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Fire on 13th Floor Stairwell of High-Rise Apartement Building

11 McKeever Pl, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

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  • Firefighters are addressing a fire in the stairwell of the 13th floor of a 22-story residential building in Brooklyn, with smoke reported on higher floors. Efforts to extinguish the fire are underway.

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Firefighters checked and confirm they did not find any occupants in the apartments. They are conducting further searches. They are setting up a vent fan to eliminate the smoke from the 13th floor upward.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
215 to Brooklyn. Division 15. Box 3762, primary is a negative throughout, still follow hold at this time. Secondary is in progress, units in the process of setting up the vent fan to prevent further smoke condition on floor 13 and above. As per WGBH. Alright, 10-4, time of that report, 1933 hours, incident duration is 3232 minutes, K. Division 15, 10-4. 10-4.

Citizen user footage shows multiple firetrucks outside the apartment building.

Firefighters report the main body of the fire has been extinguished. Adjacent apartments on the 13th floor plus all the floors above have been checked.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Division 15 to Brooklyn. Division 15.Box 3762, got a fire in the staircase beat, 13th floor. We got one line stretched, one in operation. Main body of fire has been knocked down. Apartment 13 Eddy, 18 Eddy, 18 Alpha, all check out, as do all floors above 13th floor. You want to add to that?

Firefighters have a hose line in operation and are actively working to extinguish the fire.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 38. Battalion 38, that's box 3762 by order of the G. We're using an all-in-hand for a fire on the 13th floor, B stairwell. 150 by 150, occupied, class 1 fireproof, multiple dwelling. The address is 11 Lakeva Place. Supposedly 1 is a street, 2 is a similar, 3 is a yard, 4 is a similar. Got one line stretched, one line in operation. Truck's opening up. We got water on the floor. Fire.

Firefighters are coordinating to start working on extinguishing the fire on the 13th floor staircase of the 22-floor apartment building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn announcing the CIS for 1075, box 3762, units of 11 and McIver Place, high-rise fireproof multiple dwelling, 22-story, 150 by 150, class 1, four lanes, hose needed, scissor stairs, A and B. Standby.
Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
apartments B and E have three bedrooms, apartment C has a balcony, T-shaped hallway. Brooklyn to ladder 105. 105, name truck. Alright, 10-4, fire's on the 13th floor, staircase B, and did you receive the SID? 10-4. Alright, Brooklyn to Battalion 38. Battalion 38. Battalion 38, ladder 105 is going to be your fast truck, did you receive the SID? Received the SID.

Firefighters confirm a fire in the 13th-floor stairwell of the high-rise building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
We got fire in the 13th, uh, stairwell, on the 13th floor. Alright, 10-4, just need you to confirm the, uh, height, occupancy, and size. 276 to Brooklyn, K. 10-7.

Reports indicate a fire in the 13th floor staircase, with smoke now on the 17th floor of a high-rise residential building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Brooklyn 2 Battalion, 3-8. 3-8. We're getting a report of a fire on the 13th floor staircase, the 13th floor staircase. 10-4, 13 staircase. Alright, 10-4, also smoke on the 17th floor now being reported, no apartment. 10-4. 1-909, the time dispatcher, 465. 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of smoke on the 16th floor of a building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Brooklyn phone alarm box 3762, the address 11 McIver Place, at Montgomery Street for smoke on the 16th floor. Brooklyn phone alarm box 3762, the address 11 McIver Place, at Montgomery Street for smoke on the 16th floor for multiple dwellings. Attempting units in the box 3762, see if the information is available upon request.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 11 McKeever Pl.

Firefighters checked and confirm they did not find any occupants in the apartments. They are conducting further searches. They are setting up a vent fan to eliminate the smoke from the 13th floor upward.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
215 to Brooklyn. Division 15. Box 3762, primary is a negative throughout, still follow hold at this time. Secondary is in progress, units in the process of setting up the vent fan to prevent further smoke condition on floor 13 and above. As per WGBH. Alright, 10-4, time of that report, 1933 hours, incident duration is 3232 minutes, K. Division 15, 10-4. 10-4.

Citizen user footage shows multiple firetrucks outside the apartment building.

Firefighters report the main body of the fire has been extinguished. Adjacent apartments on the 13th floor plus all the floors above have been checked.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Division 15 to Brooklyn. Division 15.Box 3762, got a fire in the staircase beat, 13th floor. We got one line stretched, one in operation. Main body of fire has been knocked down. Apartment 13 Eddy, 18 Eddy, 18 Alpha, all check out, as do all floors above 13th floor. You want to add to that?

Firefighters have a hose line in operation and are actively working to extinguish the fire.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 38. Battalion 38, that's box 3762 by order of the G. We're using an all-in-hand for a fire on the 13th floor, B stairwell. 150 by 150, occupied, class 1 fireproof, multiple dwelling. The address is 11 Lakeva Place. Supposedly 1 is a street, 2 is a similar, 3 is a yard, 4 is a similar. Got one line stretched, one line in operation. Truck's opening up. We got water on the floor. Fire.

Firefighters are coordinating to start working on extinguishing the fire on the 13th floor staircase of the 22-floor apartment building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn announcing the CIS for 1075, box 3762, units of 11 and McIver Place, high-rise fireproof multiple dwelling, 22-story, 150 by 150, class 1, four lanes, hose needed, scissor stairs, A and B. Standby.
Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
apartments B and E have three bedrooms, apartment C has a balcony, T-shaped hallway. Brooklyn to ladder 105. 105, name truck. Alright, 10-4, fire's on the 13th floor, staircase B, and did you receive the SID? 10-4. Alright, Brooklyn to Battalion 38. Battalion 38. Battalion 38, ladder 105 is going to be your fast truck, did you receive the SID? Received the SID.

Firefighters confirm a fire in the 13th-floor stairwell of the high-rise building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
We got fire in the 13th, uh, stairwell, on the 13th floor. Alright, 10-4, just need you to confirm the, uh, height, occupancy, and size. 276 to Brooklyn, K. 10-7.

Reports indicate a fire in the 13th floor staircase, with smoke now on the 17th floor of a high-rise residential building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Brooklyn 2 Battalion, 3-8. 3-8. We're getting a report of a fire on the 13th floor staircase, the 13th floor staircase. 10-4, 13 staircase. Alright, 10-4, also smoke on the 17th floor now being reported, no apartment. 10-4. 1-909, the time dispatcher, 465. 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of smoke on the 16th floor of a building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Brooklyn phone alarm box 3762, the address 11 McIver Place, at Montgomery Street for smoke on the 16th floor. Brooklyn phone alarm box 3762, the address 11 McIver Place, at Montgomery Street for smoke on the 16th floor for multiple dwellings. Attempting units in the box 3762, see if the information is available upon request.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 11 McKeever Pl.

Firefighters checked and confirm they did not find any occupants in the apartments. They are conducting further searches. They are setting up a vent fan to eliminate the smoke from the 13th floor upward.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
215 to Brooklyn. Division 15. Box 3762, primary is a negative throughout, still follow hold at this time. Secondary is in progress, units in the process of setting up the vent fan to prevent further smoke condition on floor 13 and above. As per WGBH. Alright, 10-4, time of that report, 1933 hours, incident duration is 3232 minutes, K. Division 15, 10-4. 10-4.

Citizen user footage shows multiple firetrucks outside the apartment building.

Firefighters report the main body of the fire has been extinguished. Adjacent apartments on the 13th floor plus all the floors above have been checked.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Division 15 to Brooklyn. Division 15.Box 3762, got a fire in the staircase beat, 13th floor. We got one line stretched, one in operation. Main body of fire has been knocked down. Apartment 13 Eddy, 18 Eddy, 18 Alpha, all check out, as do all floors above 13th floor. You want to add to that?

Firefighters have a hose line in operation and are actively working to extinguish the fire.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 38. Battalion 38, that's box 3762 by order of the G. We're using an all-in-hand for a fire on the 13th floor, B stairwell. 150 by 150, occupied, class 1 fireproof, multiple dwelling. The address is 11 Lakeva Place. Supposedly 1 is a street, 2 is a similar, 3 is a yard, 4 is a similar. Got one line stretched, one line in operation. Truck's opening up. We got water on the floor. Fire.

Firefighters are coordinating to start working on extinguishing the fire on the 13th floor staircase of the 22-floor apartment building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn announcing the CIS for 1075, box 3762, units of 11 and McIver Place, high-rise fireproof multiple dwelling, 22-story, 150 by 150, class 1, four lanes, hose needed, scissor stairs, A and B. Standby.
Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
apartments B and E have three bedrooms, apartment C has a balcony, T-shaped hallway. Brooklyn to ladder 105. 105, name truck. Alright, 10-4, fire's on the 13th floor, staircase B, and did you receive the SID? 10-4. Alright, Brooklyn to Battalion 38. Battalion 38. Battalion 38, ladder 105 is going to be your fast truck, did you receive the SID? Received the SID.

Firefighters confirm a fire in the 13th-floor stairwell of the high-rise building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
We got fire in the 13th, uh, stairwell, on the 13th floor. Alright, 10-4, just need you to confirm the, uh, height, occupancy, and size. 276 to Brooklyn, K. 10-7.

Reports indicate a fire in the 13th floor staircase, with smoke now on the 17th floor of a high-rise residential building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Brooklyn 2 Battalion, 3-8. 3-8. We're getting a report of a fire on the 13th floor staircase, the 13th floor staircase. 10-4, 13 staircase. Alright, 10-4, also smoke on the 17th floor now being reported, no apartment. 10-4. 1-909, the time dispatcher, 465. 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of smoke on the 16th floor of a building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Brooklyn phone alarm box 3762, the address 11 McIver Place, at Montgomery Street for smoke on the 16th floor. Brooklyn phone alarm box 3762, the address 11 McIver Place, at Montgomery Street for smoke on the 16th floor for multiple dwellings. Attempting units in the box 3762, see if the information is available upon request.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 11 McKeever Pl.

Firefighters checked and confirm they did not find any occupants in the apartments. They are conducting further searches. They are setting up a vent fan to eliminate the smoke from the 13th floor upward.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
215 to Brooklyn. Division 15. Box 3762, primary is a negative throughout, still follow hold at this time. Secondary is in progress, units in the process of setting up the vent fan to prevent further smoke condition on floor 13 and above. As per WGBH. Alright, 10-4, time of that report, 1933 hours, incident duration is 3232 minutes, K. Division 15, 10-4. 10-4.

Citizen user footage shows multiple firetrucks outside the apartment building.

Firefighters report the main body of the fire has been extinguished. Adjacent apartments on the 13th floor plus all the floors above have been checked.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Division 15 to Brooklyn. Division 15.Box 3762, got a fire in the staircase beat, 13th floor. We got one line stretched, one in operation. Main body of fire has been knocked down. Apartment 13 Eddy, 18 Eddy, 18 Alpha, all check out, as do all floors above 13th floor. You want to add to that?

Firefighters have a hose line in operation and are actively working to extinguish the fire.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 38. Battalion 38, that's box 3762 by order of the G. We're using an all-in-hand for a fire on the 13th floor, B stairwell. 150 by 150, occupied, class 1 fireproof, multiple dwelling. The address is 11 Lakeva Place. Supposedly 1 is a street, 2 is a similar, 3 is a yard, 4 is a similar. Got one line stretched, one line in operation. Truck's opening up. We got water on the floor. Fire.

Firefighters are coordinating to start working on extinguishing the fire on the 13th floor staircase of the 22-floor apartment building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn announcing the CIS for 1075, box 3762, units of 11 and McIver Place, high-rise fireproof multiple dwelling, 22-story, 150 by 150, class 1, four lanes, hose needed, scissor stairs, A and B. Standby.
Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
apartments B and E have three bedrooms, apartment C has a balcony, T-shaped hallway. Brooklyn to ladder 105. 105, name truck. Alright, 10-4, fire's on the 13th floor, staircase B, and did you receive the SID? 10-4. Alright, Brooklyn to Battalion 38. Battalion 38. Battalion 38, ladder 105 is going to be your fast truck, did you receive the SID? Received the SID.

Firefighters confirm a fire in the 13th-floor stairwell of the high-rise building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
We got fire in the 13th, uh, stairwell, on the 13th floor. Alright, 10-4, just need you to confirm the, uh, height, occupancy, and size. 276 to Brooklyn, K. 10-7.

Reports indicate a fire in the 13th floor staircase, with smoke now on the 17th floor of a high-rise residential building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Brooklyn 2 Battalion, 3-8. 3-8. We're getting a report of a fire on the 13th floor staircase, the 13th floor staircase. 10-4, 13 staircase. Alright, 10-4, also smoke on the 17th floor now being reported, no apartment. 10-4. 1-909, the time dispatcher, 465. 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of smoke on the 16th floor of a building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Brooklyn phone alarm box 3762, the address 11 McIver Place, at Montgomery Street for smoke on the 16th floor. Brooklyn phone alarm box 3762, the address 11 McIver Place, at Montgomery Street for smoke on the 16th floor for multiple dwellings. Attempting units in the box 3762, see if the information is available upon request.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 11 McKeever Pl.

Firefighters checked and confirm they did not find any occupants in the apartments. They are conducting further searches. They are setting up a vent fan to eliminate the smoke from the 13th floor upward.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
215 to Brooklyn. Division 15. Box 3762, primary is a negative throughout, still follow hold at this time. Secondary is in progress, units in the process of setting up the vent fan to prevent further smoke condition on floor 13 and above. As per WGBH. Alright, 10-4, time of that report, 1933 hours, incident duration is 3232 minutes, K. Division 15, 10-4. 10-4.

Citizen user footage shows multiple firetrucks outside the apartment building.

Firefighters report the main body of the fire has been extinguished. Adjacent apartments on the 13th floor plus all the floors above have been checked.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Division 15 to Brooklyn. Division 15.Box 3762, got a fire in the staircase beat, 13th floor. We got one line stretched, one in operation. Main body of fire has been knocked down. Apartment 13 Eddy, 18 Eddy, 18 Alpha, all check out, as do all floors above 13th floor. You want to add to that?

Firefighters have a hose line in operation and are actively working to extinguish the fire.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 38. Battalion 38, that's box 3762 by order of the G. We're using an all-in-hand for a fire on the 13th floor, B stairwell. 150 by 150, occupied, class 1 fireproof, multiple dwelling. The address is 11 Lakeva Place. Supposedly 1 is a street, 2 is a similar, 3 is a yard, 4 is a similar. Got one line stretched, one line in operation. Truck's opening up. We got water on the floor. Fire.

Firefighters are coordinating to start working on extinguishing the fire on the 13th floor staircase of the 22-floor apartment building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn announcing the CIS for 1075, box 3762, units of 11 and McIver Place, high-rise fireproof multiple dwelling, 22-story, 150 by 150, class 1, four lanes, hose needed, scissor stairs, A and B. Standby.
Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
apartments B and E have three bedrooms, apartment C has a balcony, T-shaped hallway. Brooklyn to ladder 105. 105, name truck. Alright, 10-4, fire's on the 13th floor, staircase B, and did you receive the SID? 10-4. Alright, Brooklyn to Battalion 38. Battalion 38. Battalion 38, ladder 105 is going to be your fast truck, did you receive the SID? Received the SID.

Firefighters confirm a fire in the 13th-floor stairwell of the high-rise building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
We got fire in the 13th, uh, stairwell, on the 13th floor. Alright, 10-4, just need you to confirm the, uh, height, occupancy, and size. 276 to Brooklyn, K. 10-7.

Reports indicate a fire in the 13th floor staircase, with smoke now on the 17th floor of a high-rise residential building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Brooklyn 2 Battalion, 3-8. 3-8. We're getting a report of a fire on the 13th floor staircase, the 13th floor staircase. 10-4, 13 staircase. Alright, 10-4, also smoke on the 17th floor now being reported, no apartment. 10-4. 1-909, the time dispatcher, 465. 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of smoke on the 16th floor of a building.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Brooklyn phone alarm box 3762, the address 11 McIver Place, at Montgomery Street for smoke on the 16th floor. Brooklyn phone alarm box 3762, the address 11 McIver Place, at Montgomery Street for smoke on the 16th floor for multiple dwellings. Attempting units in the box 3762, see if the information is available upon request.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 11 McKeever Pl.

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LadySoniaAug 6 at 8:30 PM

God what is going on with these 🚒 fires so sorry 😔😔😔 to seeing and hearing it especially so many people getting harm😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:57 PM

One of the reasons this probably happened is because a lot of people who don’t live there keep finding places to hide in there. Family is one thing but iykyk and the management dont really do much but sit in the office drink coffee and over charge the tenents. When half the Time elevators aren’t working neither. The city needs to get involved and help these people frfr mamdani wya

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:53 PM

This building and the other 5 surrounding

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:53 PM

Used to make deliveries to this building , prayers for everyone in there

LadySoniaAug 6 at 8:30 PM

God what is going on with these 🚒 fires so sorry 😔😔😔 to seeing and hearing it especially so many people getting harm😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:57 PM

One of the reasons this probably happened is because a lot of people who don’t live there keep finding places to hide in there. Family is one thing but iykyk and the management dont really do much but sit in the office drink coffee and over charge the tenents. When half the Time elevators aren’t working neither. The city needs to get involved and help these people frfr mamdani wya

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:53 PM

This building and the other 5 surrounding

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:53 PM

Used to make deliveries to this building , prayers for everyone in there

LadySoniaAug 6 at 8:30 PM

God what is going on with these 🚒 fires so sorry 😔😔😔 to seeing and hearing it especially so many people getting harm😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:57 PM

One of the reasons this probably happened is because a lot of people who don’t live there keep finding places to hide in there. Family is one thing but iykyk and the management dont really do much but sit in the office drink coffee and over charge the tenents. When half the Time elevators aren’t working neither. The city needs to get involved and help these people frfr mamdani wya

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:53 PM

This building and the other 5 surrounding

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:53 PM

Used to make deliveries to this building , prayers for everyone in there

LadySoniaAug 6 at 8:30 PM

God what is going on with these 🚒 fires so sorry 😔😔😔 to seeing and hearing it especially so many people getting harm😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:57 PM

One of the reasons this probably happened is because a lot of people who don’t live there keep finding places to hide in there. Family is one thing but iykyk and the management dont really do much but sit in the office drink coffee and over charge the tenents. When half the Time elevators aren’t working neither. The city needs to get involved and help these people frfr mamdani wya

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:53 PM

This building and the other 5 surrounding

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:53 PM

Used to make deliveries to this building , prayers for everyone in there

LadySoniaAug 6 at 8:30 PM

God what is going on with these 🚒 fires so sorry 😔😔😔 to seeing and hearing it especially so many people getting harm😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:57 PM

One of the reasons this probably happened is because a lot of people who don’t live there keep finding places to hide in there. Family is one thing but iykyk and the management dont really do much but sit in the office drink coffee and over charge the tenents. When half the Time elevators aren’t working neither. The city needs to get involved and help these people frfr mamdani wya

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:53 PM

This building and the other 5 surrounding

brooklynUser1894733002Aug 6 at 7:53 PM

Used to make deliveries to this building , prayers for everyone in there

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