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Washing Machine Aflame Inside 6th Floor Apartment

342 E 55th St, Sutton Place, Manhattan

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  • Firefighters responded to a fire in a top-floor apartment of a six-story building on East 55th Street in New York. Crews are actively working to extinguish the blaze, with EMS on standby at the scene.

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Firefighters have confirmed that there are no entrapments or injuries after searching the building, and have brought the fire under control.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:30
Division 3, Manhattan. 3 box 0894, secondaries are completely negative throughout, you go under control at this time. 10-4 Division 3, the time of your under control, 0842 hours, duration of your incident 5555 minutes, Division 3. Division 3, 10-5, 10-4. 842, 459. Division 3, 10-5.

Preliminary searches are complete with no findings. Additional searches are still underway.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
Division 3, Manhattan. Division 3. Division 3, box 0894, primaries are complete and negative en route, secondaries are still in progress, trucks are opening them up, engine is still washing down. 10-4, Division 3, time of that report, 0837 hours, duration of your incident 5050 minutes, Division 3. 10-4.

Fire operations are ongoing, with a low risk to civilians, according to EMS.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch directed, Manhattan box 0894, citywide progress report. Manhattan box 0894, go with domestic. Manhattan 0894, fire operations remain ongoing. Potential is going to be moderate. The public safety personnel, loaded civilians. Status of the fire 08, report for incident. I'm going to show myself 10-8, back to the 911. Condition 08, control of medical branch at 0894, and that'll be the end of the... rocket.

Firefighters report the fire originated from a washing machine. Water is being applied to the fire.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:25
9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. Fire in 7 Alpha, appears to be a washing and dryer unit. We have water on the fire. 10-4, Battalion 9. Time of that report, 0812 hours, duration of incident 2626 minutes. Battalion 9.

EMS units are on scene and confirm the fire is on the sixth floor of the building.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch directed, Manhattan box 0894, citywide, for a minority report. Manhattan box 0894, go. Manhattan 0894, fire is currently operating in the 6th story class 3 with a fire on the 6th floor. They have water on the fire already, the potential for a 6th in command, public safety personnel is high, civilians is going to be minimal. Why am I referring to this?

Radio clips available.

EMS Staten Island · 0:23
Attention all Staten Island units, MCI report of fire has been transmitted in the borough of Manhattan, address 342 East 55 Street, between 2nd Avenue and 1st Avenue. EMS CAD 1197, box number 0894, time now 0807 hours, D 460.
Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Apartment 7 Adam, of a 6-story, 30 by 80, Class 3, multiple dwelling. Ladder announcing all hands going to work, box 894, address is 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues for a fire. Apartment 7 Adam, of a 6-story, 30 by 80, Class 3, multiple dwelling. 808's the time, 459.

Firefighters have transmitted an "all hands" alert, meaning all units on scene are actively working to bring the situation under control.

Firefighters have a hose line in operation to combat the apartment fire.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. You can transmit the all-in. We've got one line stretched, currently in operation. The fire is apartment 7 Adam. 10-4, Battalion 9. Battalion 9 is going to work, box 894. Address 342 East 55 Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for a fire.

EMS is on standby near the scene.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:23
Car 512 to citywide. Car 512. 84 on Manhattan 0894, Beijing. It's going to be on 1st Avenue, East 55. Best access north on 1st Avenue to East 55. I'll give you 11 Harry in 2 minutes. 10-4.

Firefighters confirm a fire in an apartment on the top floor of a six-story building.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:25
Battalion 9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. Box 894, you can make it a 10-75. We have a fire in the apartment 7 Alpha, the top floor of a six-story building. 10-4, Battalion 9.

Firefighters are responding to a report of an odor of smoke in the seventh-floor hallway.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Manhattan phone alarm box 894, address 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for an odor of smoke in the 74 hallway, Calls Apartments, 7 David. Manhattan phone alarm box 894, address 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for an odor of smoke on the 74 hallway, Calls Apartments, 7 David. 748, 459.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 342 E 55th St.

Firefighters have confirmed that there are no entrapments or injuries after searching the building, and have brought the fire under control.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:30
Division 3, Manhattan. 3 box 0894, secondaries are completely negative throughout, you go under control at this time. 10-4 Division 3, the time of your under control, 0842 hours, duration of your incident 5555 minutes, Division 3. Division 3, 10-5, 10-4. 842, 459. Division 3, 10-5.

Preliminary searches are complete with no findings. Additional searches are still underway.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
Division 3, Manhattan. Division 3. Division 3, box 0894, primaries are complete and negative en route, secondaries are still in progress, trucks are opening them up, engine is still washing down. 10-4, Division 3, time of that report, 0837 hours, duration of your incident 5050 minutes, Division 3. 10-4.

Fire operations are ongoing, with a low risk to civilians, according to EMS.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch directed, Manhattan box 0894, citywide progress report. Manhattan box 0894, go with domestic. Manhattan 0894, fire operations remain ongoing. Potential is going to be moderate. The public safety personnel, loaded civilians. Status of the fire 08, report for incident. I'm going to show myself 10-8, back to the 911. Condition 08, control of medical branch at 0894, and that'll be the end of the... rocket.

Firefighters report the fire originated from a washing machine. Water is being applied to the fire.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:25
9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. Fire in 7 Alpha, appears to be a washing and dryer unit. We have water on the fire. 10-4, Battalion 9. Time of that report, 0812 hours, duration of incident 2626 minutes. Battalion 9.

EMS units are on scene and confirm the fire is on the sixth floor of the building.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch directed, Manhattan box 0894, citywide, for a minority report. Manhattan box 0894, go. Manhattan 0894, fire is currently operating in the 6th story class 3 with a fire on the 6th floor. They have water on the fire already, the potential for a 6th in command, public safety personnel is high, civilians is going to be minimal. Why am I referring to this?

Radio clips available.

EMS Staten Island · 0:23
Attention all Staten Island units, MCI report of fire has been transmitted in the borough of Manhattan, address 342 East 55 Street, between 2nd Avenue and 1st Avenue. EMS CAD 1197, box number 0894, time now 0807 hours, D 460.
Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Apartment 7 Adam, of a 6-story, 30 by 80, Class 3, multiple dwelling. Ladder announcing all hands going to work, box 894, address is 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues for a fire. Apartment 7 Adam, of a 6-story, 30 by 80, Class 3, multiple dwelling. 808's the time, 459.

Firefighters have transmitted an "all hands" alert, meaning all units on scene are actively working to bring the situation under control.

Firefighters have a hose line in operation to combat the apartment fire.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. You can transmit the all-in. We've got one line stretched, currently in operation. The fire is apartment 7 Adam. 10-4, Battalion 9. Battalion 9 is going to work, box 894. Address 342 East 55 Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for a fire.

EMS is on standby near the scene.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:23
Car 512 to citywide. Car 512. 84 on Manhattan 0894, Beijing. It's going to be on 1st Avenue, East 55. Best access north on 1st Avenue to East 55. I'll give you 11 Harry in 2 minutes. 10-4.

Firefighters confirm a fire in an apartment on the top floor of a six-story building.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:25
Battalion 9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. Box 894, you can make it a 10-75. We have a fire in the apartment 7 Alpha, the top floor of a six-story building. 10-4, Battalion 9.

Firefighters are responding to a report of an odor of smoke in the seventh-floor hallway.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Manhattan phone alarm box 894, address 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for an odor of smoke in the 74 hallway, Calls Apartments, 7 David. Manhattan phone alarm box 894, address 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for an odor of smoke on the 74 hallway, Calls Apartments, 7 David. 748, 459.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 342 E 55th St.

Firefighters have confirmed that there are no entrapments or injuries after searching the building, and have brought the fire under control.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:30
Division 3, Manhattan. 3 box 0894, secondaries are completely negative throughout, you go under control at this time. 10-4 Division 3, the time of your under control, 0842 hours, duration of your incident 5555 minutes, Division 3. Division 3, 10-5, 10-4. 842, 459. Division 3, 10-5.

Preliminary searches are complete with no findings. Additional searches are still underway.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
Division 3, Manhattan. Division 3. Division 3, box 0894, primaries are complete and negative en route, secondaries are still in progress, trucks are opening them up, engine is still washing down. 10-4, Division 3, time of that report, 0837 hours, duration of your incident 5050 minutes, Division 3. 10-4.

Fire operations are ongoing, with a low risk to civilians, according to EMS.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch directed, Manhattan box 0894, citywide progress report. Manhattan box 0894, go with domestic. Manhattan 0894, fire operations remain ongoing. Potential is going to be moderate. The public safety personnel, loaded civilians. Status of the fire 08, report for incident. I'm going to show myself 10-8, back to the 911. Condition 08, control of medical branch at 0894, and that'll be the end of the... rocket.

Firefighters report the fire originated from a washing machine. Water is being applied to the fire.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:25
9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. Fire in 7 Alpha, appears to be a washing and dryer unit. We have water on the fire. 10-4, Battalion 9. Time of that report, 0812 hours, duration of incident 2626 minutes. Battalion 9.

EMS units are on scene and confirm the fire is on the sixth floor of the building.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch directed, Manhattan box 0894, citywide, for a minority report. Manhattan box 0894, go. Manhattan 0894, fire is currently operating in the 6th story class 3 with a fire on the 6th floor. They have water on the fire already, the potential for a 6th in command, public safety personnel is high, civilians is going to be minimal. Why am I referring to this?

Radio clips available.

EMS Staten Island · 0:23
Attention all Staten Island units, MCI report of fire has been transmitted in the borough of Manhattan, address 342 East 55 Street, between 2nd Avenue and 1st Avenue. EMS CAD 1197, box number 0894, time now 0807 hours, D 460.
Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Apartment 7 Adam, of a 6-story, 30 by 80, Class 3, multiple dwelling. Ladder announcing all hands going to work, box 894, address is 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues for a fire. Apartment 7 Adam, of a 6-story, 30 by 80, Class 3, multiple dwelling. 808's the time, 459.

Firefighters have transmitted an "all hands" alert, meaning all units on scene are actively working to bring the situation under control.

Firefighters have a hose line in operation to combat the apartment fire.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. You can transmit the all-in. We've got one line stretched, currently in operation. The fire is apartment 7 Adam. 10-4, Battalion 9. Battalion 9 is going to work, box 894. Address 342 East 55 Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for a fire.

EMS is on standby near the scene.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:23
Car 512 to citywide. Car 512. 84 on Manhattan 0894, Beijing. It's going to be on 1st Avenue, East 55. Best access north on 1st Avenue to East 55. I'll give you 11 Harry in 2 minutes. 10-4.

Firefighters confirm a fire in an apartment on the top floor of a six-story building.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:25
Battalion 9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. Box 894, you can make it a 10-75. We have a fire in the apartment 7 Alpha, the top floor of a six-story building. 10-4, Battalion 9.

Firefighters are responding to a report of an odor of smoke in the seventh-floor hallway.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Manhattan phone alarm box 894, address 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for an odor of smoke in the 74 hallway, Calls Apartments, 7 David. Manhattan phone alarm box 894, address 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for an odor of smoke on the 74 hallway, Calls Apartments, 7 David. 748, 459.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 342 E 55th St.

Firefighters have confirmed that there are no entrapments or injuries after searching the building, and have brought the fire under control.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:30
Division 3, Manhattan. 3 box 0894, secondaries are completely negative throughout, you go under control at this time. 10-4 Division 3, the time of your under control, 0842 hours, duration of your incident 5555 minutes, Division 3. Division 3, 10-5, 10-4. 842, 459. Division 3, 10-5.

Preliminary searches are complete with no findings. Additional searches are still underway.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
Division 3, Manhattan. Division 3. Division 3, box 0894, primaries are complete and negative en route, secondaries are still in progress, trucks are opening them up, engine is still washing down. 10-4, Division 3, time of that report, 0837 hours, duration of your incident 5050 minutes, Division 3. 10-4.

Fire operations are ongoing, with a low risk to civilians, according to EMS.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch directed, Manhattan box 0894, citywide progress report. Manhattan box 0894, go with domestic. Manhattan 0894, fire operations remain ongoing. Potential is going to be moderate. The public safety personnel, loaded civilians. Status of the fire 08, report for incident. I'm going to show myself 10-8, back to the 911. Condition 08, control of medical branch at 0894, and that'll be the end of the... rocket.

Firefighters report the fire originated from a washing machine. Water is being applied to the fire.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:25
9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. Fire in 7 Alpha, appears to be a washing and dryer unit. We have water on the fire. 10-4, Battalion 9. Time of that report, 0812 hours, duration of incident 2626 minutes. Battalion 9.

EMS units are on scene and confirm the fire is on the sixth floor of the building.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch directed, Manhattan box 0894, citywide, for a minority report. Manhattan box 0894, go. Manhattan 0894, fire is currently operating in the 6th story class 3 with a fire on the 6th floor. They have water on the fire already, the potential for a 6th in command, public safety personnel is high, civilians is going to be minimal. Why am I referring to this?

Radio clips available.

EMS Staten Island · 0:23
Attention all Staten Island units, MCI report of fire has been transmitted in the borough of Manhattan, address 342 East 55 Street, between 2nd Avenue and 1st Avenue. EMS CAD 1197, box number 0894, time now 0807 hours, D 460.
Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Apartment 7 Adam, of a 6-story, 30 by 80, Class 3, multiple dwelling. Ladder announcing all hands going to work, box 894, address is 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues for a fire. Apartment 7 Adam, of a 6-story, 30 by 80, Class 3, multiple dwelling. 808's the time, 459.

Firefighters have transmitted an "all hands" alert, meaning all units on scene are actively working to bring the situation under control.

Firefighters have a hose line in operation to combat the apartment fire.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. You can transmit the all-in. We've got one line stretched, currently in operation. The fire is apartment 7 Adam. 10-4, Battalion 9. Battalion 9 is going to work, box 894. Address 342 East 55 Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for a fire.

EMS is on standby near the scene.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:23
Car 512 to citywide. Car 512. 84 on Manhattan 0894, Beijing. It's going to be on 1st Avenue, East 55. Best access north on 1st Avenue to East 55. I'll give you 11 Harry in 2 minutes. 10-4.

Firefighters confirm a fire in an apartment on the top floor of a six-story building.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:25
Battalion 9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. Box 894, you can make it a 10-75. We have a fire in the apartment 7 Alpha, the top floor of a six-story building. 10-4, Battalion 9.

Firefighters are responding to a report of an odor of smoke in the seventh-floor hallway.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Manhattan phone alarm box 894, address 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for an odor of smoke in the 74 hallway, Calls Apartments, 7 David. Manhattan phone alarm box 894, address 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for an odor of smoke on the 74 hallway, Calls Apartments, 7 David. 748, 459.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 342 E 55th St.

Firefighters have confirmed that there are no entrapments or injuries after searching the building, and have brought the fire under control.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:30
Division 3, Manhattan. 3 box 0894, secondaries are completely negative throughout, you go under control at this time. 10-4 Division 3, the time of your under control, 0842 hours, duration of your incident 5555 minutes, Division 3. Division 3, 10-5, 10-4. 842, 459. Division 3, 10-5.

Preliminary searches are complete with no findings. Additional searches are still underway.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:31
Division 3, Manhattan. Division 3. Division 3, box 0894, primaries are complete and negative en route, secondaries are still in progress, trucks are opening them up, engine is still washing down. 10-4, Division 3, time of that report, 0837 hours, duration of your incident 5050 minutes, Division 3. 10-4.

Fire operations are ongoing, with a low risk to civilians, according to EMS.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch directed, Manhattan box 0894, citywide progress report. Manhattan box 0894, go with domestic. Manhattan 0894, fire operations remain ongoing. Potential is going to be moderate. The public safety personnel, loaded civilians. Status of the fire 08, report for incident. I'm going to show myself 10-8, back to the 911. Condition 08, control of medical branch at 0894, and that'll be the end of the... rocket.

Firefighters report the fire originated from a washing machine. Water is being applied to the fire.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:25
9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. Fire in 7 Alpha, appears to be a washing and dryer unit. We have water on the fire. 10-4, Battalion 9. Time of that report, 0812 hours, duration of incident 2626 minutes. Battalion 9.

EMS units are on scene and confirm the fire is on the sixth floor of the building.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch directed, Manhattan box 0894, citywide, for a minority report. Manhattan box 0894, go. Manhattan 0894, fire is currently operating in the 6th story class 3 with a fire on the 6th floor. They have water on the fire already, the potential for a 6th in command, public safety personnel is high, civilians is going to be minimal. Why am I referring to this?

Radio clips available.

EMS Staten Island · 0:23
Attention all Staten Island units, MCI report of fire has been transmitted in the borough of Manhattan, address 342 East 55 Street, between 2nd Avenue and 1st Avenue. EMS CAD 1197, box number 0894, time now 0807 hours, D 460.
Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Apartment 7 Adam, of a 6-story, 30 by 80, Class 3, multiple dwelling. Ladder announcing all hands going to work, box 894, address is 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues for a fire. Apartment 7 Adam, of a 6-story, 30 by 80, Class 3, multiple dwelling. 808's the time, 459.

Firefighters have transmitted an "all hands" alert, meaning all units on scene are actively working to bring the situation under control.

Firefighters have a hose line in operation to combat the apartment fire.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. You can transmit the all-in. We've got one line stretched, currently in operation. The fire is apartment 7 Adam. 10-4, Battalion 9. Battalion 9 is going to work, box 894. Address 342 East 55 Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for a fire.

EMS is on standby near the scene.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:23
Car 512 to citywide. Car 512. 84 on Manhattan 0894, Beijing. It's going to be on 1st Avenue, East 55. Best access north on 1st Avenue to East 55. I'll give you 11 Harry in 2 minutes. 10-4.

Firefighters confirm a fire in an apartment on the top floor of a six-story building.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:25
Battalion 9 to Manhattan. Battalion 9. Box 894, you can make it a 10-75. We have a fire in the apartment 7 Alpha, the top floor of a six-story building. 10-4, Battalion 9.

Firefighters are responding to a report of an odor of smoke in the seventh-floor hallway.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Manhattan phone alarm box 894, address 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for an odor of smoke in the 74 hallway, Calls Apartments, 7 David. Manhattan phone alarm box 894, address 342 East 55th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, for an odor of smoke on the 74 hallway, Calls Apartments, 7 David. 748, 459.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 342 E 55th St.

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Comments10

Bleecker2BroomeOct 16 at 8:11 AM

Major fire dpt presence

VGLMBLOct 16 at 8:10 AM

Sounds like an all hands has been declared for this address.

NY2FL1Oct 16 at 11:32 AM

Usually *

NY2FL1Oct 16 at 11:32 AM

A washer? July it’s a dryer

Bleecker2BroomeOct 16 at 8:11 AM

Major fire dpt presence

VGLMBLOct 16 at 8:10 AM

Sounds like an all hands has been declared for this address.

NY2FL1Oct 16 at 11:32 AM

Usually *

NY2FL1Oct 16 at 11:32 AM

A washer? July it’s a dryer

Bleecker2BroomeOct 16 at 8:11 AM

Major fire dpt presence

VGLMBLOct 16 at 8:10 AM

Sounds like an all hands has been declared for this address.

NY2FL1Oct 16 at 11:32 AM

Usually *

NY2FL1Oct 16 at 11:32 AM

A washer? July it’s a dryer

Bleecker2BroomeOct 16 at 8:11 AM

Major fire dpt presence

VGLMBLOct 16 at 8:10 AM

Sounds like an all hands has been declared for this address.

NY2FL1Oct 16 at 11:32 AM

Usually *

NY2FL1Oct 16 at 11:32 AM

A washer? July it’s a dryer

Bleecker2BroomeOct 16 at 8:11 AM

Major fire dpt presence

VGLMBLOct 16 at 8:10 AM

Sounds like an all hands has been declared for this address.

NY2FL1Oct 16 at 11:32 AM

Usually *

NY2FL1Oct 16 at 11:32 AM

A washer? July it’s a dryer

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