myrtle and Steuben. Next assist is coming from.... This is from...

Firefighters report the transformer fire is nearly extinguished, and operations are ongoing.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Proceed.Code branch, box 06405. FD operation is ongoing. Potential FD personnel and MOS at this moment is moderate. Stage will remain the same on Myrtle Avenue and Steuben. Fire, it's electrical fire, a transformer fire and FD operation is still going. It's almost out. You could ask the chief if he's at discretion if he weren't 10-87, but this, um, FD... FD.

Firefighters are deploying foam for a flammable liquid fire in the transformer vault.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Division 1 to Brooklyn. Division 1, 1. At all handspots, code 645, 504 Myrtle Ave. A transfer to 10-86, code 1, for a flammable liquid fire in a transformer vault. Also requesting the F500, K. 10-4. report, we received at 1716 hours. Your duration is 2 hours and 15 minutes. 10-4.
FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Proceed.Code branch, box 06405. FD operation is ongoing. Potential FD personnel and MOS at this moment is moderate. Stage will remain the same on Myrtle Avenue and Steuben. Fire, it's electrical fire, a transformer fire and FD operation is still going. It's almost out. You could ask the chief if he's at discretion if he weren't 10-87, but this, um, FD... FD.

Multiple users are reporting that they have lost power.

Radio clips available.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
87 Manhattan. 87. 87, 713, use all hands, it's under control. We had a large refrigerant break. All searches throughout, complete and negative, building was vented, stretch one precautionary hand line. Special units, fast truck, EMS are all not required. No injuries reported, we're under control, okay? 10-4. Time of that report is 1627 hours, duration of your incident 1 hour 35 minutes. 10-4.

The fire crew has stretched a line and is checking apartment 4A above the transformer.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
931 to Brooklyn. 931. 931 to Brooklyn, we're using 2 and 2 at this time. We got one line stretched at this time. And, uh, apartment 4A, right above the, uh, transformer, checks out. We got light A's, no extension. And that emergency crew is on scene. Alright, 10-4, we got a high inside.

Firefighters are venting the building, and conditions are gradually improving.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 7 to Manhattan. Battalion 7. TAC 713, units are continuing to vent the building, condition is gradually improving. 10-4. 1601, 431. Battalion 16 to Manhattan. 16. 1545, we used a 10-18 for a 10-33 code 2, no orders or hits on the meeting. And.

Firefighters are checking the second and third floors after reports of an explosion in the building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn to Engine Company 211. Battalion 31. 31. When you go 84, can you check second and third floor? Getting report of some type of explosion at 504 Myrtle Avenue. 10-4, second floor of 504 Myrtle. 10-4. Yeah, second and third floors. Ladder 1.

Firefighters have received additional reports of a transformer vault fire.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn box 7 to initial box 645, 504 Myrtle Avenue, that's between Grand Avenue and Ryerson Street, for fire in a transformer volt. Brooklyn box 7 to initial box 645, 504 Myrtle Avenue, that's Grand Avenue to Ryerson Street, for fire in a transformer volt. Time 1557 hours, dispatcher 388. 10-4.

Firefighters report no smoke or carbon monoxide in the building. Power isolation by utility is delayed.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
10-35 to Brooklyn, K. You got it, 35. In front of 504 Myrtle Avenue, we're going to go with final disposition of 10-25, code 4. 211 ignored man on the scene and fled the transformer vault. Con Ed will be delayed in isolating power to the transformer. And 504 and 490 continue to have no smoke or CO. We're going to be 10-8. 10-4. Tower 1549 hours, dispatcher 3 to 8. Tower 1549 hours.

Firefighters confirm the building is an eight-story, fully sprinklered structure with no stair access in the lobby.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Battalion 35, updated SIDS for 504 Myrtle Ave, 8-story multiple dwelling, 210 by 95, class 1, first floor, fully sprinklered, no stair access in the lobby.

Firefighters report the building is a six-story, mixed-use structure.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
My exposure is a 6, I'm sorry. 6, did you receive the sensor? We sent it to your MDT, K. 504 is a six-story, multiple dwelling, mixed occupancy. By 100, Class 1.

Firefighters on scene advise that they see a light haze in the building and that there are no carbon monoxide readings.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
35 to Brooklyn. 10-35. Corrected address is 504 Myrtle Avenue. No haze, no CO readings, and a light haze in 504. 10-4.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 504 Myrtle Ave.

No injuries have been reported.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Branch box 0645, 60 U.I. in the Borough of Brooklyn with a preliminary report. Proceed. Branch box 0645, confirming NCI 21. This happens to be a transformer fire. FBI's on scene with Con Edison. Currently, we have zero patients, I repeat, zero patients. Danger is going to remain on Myrtle and Steuben. Next assist is coming from.... This is from...

Firefighters report the transformer fire is nearly extinguished, and operations are ongoing.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Proceed.Code branch, box 06405. FD operation is ongoing. Potential FD personnel and MOS at this moment is moderate. Stage will remain the same on Myrtle Avenue and Steuben. Fire, it's electrical fire, a transformer fire and FD operation is still going. It's almost out. You could ask the chief if he's at discretion if he weren't 10-87, but this, um, FD... FD.

Firefighters are deploying foam for a flammable liquid fire in the transformer vault.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Division 1 to Brooklyn. Division 1, 1. At all handspots, code 645, 504 Myrtle Ave. A transfer to 10-86, code 1, for a flammable liquid fire in a transformer vault. Also requesting the F500, K. 10-4. report, we received at 1716 hours. Your duration is 2 hours and 15 minutes. 10-4.
FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Proceed.Code branch, box 06405. FD operation is ongoing. Potential FD personnel and MOS at this moment is moderate. Stage will remain the same on Myrtle Avenue and Steuben. Fire, it's electrical fire, a transformer fire and FD operation is still going. It's almost out. You could ask the chief if he's at discretion if he weren't 10-87, but this, um, FD... FD.

Multiple users are reporting that they have lost power.

Radio clips available.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
87 Manhattan. 87. 87, 713, use all hands, it's under control. We had a large refrigerant break. All searches throughout, complete and negative, building was vented, stretch one precautionary hand line. Special units, fast truck, EMS are all not required. No injuries reported, we're under control, okay? 10-4. Time of that report is 1627 hours, duration of your incident 1 hour 35 minutes. 10-4.

The fire crew has stretched a line and is checking apartment 4A above the transformer.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
931 to Brooklyn. 931. 931 to Brooklyn, we're using 2 and 2 at this time. We got one line stretched at this time. And, uh, apartment 4A, right above the, uh, transformer, checks out. We got light A's, no extension. And that emergency crew is on scene. Alright, 10-4, we got a high inside.

Firefighters are venting the building, and conditions are gradually improving.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 7 to Manhattan. Battalion 7. TAC 713, units are continuing to vent the building, condition is gradually improving. 10-4. 1601, 431. Battalion 16 to Manhattan. 16. 1545, we used a 10-18 for a 10-33 code 2, no orders or hits on the meeting. And.

Firefighters are checking the second and third floors after reports of an explosion in the building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn to Engine Company 211. Battalion 31. 31. When you go 84, can you check second and third floor? Getting report of some type of explosion at 504 Myrtle Avenue. 10-4, second floor of 504 Myrtle. 10-4. Yeah, second and third floors. Ladder 1.

Firefighters have received additional reports of a transformer vault fire.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn box 7 to initial box 645, 504 Myrtle Avenue, that's between Grand Avenue and Ryerson Street, for fire in a transformer volt. Brooklyn box 7 to initial box 645, 504 Myrtle Avenue, that's Grand Avenue to Ryerson Street, for fire in a transformer volt. Time 1557 hours, dispatcher 388. 10-4.

Firefighters report no smoke or carbon monoxide in the building. Power isolation by utility is delayed.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
10-35 to Brooklyn, K. You got it, 35. In front of 504 Myrtle Avenue, we're going to go with final disposition of 10-25, code 4. 211 ignored man on the scene and fled the transformer vault. Con Ed will be delayed in isolating power to the transformer. And 504 and 490 continue to have no smoke or CO. We're going to be 10-8. 10-4. Tower 1549 hours, dispatcher 3 to 8. Tower 1549 hours.

Firefighters confirm the building is an eight-story, fully sprinklered structure with no stair access in the lobby.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Battalion 35, updated SIDS for 504 Myrtle Ave, 8-story multiple dwelling, 210 by 95, class 1, first floor, fully sprinklered, no stair access in the lobby.

Firefighters report the building is a six-story, mixed-use structure.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
My exposure is a 6, I'm sorry. 6, did you receive the sensor? We sent it to your MDT, K. 504 is a six-story, multiple dwelling, mixed occupancy. By 100, Class 1.

Firefighters on scene advise that they see a light haze in the building and that there are no carbon monoxide readings.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
35 to Brooklyn. 10-35. Corrected address is 504 Myrtle Avenue. No haze, no CO readings, and a light haze in 504. 10-4.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 504 Myrtle Ave.

No injuries have been reported.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Branch box 0645, 60 U.I. in the Borough of Brooklyn with a preliminary report. Proceed. Branch box 0645, confirming NCI 21. This happens to be a transformer fire. FBI's on scene with Con Edison. Currently, we have zero patients, I repeat, zero patients. Danger is going to remain on Myrtle and Steuben. Next assist is coming from.... This is from...

Firefighters report the transformer fire is nearly extinguished, and operations are ongoing.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Proceed.Code branch, box 06405. FD operation is ongoing. Potential FD personnel and MOS at this moment is moderate. Stage will remain the same on Myrtle Avenue and Steuben. Fire, it's electrical fire, a transformer fire and FD operation is still going. It's almost out. You could ask the chief if he's at discretion if he weren't 10-87, but this, um, FD... FD.

Firefighters are deploying foam for a flammable liquid fire in the transformer vault.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Division 1 to Brooklyn. Division 1, 1. At all handspots, code 645, 504 Myrtle Ave. A transfer to 10-86, code 1, for a flammable liquid fire in a transformer vault. Also requesting the F500, K. 10-4. report, we received at 1716 hours. Your duration is 2 hours and 15 minutes. 10-4.
FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Proceed.Code branch, box 06405. FD operation is ongoing. Potential FD personnel and MOS at this moment is moderate. Stage will remain the same on Myrtle Avenue and Steuben. Fire, it's electrical fire, a transformer fire and FD operation is still going. It's almost out. You could ask the chief if he's at discretion if he weren't 10-87, but this, um, FD... FD.

Multiple users are reporting that they have lost power.

Radio clips available.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
87 Manhattan. 87. 87, 713, use all hands, it's under control. We had a large refrigerant break. All searches throughout, complete and negative, building was vented, stretch one precautionary hand line. Special units, fast truck, EMS are all not required. No injuries reported, we're under control, okay? 10-4. Time of that report is 1627 hours, duration of your incident 1 hour 35 minutes. 10-4.

The fire crew has stretched a line and is checking apartment 4A above the transformer.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
931 to Brooklyn. 931. 931 to Brooklyn, we're using 2 and 2 at this time. We got one line stretched at this time. And, uh, apartment 4A, right above the, uh, transformer, checks out. We got light A's, no extension. And that emergency crew is on scene. Alright, 10-4, we got a high inside.

Firefighters are venting the building, and conditions are gradually improving.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 7 to Manhattan. Battalion 7. TAC 713, units are continuing to vent the building, condition is gradually improving. 10-4. 1601, 431. Battalion 16 to Manhattan. 16. 1545, we used a 10-18 for a 10-33 code 2, no orders or hits on the meeting. And.

Firefighters are checking the second and third floors after reports of an explosion in the building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn to Engine Company 211. Battalion 31. 31. When you go 84, can you check second and third floor? Getting report of some type of explosion at 504 Myrtle Avenue. 10-4, second floor of 504 Myrtle. 10-4. Yeah, second and third floors. Ladder 1.

Firefighters have received additional reports of a transformer vault fire.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn box 7 to initial box 645, 504 Myrtle Avenue, that's between Grand Avenue and Ryerson Street, for fire in a transformer volt. Brooklyn box 7 to initial box 645, 504 Myrtle Avenue, that's Grand Avenue to Ryerson Street, for fire in a transformer volt. Time 1557 hours, dispatcher 388. 10-4.

Firefighters report no smoke or carbon monoxide in the building. Power isolation by utility is delayed.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
10-35 to Brooklyn, K. You got it, 35. In front of 504 Myrtle Avenue, we're going to go with final disposition of 10-25, code 4. 211 ignored man on the scene and fled the transformer vault. Con Ed will be delayed in isolating power to the transformer. And 504 and 490 continue to have no smoke or CO. We're going to be 10-8. 10-4. Tower 1549 hours, dispatcher 3 to 8. Tower 1549 hours.

Firefighters confirm the building is an eight-story, fully sprinklered structure with no stair access in the lobby.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Battalion 35, updated SIDS for 504 Myrtle Ave, 8-story multiple dwelling, 210 by 95, class 1, first floor, fully sprinklered, no stair access in the lobby.

Firefighters report the building is a six-story, mixed-use structure.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
My exposure is a 6, I'm sorry. 6, did you receive the sensor? We sent it to your MDT, K. 504 is a six-story, multiple dwelling, mixed occupancy. By 100, Class 1.

Firefighters on scene advise that they see a light haze in the building and that there are no carbon monoxide readings.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
35 to Brooklyn. 10-35. Corrected address is 504 Myrtle Avenue. No haze, no CO readings, and a light haze in 504. 10-4.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 504 Myrtle Ave.

No injuries have been reported.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Branch box 0645, 60 U.I. in the Borough of Brooklyn with a preliminary report. Proceed. Branch box 0645, confirming NCI 21. This happens to be a transformer fire. FBI's on scene with Con Edison. Currently, we have zero patients, I repeat, zero patients. Danger is going to remain on Myrtle and Steuben. Next assist is coming from.... This is from...

Firefighters report the transformer fire is nearly extinguished, and operations are ongoing.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Proceed.Code branch, box 06405. FD operation is ongoing. Potential FD personnel and MOS at this moment is moderate. Stage will remain the same on Myrtle Avenue and Steuben. Fire, it's electrical fire, a transformer fire and FD operation is still going. It's almost out. You could ask the chief if he's at discretion if he weren't 10-87, but this, um, FD... FD.

Firefighters are deploying foam for a flammable liquid fire in the transformer vault.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Division 1 to Brooklyn. Division 1, 1. At all handspots, code 645, 504 Myrtle Ave. A transfer to 10-86, code 1, for a flammable liquid fire in a transformer vault. Also requesting the F500, K. 10-4. report, we received at 1716 hours. Your duration is 2 hours and 15 minutes. 10-4.
FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Proceed.Code branch, box 06405. FD operation is ongoing. Potential FD personnel and MOS at this moment is moderate. Stage will remain the same on Myrtle Avenue and Steuben. Fire, it's electrical fire, a transformer fire and FD operation is still going. It's almost out. You could ask the chief if he's at discretion if he weren't 10-87, but this, um, FD... FD.

Multiple users are reporting that they have lost power.

Radio clips available.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
87 Manhattan. 87. 87, 713, use all hands, it's under control. We had a large refrigerant break. All searches throughout, complete and negative, building was vented, stretch one precautionary hand line. Special units, fast truck, EMS are all not required. No injuries reported, we're under control, okay? 10-4. Time of that report is 1627 hours, duration of your incident 1 hour 35 minutes. 10-4.

The fire crew has stretched a line and is checking apartment 4A above the transformer.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
931 to Brooklyn. 931. 931 to Brooklyn, we're using 2 and 2 at this time. We got one line stretched at this time. And, uh, apartment 4A, right above the, uh, transformer, checks out. We got light A's, no extension. And that emergency crew is on scene. Alright, 10-4, we got a high inside.

Firefighters are venting the building, and conditions are gradually improving.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 7 to Manhattan. Battalion 7. TAC 713, units are continuing to vent the building, condition is gradually improving. 10-4. 1601, 431. Battalion 16 to Manhattan. 16. 1545, we used a 10-18 for a 10-33 code 2, no orders or hits on the meeting. And.

Firefighters are checking the second and third floors after reports of an explosion in the building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn to Engine Company 211. Battalion 31. 31. When you go 84, can you check second and third floor? Getting report of some type of explosion at 504 Myrtle Avenue. 10-4, second floor of 504 Myrtle. 10-4. Yeah, second and third floors. Ladder 1.

Firefighters have received additional reports of a transformer vault fire.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn box 7 to initial box 645, 504 Myrtle Avenue, that's between Grand Avenue and Ryerson Street, for fire in a transformer volt. Brooklyn box 7 to initial box 645, 504 Myrtle Avenue, that's Grand Avenue to Ryerson Street, for fire in a transformer volt. Time 1557 hours, dispatcher 388. 10-4.

Firefighters report no smoke or carbon monoxide in the building. Power isolation by utility is delayed.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
10-35 to Brooklyn, K. You got it, 35. In front of 504 Myrtle Avenue, we're going to go with final disposition of 10-25, code 4. 211 ignored man on the scene and fled the transformer vault. Con Ed will be delayed in isolating power to the transformer. And 504 and 490 continue to have no smoke or CO. We're going to be 10-8. 10-4. Tower 1549 hours, dispatcher 3 to 8. Tower 1549 hours.

Firefighters confirm the building is an eight-story, fully sprinklered structure with no stair access in the lobby.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Battalion 35, updated SIDS for 504 Myrtle Ave, 8-story multiple dwelling, 210 by 95, class 1, first floor, fully sprinklered, no stair access in the lobby.

Firefighters report the building is a six-story, mixed-use structure.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
My exposure is a 6, I'm sorry. 6, did you receive the sensor? We sent it to your MDT, K. 504 is a six-story, multiple dwelling, mixed occupancy. By 100, Class 1.

Firefighters on scene advise that they see a light haze in the building and that there are no carbon monoxide readings.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
35 to Brooklyn. 10-35. Corrected address is 504 Myrtle Avenue. No haze, no CO readings, and a light haze in 504. 10-4.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 504 Myrtle Ave.

No injuries have been reported.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Branch box 0645, 60 U.I. in the Borough of Brooklyn with a preliminary report. Proceed. Branch box 0645, confirming NCI 21. This happens to be a transformer fire. FBI's on scene with Con Edison. Currently, we have zero patients, I repeat, zero patients. Danger is going to remain on Myrtle and Steuben. Next assist is coming from.... This is from...

Firefighters report the transformer fire is nearly extinguished, and operations are ongoing.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Proceed.Code branch, box 06405. FD operation is ongoing. Potential FD personnel and MOS at this moment is moderate. Stage will remain the same on Myrtle Avenue and Steuben. Fire, it's electrical fire, a transformer fire and FD operation is still going. It's almost out. You could ask the chief if he's at discretion if he weren't 10-87, but this, um, FD... FD.

Firefighters are deploying foam for a flammable liquid fire in the transformer vault.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Division 1 to Brooklyn. Division 1, 1. At all handspots, code 645, 504 Myrtle Ave. A transfer to 10-86, code 1, for a flammable liquid fire in a transformer vault. Also requesting the F500, K. 10-4. report, we received at 1716 hours. Your duration is 2 hours and 15 minutes. 10-4.
FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Proceed.Code branch, box 06405. FD operation is ongoing. Potential FD personnel and MOS at this moment is moderate. Stage will remain the same on Myrtle Avenue and Steuben. Fire, it's electrical fire, a transformer fire and FD operation is still going. It's almost out. You could ask the chief if he's at discretion if he weren't 10-87, but this, um, FD... FD.

Multiple users are reporting that they have lost power.

Radio clips available.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
87 Manhattan. 87. 87, 713, use all hands, it's under control. We had a large refrigerant break. All searches throughout, complete and negative, building was vented, stretch one precautionary hand line. Special units, fast truck, EMS are all not required. No injuries reported, we're under control, okay? 10-4. Time of that report is 1627 hours, duration of your incident 1 hour 35 minutes. 10-4.

The fire crew has stretched a line and is checking apartment 4A above the transformer.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
931 to Brooklyn. 931. 931 to Brooklyn, we're using 2 and 2 at this time. We got one line stretched at this time. And, uh, apartment 4A, right above the, uh, transformer, checks out. We got light A's, no extension. And that emergency crew is on scene. Alright, 10-4, we got a high inside.

Firefighters are venting the building, and conditions are gradually improving.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 7 to Manhattan. Battalion 7. TAC 713, units are continuing to vent the building, condition is gradually improving. 10-4. 1601, 431. Battalion 16 to Manhattan. 16. 1545, we used a 10-18 for a 10-33 code 2, no orders or hits on the meeting. And.

Firefighters are checking the second and third floors after reports of an explosion in the building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn to Engine Company 211. Battalion 31. 31. When you go 84, can you check second and third floor? Getting report of some type of explosion at 504 Myrtle Avenue. 10-4, second floor of 504 Myrtle. 10-4. Yeah, second and third floors. Ladder 1.

Firefighters have received additional reports of a transformer vault fire.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn box 7 to initial box 645, 504 Myrtle Avenue, that's between Grand Avenue and Ryerson Street, for fire in a transformer volt. Brooklyn box 7 to initial box 645, 504 Myrtle Avenue, that's Grand Avenue to Ryerson Street, for fire in a transformer volt. Time 1557 hours, dispatcher 388. 10-4.

Firefighters report no smoke or carbon monoxide in the building. Power isolation by utility is delayed.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
10-35 to Brooklyn, K. You got it, 35. In front of 504 Myrtle Avenue, we're going to go with final disposition of 10-25, code 4. 211 ignored man on the scene and fled the transformer vault. Con Ed will be delayed in isolating power to the transformer. And 504 and 490 continue to have no smoke or CO. We're going to be 10-8. 10-4. Tower 1549 hours, dispatcher 3 to 8. Tower 1549 hours.

Firefighters confirm the building is an eight-story, fully sprinklered structure with no stair access in the lobby.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Battalion 35, updated SIDS for 504 Myrtle Ave, 8-story multiple dwelling, 210 by 95, class 1, first floor, fully sprinklered, no stair access in the lobby.

Firefighters report the building is a six-story, mixed-use structure.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
My exposure is a 6, I'm sorry. 6, did you receive the sensor? We sent it to your MDT, K. 504 is a six-story, multiple dwelling, mixed occupancy. By 100, Class 1.

Firefighters on scene advise that they see a light haze in the building and that there are no carbon monoxide readings.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
35 to Brooklyn. 10-35. Corrected address is 504 Myrtle Avenue. No haze, no CO readings, and a light haze in 504. 10-4.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 504 Myrtle Ave.

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brooklynUser1272943008Oct 8 at 6:12 PM

if the fire ain’t out someone livestream

hatsunesqueakuOct 8 at 5:43 PM

someone go live again 😭 we want to see

Elena527bOct 8 at 4:06 PM

Anyone’s else lose internet and lights?

takeitorleaveitsOct 8 at 4:00 PM

that explosion was crazy flickered lights thruout neighborhood

brooklynUser1272943008Oct 8 at 6:12 PM

if the fire ain’t out someone livestream

hatsunesqueakuOct 8 at 5:43 PM

someone go live again 😭 we want to see

Elena527bOct 8 at 4:06 PM

Anyone’s else lose internet and lights?

takeitorleaveitsOct 8 at 4:00 PM

that explosion was crazy flickered lights thruout neighborhood

brooklynUser1272943008Oct 8 at 6:12 PM

if the fire ain’t out someone livestream

hatsunesqueakuOct 8 at 5:43 PM

someone go live again 😭 we want to see

Elena527bOct 8 at 4:06 PM

Anyone’s else lose internet and lights?

takeitorleaveitsOct 8 at 4:00 PM

that explosion was crazy flickered lights thruout neighborhood

brooklynUser1272943008Oct 8 at 6:12 PM

if the fire ain’t out someone livestream

hatsunesqueakuOct 8 at 5:43 PM

someone go live again 😭 we want to see

Elena527bOct 8 at 4:06 PM

Anyone’s else lose internet and lights?

takeitorleaveitsOct 8 at 4:00 PM

that explosion was crazy flickered lights thruout neighborhood

brooklynUser1272943008Oct 8 at 6:12 PM

if the fire ain’t out someone livestream

hatsunesqueakuOct 8 at 5:43 PM

someone go live again 😭 we want to see

Elena527bOct 8 at 4:06 PM

Anyone’s else lose internet and lights?

takeitorleaveitsOct 8 at 4:00 PM

that explosion was crazy flickered lights thruout neighborhood

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