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5th-Floor Fire in High-Rise

147-35 95th Ave, Jamaica, Queens

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Summary

  • Firefighters responded to reports of a fire on the fifth floor of an apartment building in Jamaica, NY, and are investigating smoke in the basement. Crews are assessing the building layout to plan their response.

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Firefighters have declared the fire under control after completing secondary checks.

Queens FDNY · 0:28
Union 13 to Queens. Division 13, K. 6622, by orders of Deputy Chief Quenza, Division 13 reports, secondaries are complete and negative throughout. We can place this fire under control. The 13 will be 10-8 and the 5-0, you're ready to contact, K. 10-4, Division 13. The other control time at 1907, K.

Firefighters are conducting an extensive overhaul to ensure the fire in the planter bed is fully extinguished.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 51. Battalion 51. 2208, we have a 200 by 15 foot raised planter bed with thousands of cubic feet of soil inside. No fire is knocked down. It's just going to be some extensive overhaul to go through the soil, make sure all the fire is knocked down. 10-4. 10-4.

Firefighters report there is a fire outside a fifth-floor apartment that they are dousing with water. No issues were found in the basement.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 504. Okay, we have water on the fire. Primaries in the basement are negative. Stand by for further updates. 10-4, Battalion 50. 10-4, Battalion 50. 50. The incident duration now is 20 minutes, K. 10-4. 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:29
951 to Queens. Battalion 51, QSK. 208, we're going to go to the 2 and 2, the rest fast at this time. We have a fire on the interior area outside of apartment 509, size up as perceived. 10-4, 51 Battalion. 2 and 2 in the 51 Battalion, 2208 for a fire on the 5th floor. Time 1849, dispatcher 29.

Firefighters are assessing the building layout to plan their response effectively.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Reading a message for phone alarm 2208, the address 147-35 95 Avenue between Sucks and 148. It's a high-rise fireproof, multiple-belonging, 24-story, 300 by 60 Class 1, 26 apartments per floor. There are two stairs with standpipes with exterior access only. There are long hallways. You'll need five lengths for the middle apartments. The Siamese is at the 12 and the 14 corners. There is a garage in the 1st. 3rd, 4th.

Firefighters are investigating smoke in the basement of the apartment building.

Queens FDNY · 0:19
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 50. TAC 6622, we're going to go with the 1 and 2. We're investigating smoke in the basement. Here, we'll let the issue further. 10-4, 50.

Fire crews are deploying inside the building for an investigation.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire on the fifth floor of an apartment building.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Phone alarm, Queens box 2208, 147-3595 Avenue, between Sutphin Boulevard and 148th Street, fire in the 5th floor of a multiple door. Phone alarm, Queens box 2208, 147-3595 Avenue, between Sutphin and 148th Street, report of fire in the 5th floor of an MD. The 5, Lendry's fire also. 10-4, 308. 10 companies in, 2208, information available. Fire in the 5, Lendry's fire also.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 147-35 95th Ave.

Firefighters have declared the fire under control after completing secondary checks.

Queens FDNY · 0:28
Union 13 to Queens. Division 13, K. 6622, by orders of Deputy Chief Quenza, Division 13 reports, secondaries are complete and negative throughout. We can place this fire under control. The 13 will be 10-8 and the 5-0, you're ready to contact, K. 10-4, Division 13. The other control time at 1907, K.

Firefighters are conducting an extensive overhaul to ensure the fire in the planter bed is fully extinguished.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 51. Battalion 51. 2208, we have a 200 by 15 foot raised planter bed with thousands of cubic feet of soil inside. No fire is knocked down. It's just going to be some extensive overhaul to go through the soil, make sure all the fire is knocked down. 10-4. 10-4.

Firefighters report there is a fire outside a fifth-floor apartment that they are dousing with water. No issues were found in the basement.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 504. Okay, we have water on the fire. Primaries in the basement are negative. Stand by for further updates. 10-4, Battalion 50. 10-4, Battalion 50. 50. The incident duration now is 20 minutes, K. 10-4. 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:29
951 to Queens. Battalion 51, QSK. 208, we're going to go to the 2 and 2, the rest fast at this time. We have a fire on the interior area outside of apartment 509, size up as perceived. 10-4, 51 Battalion. 2 and 2 in the 51 Battalion, 2208 for a fire on the 5th floor. Time 1849, dispatcher 29.

Firefighters are assessing the building layout to plan their response effectively.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Reading a message for phone alarm 2208, the address 147-35 95 Avenue between Sucks and 148. It's a high-rise fireproof, multiple-belonging, 24-story, 300 by 60 Class 1, 26 apartments per floor. There are two stairs with standpipes with exterior access only. There are long hallways. You'll need five lengths for the middle apartments. The Siamese is at the 12 and the 14 corners. There is a garage in the 1st. 3rd, 4th.

Firefighters are investigating smoke in the basement of the apartment building.

Queens FDNY · 0:19
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 50. TAC 6622, we're going to go with the 1 and 2. We're investigating smoke in the basement. Here, we'll let the issue further. 10-4, 50.

Fire crews are deploying inside the building for an investigation.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire on the fifth floor of an apartment building.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Phone alarm, Queens box 2208, 147-3595 Avenue, between Sutphin Boulevard and 148th Street, fire in the 5th floor of a multiple door. Phone alarm, Queens box 2208, 147-3595 Avenue, between Sutphin and 148th Street, report of fire in the 5th floor of an MD. The 5, Lendry's fire also. 10-4, 308. 10 companies in, 2208, information available. Fire in the 5, Lendry's fire also.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 147-35 95th Ave.

Firefighters have declared the fire under control after completing secondary checks.

Queens FDNY · 0:28
Union 13 to Queens. Division 13, K. 6622, by orders of Deputy Chief Quenza, Division 13 reports, secondaries are complete and negative throughout. We can place this fire under control. The 13 will be 10-8 and the 5-0, you're ready to contact, K. 10-4, Division 13. The other control time at 1907, K.

Firefighters are conducting an extensive overhaul to ensure the fire in the planter bed is fully extinguished.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 51. Battalion 51. 2208, we have a 200 by 15 foot raised planter bed with thousands of cubic feet of soil inside. No fire is knocked down. It's just going to be some extensive overhaul to go through the soil, make sure all the fire is knocked down. 10-4. 10-4.

Firefighters report there is a fire outside a fifth-floor apartment that they are dousing with water. No issues were found in the basement.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 504. Okay, we have water on the fire. Primaries in the basement are negative. Stand by for further updates. 10-4, Battalion 50. 10-4, Battalion 50. 50. The incident duration now is 20 minutes, K. 10-4. 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:29
951 to Queens. Battalion 51, QSK. 208, we're going to go to the 2 and 2, the rest fast at this time. We have a fire on the interior area outside of apartment 509, size up as perceived. 10-4, 51 Battalion. 2 and 2 in the 51 Battalion, 2208 for a fire on the 5th floor. Time 1849, dispatcher 29.

Firefighters are assessing the building layout to plan their response effectively.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Reading a message for phone alarm 2208, the address 147-35 95 Avenue between Sucks and 148. It's a high-rise fireproof, multiple-belonging, 24-story, 300 by 60 Class 1, 26 apartments per floor. There are two stairs with standpipes with exterior access only. There are long hallways. You'll need five lengths for the middle apartments. The Siamese is at the 12 and the 14 corners. There is a garage in the 1st. 3rd, 4th.

Firefighters are investigating smoke in the basement of the apartment building.

Queens FDNY · 0:19
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 50. TAC 6622, we're going to go with the 1 and 2. We're investigating smoke in the basement. Here, we'll let the issue further. 10-4, 50.

Fire crews are deploying inside the building for an investigation.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire on the fifth floor of an apartment building.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Phone alarm, Queens box 2208, 147-3595 Avenue, between Sutphin Boulevard and 148th Street, fire in the 5th floor of a multiple door. Phone alarm, Queens box 2208, 147-3595 Avenue, between Sutphin and 148th Street, report of fire in the 5th floor of an MD. The 5, Lendry's fire also. 10-4, 308. 10 companies in, 2208, information available. Fire in the 5, Lendry's fire also.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 147-35 95th Ave.

Firefighters have declared the fire under control after completing secondary checks.

Queens FDNY · 0:28
Union 13 to Queens. Division 13, K. 6622, by orders of Deputy Chief Quenza, Division 13 reports, secondaries are complete and negative throughout. We can place this fire under control. The 13 will be 10-8 and the 5-0, you're ready to contact, K. 10-4, Division 13. The other control time at 1907, K.

Firefighters are conducting an extensive overhaul to ensure the fire in the planter bed is fully extinguished.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 51. Battalion 51. 2208, we have a 200 by 15 foot raised planter bed with thousands of cubic feet of soil inside. No fire is knocked down. It's just going to be some extensive overhaul to go through the soil, make sure all the fire is knocked down. 10-4. 10-4.

Firefighters report there is a fire outside a fifth-floor apartment that they are dousing with water. No issues were found in the basement.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 504. Okay, we have water on the fire. Primaries in the basement are negative. Stand by for further updates. 10-4, Battalion 50. 10-4, Battalion 50. 50. The incident duration now is 20 minutes, K. 10-4. 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:29
951 to Queens. Battalion 51, QSK. 208, we're going to go to the 2 and 2, the rest fast at this time. We have a fire on the interior area outside of apartment 509, size up as perceived. 10-4, 51 Battalion. 2 and 2 in the 51 Battalion, 2208 for a fire on the 5th floor. Time 1849, dispatcher 29.

Firefighters are assessing the building layout to plan their response effectively.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Reading a message for phone alarm 2208, the address 147-35 95 Avenue between Sucks and 148. It's a high-rise fireproof, multiple-belonging, 24-story, 300 by 60 Class 1, 26 apartments per floor. There are two stairs with standpipes with exterior access only. There are long hallways. You'll need five lengths for the middle apartments. The Siamese is at the 12 and the 14 corners. There is a garage in the 1st. 3rd, 4th.

Firefighters are investigating smoke in the basement of the apartment building.

Queens FDNY · 0:19
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 50. TAC 6622, we're going to go with the 1 and 2. We're investigating smoke in the basement. Here, we'll let the issue further. 10-4, 50.

Fire crews are deploying inside the building for an investigation.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire on the fifth floor of an apartment building.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Phone alarm, Queens box 2208, 147-3595 Avenue, between Sutphin Boulevard and 148th Street, fire in the 5th floor of a multiple door. Phone alarm, Queens box 2208, 147-3595 Avenue, between Sutphin and 148th Street, report of fire in the 5th floor of an MD. The 5, Lendry's fire also. 10-4, 308. 10 companies in, 2208, information available. Fire in the 5, Lendry's fire also.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 147-35 95th Ave.

Firefighters have declared the fire under control after completing secondary checks.

Queens FDNY · 0:28
Union 13 to Queens. Division 13, K. 6622, by orders of Deputy Chief Quenza, Division 13 reports, secondaries are complete and negative throughout. We can place this fire under control. The 13 will be 10-8 and the 5-0, you're ready to contact, K. 10-4, Division 13. The other control time at 1907, K.

Firefighters are conducting an extensive overhaul to ensure the fire in the planter bed is fully extinguished.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 51. Battalion 51. 2208, we have a 200 by 15 foot raised planter bed with thousands of cubic feet of soil inside. No fire is knocked down. It's just going to be some extensive overhaul to go through the soil, make sure all the fire is knocked down. 10-4. 10-4.

Firefighters report there is a fire outside a fifth-floor apartment that they are dousing with water. No issues were found in the basement.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 504. Okay, we have water on the fire. Primaries in the basement are negative. Stand by for further updates. 10-4, Battalion 50. 10-4, Battalion 50. 50. The incident duration now is 20 minutes, K. 10-4. 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:29
951 to Queens. Battalion 51, QSK. 208, we're going to go to the 2 and 2, the rest fast at this time. We have a fire on the interior area outside of apartment 509, size up as perceived. 10-4, 51 Battalion. 2 and 2 in the 51 Battalion, 2208 for a fire on the 5th floor. Time 1849, dispatcher 29.

Firefighters are assessing the building layout to plan their response effectively.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Reading a message for phone alarm 2208, the address 147-35 95 Avenue between Sucks and 148. It's a high-rise fireproof, multiple-belonging, 24-story, 300 by 60 Class 1, 26 apartments per floor. There are two stairs with standpipes with exterior access only. There are long hallways. You'll need five lengths for the middle apartments. The Siamese is at the 12 and the 14 corners. There is a garage in the 1st. 3rd, 4th.

Firefighters are investigating smoke in the basement of the apartment building.

Queens FDNY · 0:19
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 50. TAC 6622, we're going to go with the 1 and 2. We're investigating smoke in the basement. Here, we'll let the issue further. 10-4, 50.

Fire crews are deploying inside the building for an investigation.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire on the fifth floor of an apartment building.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Phone alarm, Queens box 2208, 147-3595 Avenue, between Sutphin Boulevard and 148th Street, fire in the 5th floor of a multiple door. Phone alarm, Queens box 2208, 147-3595 Avenue, between Sutphin and 148th Street, report of fire in the 5th floor of an MD. The 5, Lendry's fire also. 10-4, 308. 10 companies in, 2208, information available. Fire in the 5, Lendry's fire also.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 147-35 95th Ave.

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Comments30

arKansasDiamond7339m ago

Maybe the people above are the ones who started the fire. They have the advantage of not being close enough to it. If that’s the case, you need to be arrested and find something else to amuse you while our taxpayers have to pay for this extinguish.

LilyyB173851m ago

I live in the same building but the entrance in the front on sutphin; this is wicked; it’s always something; somebody had to have started that fire smfh

newyorkUser16724130011h ago

not safe letters are out now fire still going down there

QueensUser2927860061h ago

damn

arKansasDiamond7339m ago

Maybe the people above are the ones who started the fire. They have the advantage of not being close enough to it. If that’s the case, you need to be arrested and find something else to amuse you while our taxpayers have to pay for this extinguish.

LilyyB173851m ago

I live in the same building but the entrance in the front on sutphin; this is wicked; it’s always something; somebody had to have started that fire smfh

newyorkUser16724130011h ago

not safe letters are out now fire still going down there

QueensUser2927860061h ago

damn

arKansasDiamond7339m ago

Maybe the people above are the ones who started the fire. They have the advantage of not being close enough to it. If that’s the case, you need to be arrested and find something else to amuse you while our taxpayers have to pay for this extinguish.

LilyyB173851m ago

I live in the same building but the entrance in the front on sutphin; this is wicked; it’s always something; somebody had to have started that fire smfh

newyorkUser16724130011h ago

not safe letters are out now fire still going down there

QueensUser2927860061h ago

damn

arKansasDiamond7339m ago

Maybe the people above are the ones who started the fire. They have the advantage of not being close enough to it. If that’s the case, you need to be arrested and find something else to amuse you while our taxpayers have to pay for this extinguish.

LilyyB173851m ago

I live in the same building but the entrance in the front on sutphin; this is wicked; it’s always something; somebody had to have started that fire smfh

newyorkUser16724130011h ago

not safe letters are out now fire still going down there

QueensUser2927860061h ago

damn

arKansasDiamond7339m ago

Maybe the people above are the ones who started the fire. They have the advantage of not being close enough to it. If that’s the case, you need to be arrested and find something else to amuse you while our taxpayers have to pay for this extinguish.

LilyyB173851m ago

I live in the same building but the entrance in the front on sutphin; this is wicked; it’s always something; somebody had to have started that fire smfh

newyorkUser16724130011h ago

not safe letters are out now fire still going down there

QueensUser2927860061h ago

damn

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