Return to Citizen Homepage
Incident location
Fire
6Videos
9Radio Clips
218Reactions

Fire on Second Floor of Four-Story Apartment Building

1277 Shakespeare Ave

Published · Updated

Archived

Watch Live Videos

Download Citizen
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
Video 4
Video 5
Video 6

Summary

  • Firefighters responded to a fire on the second floor of a four-story apartment building on Shakespeare Ave in the Bronx. The main fire has been extinguished, but search efforts are delayed due to heavy clutter in the building.

Timeline

The fire is now under control, according to firefighters.

Bronx FDNY · 0:10
Division 6 to the Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, fire's under control.

A secondary search of the fire apartment is complete, with no people or fire spread found.

Bronx FDNY · 0:24
Division 6, en route, en route. Division 6. Division 6, secondaries, fire department, complete and negative. 10-4, and the status of the searches in the other apartments?

Secondary searches above the fire apartment are complete, with no people or fire spread found. The search of the fire apartment continues.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Division 6 to Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, secondaries for above, complete and negative, search for the fire apartment, still in progress. 10-4, Division 6, time of that report, 2325 hours, incident duration 24 minutes. Also, Division 6, can you confirm the fire apartment? Division 6.

Firefighters requested police assistance due to a hostile crowd at the scene.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:18
Alright, one last time, Medical Branch 2715, can we have PD here as well? We have a hostile crowd with a potential EDP. 10-4.

No patients have been found, according to firefighters.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:13
No, they duped it to the MCI because it's the same location. Advise reporting no patients in the building. 10-4.

The main body of the fire has been knocked down. Searches are ongoing but delayed due to heavy clutter.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Division 6 to the Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, main body of fire has been knocked down. Primary searches are in progress in the fire department. Searches are going to be delayed due to heavy clutter. 10-4, time of the report 2319 hours, incident duration 18 minutes. Division 6, 10-4. 10-4.

Firefighters are actively working to extinguish a fire on the second floor of a four-story apartment building.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 17 to the Bronx. Battalion 17. Box 2714, we're using all hands. We have a fire at 1277 Shakespeare Avenue. Fire is on the second floor of a four-story multiple dwelling. 100 by 60, exposure 1 is a street, exposure 2 is a tat similar, exposure 3 is a rear yard, and exposure 4 is a tat similar. We have two lines stretched in operation, primary search is armed.

Firefighters are at the scene of a five-story apartment.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
One interior stair, aerial to roof. Access basement, apartments via front throat. Basement utility access via two-side alley. Now repeating the SIDS for the address, 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, multiple dwelling, five-story, 100 by 60, class 3, H-type. One interior stair, aerial to roof. Access basement, apartments via front throat. Basement utility access via two-side alley. Bronx, 4019.

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

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 8, 2913, we're using 45 engine, 58 truck, investigating an alarm activation in the Taco Bell. 10-4. Phone alarm box 2714, 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, in West 169 Street, West 168 Street, fire, apartment 2 Boy. Phone alarm box 2714, address 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, West 169 and West 168 Street, fire, apartment 2 Boy. Units responding.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1277 Shakespeare Ave.

The fire is now under control, according to firefighters.

Bronx FDNY · 0:10
Division 6 to the Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, fire's under control.

A secondary search of the fire apartment is complete, with no people or fire spread found.

Bronx FDNY · 0:24
Division 6, en route, en route. Division 6. Division 6, secondaries, fire department, complete and negative. 10-4, and the status of the searches in the other apartments?

Secondary searches above the fire apartment are complete, with no people or fire spread found. The search of the fire apartment continues.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Division 6 to Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, secondaries for above, complete and negative, search for the fire apartment, still in progress. 10-4, Division 6, time of that report, 2325 hours, incident duration 24 minutes. Also, Division 6, can you confirm the fire apartment? Division 6.

Firefighters requested police assistance due to a hostile crowd at the scene.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:18
Alright, one last time, Medical Branch 2715, can we have PD here as well? We have a hostile crowd with a potential EDP. 10-4.

No patients have been found, according to firefighters.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:13
No, they duped it to the MCI because it's the same location. Advise reporting no patients in the building. 10-4.

The main body of the fire has been knocked down. Searches are ongoing but delayed due to heavy clutter.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Division 6 to the Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, main body of fire has been knocked down. Primary searches are in progress in the fire department. Searches are going to be delayed due to heavy clutter. 10-4, time of the report 2319 hours, incident duration 18 minutes. Division 6, 10-4. 10-4.

Firefighters are actively working to extinguish a fire on the second floor of a four-story apartment building.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 17 to the Bronx. Battalion 17. Box 2714, we're using all hands. We have a fire at 1277 Shakespeare Avenue. Fire is on the second floor of a four-story multiple dwelling. 100 by 60, exposure 1 is a street, exposure 2 is a tat similar, exposure 3 is a rear yard, and exposure 4 is a tat similar. We have two lines stretched in operation, primary search is armed.

Firefighters are at the scene of a five-story apartment.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
One interior stair, aerial to roof. Access basement, apartments via front throat. Basement utility access via two-side alley. Now repeating the SIDS for the address, 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, multiple dwelling, five-story, 100 by 60, class 3, H-type. One interior stair, aerial to roof. Access basement, apartments via front throat. Basement utility access via two-side alley. Bronx, 4019.

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

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 8, 2913, we're using 45 engine, 58 truck, investigating an alarm activation in the Taco Bell. 10-4. Phone alarm box 2714, 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, in West 169 Street, West 168 Street, fire, apartment 2 Boy. Phone alarm box 2714, address 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, West 169 and West 168 Street, fire, apartment 2 Boy. Units responding.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1277 Shakespeare Ave.

The fire is now under control, according to firefighters.

Bronx FDNY · 0:10
Division 6 to the Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, fire's under control.

A secondary search of the fire apartment is complete, with no people or fire spread found.

Bronx FDNY · 0:24
Division 6, en route, en route. Division 6. Division 6, secondaries, fire department, complete and negative. 10-4, and the status of the searches in the other apartments?

Secondary searches above the fire apartment are complete, with no people or fire spread found. The search of the fire apartment continues.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Division 6 to Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, secondaries for above, complete and negative, search for the fire apartment, still in progress. 10-4, Division 6, time of that report, 2325 hours, incident duration 24 minutes. Also, Division 6, can you confirm the fire apartment? Division 6.

Firefighters requested police assistance due to a hostile crowd at the scene.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:18
Alright, one last time, Medical Branch 2715, can we have PD here as well? We have a hostile crowd with a potential EDP. 10-4.

No patients have been found, according to firefighters.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:13
No, they duped it to the MCI because it's the same location. Advise reporting no patients in the building. 10-4.

The main body of the fire has been knocked down. Searches are ongoing but delayed due to heavy clutter.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Division 6 to the Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, main body of fire has been knocked down. Primary searches are in progress in the fire department. Searches are going to be delayed due to heavy clutter. 10-4, time of the report 2319 hours, incident duration 18 minutes. Division 6, 10-4. 10-4.

Firefighters are actively working to extinguish a fire on the second floor of a four-story apartment building.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 17 to the Bronx. Battalion 17. Box 2714, we're using all hands. We have a fire at 1277 Shakespeare Avenue. Fire is on the second floor of a four-story multiple dwelling. 100 by 60, exposure 1 is a street, exposure 2 is a tat similar, exposure 3 is a rear yard, and exposure 4 is a tat similar. We have two lines stretched in operation, primary search is armed.

Firefighters are at the scene of a five-story apartment.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
One interior stair, aerial to roof. Access basement, apartments via front throat. Basement utility access via two-side alley. Now repeating the SIDS for the address, 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, multiple dwelling, five-story, 100 by 60, class 3, H-type. One interior stair, aerial to roof. Access basement, apartments via front throat. Basement utility access via two-side alley. Bronx, 4019.

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

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 8, 2913, we're using 45 engine, 58 truck, investigating an alarm activation in the Taco Bell. 10-4. Phone alarm box 2714, 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, in West 169 Street, West 168 Street, fire, apartment 2 Boy. Phone alarm box 2714, address 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, West 169 and West 168 Street, fire, apartment 2 Boy. Units responding.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1277 Shakespeare Ave.

The fire is now under control, according to firefighters.

Bronx FDNY · 0:10
Division 6 to the Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, fire's under control.

A secondary search of the fire apartment is complete, with no people or fire spread found.

Bronx FDNY · 0:24
Division 6, en route, en route. Division 6. Division 6, secondaries, fire department, complete and negative. 10-4, and the status of the searches in the other apartments?

Secondary searches above the fire apartment are complete, with no people or fire spread found. The search of the fire apartment continues.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Division 6 to Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, secondaries for above, complete and negative, search for the fire apartment, still in progress. 10-4, Division 6, time of that report, 2325 hours, incident duration 24 minutes. Also, Division 6, can you confirm the fire apartment? Division 6.

Firefighters requested police assistance due to a hostile crowd at the scene.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:18
Alright, one last time, Medical Branch 2715, can we have PD here as well? We have a hostile crowd with a potential EDP. 10-4.

No patients have been found, according to firefighters.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:13
No, they duped it to the MCI because it's the same location. Advise reporting no patients in the building. 10-4.

The main body of the fire has been knocked down. Searches are ongoing but delayed due to heavy clutter.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Division 6 to the Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, main body of fire has been knocked down. Primary searches are in progress in the fire department. Searches are going to be delayed due to heavy clutter. 10-4, time of the report 2319 hours, incident duration 18 minutes. Division 6, 10-4. 10-4.

Firefighters are actively working to extinguish a fire on the second floor of a four-story apartment building.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 17 to the Bronx. Battalion 17. Box 2714, we're using all hands. We have a fire at 1277 Shakespeare Avenue. Fire is on the second floor of a four-story multiple dwelling. 100 by 60, exposure 1 is a street, exposure 2 is a tat similar, exposure 3 is a rear yard, and exposure 4 is a tat similar. We have two lines stretched in operation, primary search is armed.

Firefighters are at the scene of a five-story apartment.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
One interior stair, aerial to roof. Access basement, apartments via front throat. Basement utility access via two-side alley. Now repeating the SIDS for the address, 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, multiple dwelling, five-story, 100 by 60, class 3, H-type. One interior stair, aerial to roof. Access basement, apartments via front throat. Basement utility access via two-side alley. Bronx, 4019.

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

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 8, 2913, we're using 45 engine, 58 truck, investigating an alarm activation in the Taco Bell. 10-4. Phone alarm box 2714, 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, in West 169 Street, West 168 Street, fire, apartment 2 Boy. Phone alarm box 2714, address 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, West 169 and West 168 Street, fire, apartment 2 Boy. Units responding.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1277 Shakespeare Ave.

The fire is now under control, according to firefighters.

Bronx FDNY · 0:10
Division 6 to the Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, fire's under control.

A secondary search of the fire apartment is complete, with no people or fire spread found.

Bronx FDNY · 0:24
Division 6, en route, en route. Division 6. Division 6, secondaries, fire department, complete and negative. 10-4, and the status of the searches in the other apartments?

Secondary searches above the fire apartment are complete, with no people or fire spread found. The search of the fire apartment continues.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Division 6 to Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, secondaries for above, complete and negative, search for the fire apartment, still in progress. 10-4, Division 6, time of that report, 2325 hours, incident duration 24 minutes. Also, Division 6, can you confirm the fire apartment? Division 6.

Firefighters requested police assistance due to a hostile crowd at the scene.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:18
Alright, one last time, Medical Branch 2715, can we have PD here as well? We have a hostile crowd with a potential EDP. 10-4.

No patients have been found, according to firefighters.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:13
No, they duped it to the MCI because it's the same location. Advise reporting no patients in the building. 10-4.

The main body of the fire has been knocked down. Searches are ongoing but delayed due to heavy clutter.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Division 6 to the Bronx. Division 6. Division 6, main body of fire has been knocked down. Primary searches are in progress in the fire department. Searches are going to be delayed due to heavy clutter. 10-4, time of the report 2319 hours, incident duration 18 minutes. Division 6, 10-4. 10-4.

Firefighters are actively working to extinguish a fire on the second floor of a four-story apartment building.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 17 to the Bronx. Battalion 17. Box 2714, we're using all hands. We have a fire at 1277 Shakespeare Avenue. Fire is on the second floor of a four-story multiple dwelling. 100 by 60, exposure 1 is a street, exposure 2 is a tat similar, exposure 3 is a rear yard, and exposure 4 is a tat similar. We have two lines stretched in operation, primary search is armed.

Firefighters are at the scene of a five-story apartment.

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
One interior stair, aerial to roof. Access basement, apartments via front throat. Basement utility access via two-side alley. Now repeating the SIDS for the address, 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, multiple dwelling, five-story, 100 by 60, class 3, H-type. One interior stair, aerial to roof. Access basement, apartments via front throat. Basement utility access via two-side alley. Bronx, 4019.

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

Bronx FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 8, 2913, we're using 45 engine, 58 truck, investigating an alarm activation in the Taco Bell. 10-4. Phone alarm box 2714, 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, in West 169 Street, West 168 Street, fire, apartment 2 Boy. Phone alarm box 2714, address 1277 Shakespeare Avenue, West 169 and West 168 Street, fire, apartment 2 Boy. Units responding.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1277 Shakespeare Ave.

Stay up-to-date

Download Citizen

Comments30

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Themajestirium1 box 2714 skyler fire box 2714

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Fire on second floor of four story apartment building

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Ladder 58 battalion 8 battalion 17 division 6 abc7 news fire

emelieex332d ago

Lock her up

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Themajestirium1 box 2714 skyler fire box 2714

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Fire on second floor of four story apartment building

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Ladder 58 battalion 8 battalion 17 division 6 abc7 news fire

emelieex332d ago

Lock her up

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Themajestirium1 box 2714 skyler fire box 2714

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Fire on second floor of four story apartment building

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Ladder 58 battalion 8 battalion 17 division 6 abc7 news fire

emelieex332d ago

Lock her up

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Themajestirium1 box 2714 skyler fire box 2714

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Fire on second floor of four story apartment building

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Ladder 58 battalion 8 battalion 17 division 6 abc7 news fire

emelieex332d ago

Lock her up

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Themajestirium1 box 2714 skyler fire box 2714

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Fire on second floor of four story apartment building

gardinerUser25310650072d ago

Ladder 58 battalion 8 battalion 17 division 6 abc7 news fire

emelieex332d ago

Lock her up

Stay informed on local incidents

Download Citizen

Related Incidents

Woman Stabbed at Train Station

53 E 167th St, Concourse, Bronx · Nov 6 at 6:37 PM

Trio Wanted in Bronx Armed Home Invasion After Assaulting Woman, Taking $343k in Valuables

W 168th St & Ogden Ave, Highbridge, Bronx · Aug 2 at 7:05 PM

Police Activity

1386 Edward L Grant Hwy, Highbridge, Bronx · Oct 28 at 12:10 AM

Protect your world!

Download for Free

Google Play LogoGoogle Play
App Store