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Dryer Fire in Laundromat

411 Tompkins Ave

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Summary

  • Firefighters responded to a fire at a laundromat on Tompkins Ave in Brooklyn, where individuals were reportedly trapped inside. Crews broke through the front door to conduct rescue operations.

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Firefighters have the situation under control.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Control, no special units. Units will go 10-8 when they're available, K. 10-4, do you require EMS? 10-4. All units operate box 931, 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, fire's on the control. All units operate box 931, 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, fire's on the control.

The primary and secondary searches confirmed no occupants or fire extension. Crews shut off the gas to the first floor.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:20
57 to Brooklyn. Battalion 57. 931, primaries and secondaries are complete and negative. You're notified in that grid that we shut the gas to the first floor, okay? 10-4.

The fire has now been knoecked down.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medic branch, Brooklyn block, 0931, progress. Medic branch, Brooklyn block, 0931, proceed. Fire operation is ongoing, central is low, zero patients, you can cancel the specialty unit, fire is knocked down, fire is ramping up. Keep the MLS and BLS coming in, and call 551 at their discretion. 10-4.

EMS is staged nearby, ready to assist if needed. Fire operations continue with no reported injuries.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch, Brooklyn box 0931, preliminary. 10-4, go with your message. Staging, Tompkins and Jefferson Avenue, best access, South Tompkins, fire operations, ongoing, potential is moderate, zero patients. Let me walk up to the command post here if I can get, uh, Medic 12. Medic 12.

Firefighters have water on the dryer fire and are actively working to extinguish it.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 57. Battalion 57. 531, we're using 2 and 2 for a fire on the first floor of a 4-story, 20 by 60, occupied Class 3. Address is 411 Tompkins, exposures are as follows. 1 is a street, 2 is a 4-story attached, 3 is a rear yard, 4 is a 4-story attached. One line stretched, one line in operation. We got water on the fire, K. 10-4. Time of year report is 1222...

Firefighters confirm no one is trapped inside the laundromat. EMS is continuing to the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Fire EMS to continue in? You can have EMS continue in for the rescue, good for now. There's no one trapped either, K. Alright, 10-4. Brooklyn Rescue 2? Rescue 10-8. 1218 Brooklyn 499.

Firefighters report a dryer fire and have canceled additional special units.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Brooklyn Engine 246. 246. Responding EMS box 3615. 4. Okay, 1217 Brooklyn 49. Battalion 57 to Brooklyn. 57 Battalion. 931, we have a dryer fire, you can return all special units, okay? Get it back to you at this time, 7. Alright, 10-4, do you record?

People are reportedly trapped on the first floor.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
1215 Brooklyn 499. 57 to Brooklyn. 57. What floor do you have the people trapped on? Reported to be the laundromat at the number one floor. 10-4. 1215 Brooklyn 499. Engine 182 to Brooklyn. Engine 182 to Brooklyn.

Firefighters are breaking the front door to rescue people reportedly trapped inside the laundromat.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Squad 252. You responding, K? 10-4, responding. 10-4. Looking to ladder 111? Ladder 111. 111 loaded up the box, reported people trapped inside the laundromat, K. Alright, we're breaking the front door. Looking to 214? 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire in a laundromat.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat. Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat. Brooklyn to Squad 252. Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 411 Tompkins Ave.

Firefighters have the situation under control.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Control, no special units. Units will go 10-8 when they're available, K. 10-4, do you require EMS? 10-4. All units operate box 931, 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, fire's on the control. All units operate box 931, 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, fire's on the control.

The primary and secondary searches confirmed no occupants or fire extension. Crews shut off the gas to the first floor.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:20
57 to Brooklyn. Battalion 57. 931, primaries and secondaries are complete and negative. You're notified in that grid that we shut the gas to the first floor, okay? 10-4.

The fire has now been knoecked down.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medic branch, Brooklyn block, 0931, progress. Medic branch, Brooklyn block, 0931, proceed. Fire operation is ongoing, central is low, zero patients, you can cancel the specialty unit, fire is knocked down, fire is ramping up. Keep the MLS and BLS coming in, and call 551 at their discretion. 10-4.

EMS is staged nearby, ready to assist if needed. Fire operations continue with no reported injuries.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch, Brooklyn box 0931, preliminary. 10-4, go with your message. Staging, Tompkins and Jefferson Avenue, best access, South Tompkins, fire operations, ongoing, potential is moderate, zero patients. Let me walk up to the command post here if I can get, uh, Medic 12. Medic 12.

Firefighters have water on the dryer fire and are actively working to extinguish it.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 57. Battalion 57. 531, we're using 2 and 2 for a fire on the first floor of a 4-story, 20 by 60, occupied Class 3. Address is 411 Tompkins, exposures are as follows. 1 is a street, 2 is a 4-story attached, 3 is a rear yard, 4 is a 4-story attached. One line stretched, one line in operation. We got water on the fire, K. 10-4. Time of year report is 1222...

Firefighters confirm no one is trapped inside the laundromat. EMS is continuing to the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Fire EMS to continue in? You can have EMS continue in for the rescue, good for now. There's no one trapped either, K. Alright, 10-4. Brooklyn Rescue 2? Rescue 10-8. 1218 Brooklyn 499.

Firefighters report a dryer fire and have canceled additional special units.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Brooklyn Engine 246. 246. Responding EMS box 3615. 4. Okay, 1217 Brooklyn 49. Battalion 57 to Brooklyn. 57 Battalion. 931, we have a dryer fire, you can return all special units, okay? Get it back to you at this time, 7. Alright, 10-4, do you record?

People are reportedly trapped on the first floor.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
1215 Brooklyn 499. 57 to Brooklyn. 57. What floor do you have the people trapped on? Reported to be the laundromat at the number one floor. 10-4. 1215 Brooklyn 499. Engine 182 to Brooklyn. Engine 182 to Brooklyn.

Firefighters are breaking the front door to rescue people reportedly trapped inside the laundromat.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Squad 252. You responding, K? 10-4, responding. 10-4. Looking to ladder 111? Ladder 111. 111 loaded up the box, reported people trapped inside the laundromat, K. Alright, we're breaking the front door. Looking to 214? 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire in a laundromat.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat. Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat. Brooklyn to Squad 252. Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 411 Tompkins Ave.

Firefighters have the situation under control.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Control, no special units. Units will go 10-8 when they're available, K. 10-4, do you require EMS? 10-4. All units operate box 931, 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, fire's on the control. All units operate box 931, 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, fire's on the control.

The primary and secondary searches confirmed no occupants or fire extension. Crews shut off the gas to the first floor.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:20
57 to Brooklyn. Battalion 57. 931, primaries and secondaries are complete and negative. You're notified in that grid that we shut the gas to the first floor, okay? 10-4.

The fire has now been knoecked down.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medic branch, Brooklyn block, 0931, progress. Medic branch, Brooklyn block, 0931, proceed. Fire operation is ongoing, central is low, zero patients, you can cancel the specialty unit, fire is knocked down, fire is ramping up. Keep the MLS and BLS coming in, and call 551 at their discretion. 10-4.

EMS is staged nearby, ready to assist if needed. Fire operations continue with no reported injuries.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch, Brooklyn box 0931, preliminary. 10-4, go with your message. Staging, Tompkins and Jefferson Avenue, best access, South Tompkins, fire operations, ongoing, potential is moderate, zero patients. Let me walk up to the command post here if I can get, uh, Medic 12. Medic 12.

Firefighters have water on the dryer fire and are actively working to extinguish it.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 57. Battalion 57. 531, we're using 2 and 2 for a fire on the first floor of a 4-story, 20 by 60, occupied Class 3. Address is 411 Tompkins, exposures are as follows. 1 is a street, 2 is a 4-story attached, 3 is a rear yard, 4 is a 4-story attached. One line stretched, one line in operation. We got water on the fire, K. 10-4. Time of year report is 1222...

Firefighters confirm no one is trapped inside the laundromat. EMS is continuing to the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Fire EMS to continue in? You can have EMS continue in for the rescue, good for now. There's no one trapped either, K. Alright, 10-4. Brooklyn Rescue 2? Rescue 10-8. 1218 Brooklyn 499.

Firefighters report a dryer fire and have canceled additional special units.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Brooklyn Engine 246. 246. Responding EMS box 3615. 4. Okay, 1217 Brooklyn 49. Battalion 57 to Brooklyn. 57 Battalion. 931, we have a dryer fire, you can return all special units, okay? Get it back to you at this time, 7. Alright, 10-4, do you record?

People are reportedly trapped on the first floor.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
1215 Brooklyn 499. 57 to Brooklyn. 57. What floor do you have the people trapped on? Reported to be the laundromat at the number one floor. 10-4. 1215 Brooklyn 499. Engine 182 to Brooklyn. Engine 182 to Brooklyn.

Firefighters are breaking the front door to rescue people reportedly trapped inside the laundromat.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Squad 252. You responding, K? 10-4, responding. 10-4. Looking to ladder 111? Ladder 111. 111 loaded up the box, reported people trapped inside the laundromat, K. Alright, we're breaking the front door. Looking to 214? 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire in a laundromat.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat. Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat. Brooklyn to Squad 252. Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 411 Tompkins Ave.

Firefighters have the situation under control.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Control, no special units. Units will go 10-8 when they're available, K. 10-4, do you require EMS? 10-4. All units operate box 931, 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, fire's on the control. All units operate box 931, 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, fire's on the control.

The primary and secondary searches confirmed no occupants or fire extension. Crews shut off the gas to the first floor.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:20
57 to Brooklyn. Battalion 57. 931, primaries and secondaries are complete and negative. You're notified in that grid that we shut the gas to the first floor, okay? 10-4.

The fire has now been knoecked down.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medic branch, Brooklyn block, 0931, progress. Medic branch, Brooklyn block, 0931, proceed. Fire operation is ongoing, central is low, zero patients, you can cancel the specialty unit, fire is knocked down, fire is ramping up. Keep the MLS and BLS coming in, and call 551 at their discretion. 10-4.

EMS is staged nearby, ready to assist if needed. Fire operations continue with no reported injuries.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch, Brooklyn box 0931, preliminary. 10-4, go with your message. Staging, Tompkins and Jefferson Avenue, best access, South Tompkins, fire operations, ongoing, potential is moderate, zero patients. Let me walk up to the command post here if I can get, uh, Medic 12. Medic 12.

Firefighters have water on the dryer fire and are actively working to extinguish it.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 57. Battalion 57. 531, we're using 2 and 2 for a fire on the first floor of a 4-story, 20 by 60, occupied Class 3. Address is 411 Tompkins, exposures are as follows. 1 is a street, 2 is a 4-story attached, 3 is a rear yard, 4 is a 4-story attached. One line stretched, one line in operation. We got water on the fire, K. 10-4. Time of year report is 1222...

Firefighters confirm no one is trapped inside the laundromat. EMS is continuing to the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Fire EMS to continue in? You can have EMS continue in for the rescue, good for now. There's no one trapped either, K. Alright, 10-4. Brooklyn Rescue 2? Rescue 10-8. 1218 Brooklyn 499.

Firefighters report a dryer fire and have canceled additional special units.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Brooklyn Engine 246. 246. Responding EMS box 3615. 4. Okay, 1217 Brooklyn 49. Battalion 57 to Brooklyn. 57 Battalion. 931, we have a dryer fire, you can return all special units, okay? Get it back to you at this time, 7. Alright, 10-4, do you record?

People are reportedly trapped on the first floor.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
1215 Brooklyn 499. 57 to Brooklyn. 57. What floor do you have the people trapped on? Reported to be the laundromat at the number one floor. 10-4. 1215 Brooklyn 499. Engine 182 to Brooklyn. Engine 182 to Brooklyn.

Firefighters are breaking the front door to rescue people reportedly trapped inside the laundromat.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Squad 252. You responding, K? 10-4, responding. 10-4. Looking to ladder 111? Ladder 111. 111 loaded up the box, reported people trapped inside the laundromat, K. Alright, we're breaking the front door. Looking to 214? 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire in a laundromat.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat. Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat. Brooklyn to Squad 252. Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 411 Tompkins Ave.

Firefighters have the situation under control.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Control, no special units. Units will go 10-8 when they're available, K. 10-4, do you require EMS? 10-4. All units operate box 931, 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, fire's on the control. All units operate box 931, 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, fire's on the control.

The primary and secondary searches confirmed no occupants or fire extension. Crews shut off the gas to the first floor.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:20
57 to Brooklyn. Battalion 57. 931, primaries and secondaries are complete and negative. You're notified in that grid that we shut the gas to the first floor, okay? 10-4.

The fire has now been knoecked down.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medic branch, Brooklyn block, 0931, progress. Medic branch, Brooklyn block, 0931, proceed. Fire operation is ongoing, central is low, zero patients, you can cancel the specialty unit, fire is knocked down, fire is ramping up. Keep the MLS and BLS coming in, and call 551 at their discretion. 10-4.

EMS is staged nearby, ready to assist if needed. Fire operations continue with no reported injuries.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
Medical branch, Brooklyn box 0931, preliminary. 10-4, go with your message. Staging, Tompkins and Jefferson Avenue, best access, South Tompkins, fire operations, ongoing, potential is moderate, zero patients. Let me walk up to the command post here if I can get, uh, Medic 12. Medic 12.

Firefighters have water on the dryer fire and are actively working to extinguish it.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 57. Battalion 57. 531, we're using 2 and 2 for a fire on the first floor of a 4-story, 20 by 60, occupied Class 3. Address is 411 Tompkins, exposures are as follows. 1 is a street, 2 is a 4-story attached, 3 is a rear yard, 4 is a 4-story attached. One line stretched, one line in operation. We got water on the fire, K. 10-4. Time of year report is 1222...

Firefighters confirm no one is trapped inside the laundromat. EMS is continuing to the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Fire EMS to continue in? You can have EMS continue in for the rescue, good for now. There's no one trapped either, K. Alright, 10-4. Brooklyn Rescue 2? Rescue 10-8. 1218 Brooklyn 499.

Firefighters report a dryer fire and have canceled additional special units.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Brooklyn Engine 246. 246. Responding EMS box 3615. 4. Okay, 1217 Brooklyn 49. Battalion 57 to Brooklyn. 57 Battalion. 931, we have a dryer fire, you can return all special units, okay? Get it back to you at this time, 7. Alright, 10-4, do you record?

People are reportedly trapped on the first floor.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
1215 Brooklyn 499. 57 to Brooklyn. 57. What floor do you have the people trapped on? Reported to be the laundromat at the number one floor. 10-4. 1215 Brooklyn 499. Engine 182 to Brooklyn. Engine 182 to Brooklyn.

Firefighters are breaking the front door to rescue people reportedly trapped inside the laundromat.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Squad 252. You responding, K? 10-4, responding. 10-4. Looking to ladder 111? Ladder 111. 111 loaded up the box, reported people trapped inside the laundromat, K. Alright, we're breaking the front door. Looking to 214? 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a fire in a laundromat.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat. Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue, Hancock Street to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat. Brooklyn to Squad 252. Brooklyn, a telephone alarm, box 931. 411 Tompkins Avenue to Jefferson Avenue, reporting a fire in a laundromat.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 411 Tompkins Ave.

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Comments4

armen_mkrtchianOct 7 at 3:43 PM

ok i'm hooked

STROct 7 at 3:43 PM

appreciate the coverage

armen7701Oct 7 at 3:43 PM

Following this one

Brooky90Oct 7 at 12:32 PM

That a constant problem from that laundromat

armen_mkrtchianOct 7 at 3:43 PM

ok i'm hooked

STROct 7 at 3:43 PM

appreciate the coverage

armen7701Oct 7 at 3:43 PM

Following this one

Brooky90Oct 7 at 12:32 PM

That a constant problem from that laundromat

armen_mkrtchianOct 7 at 3:43 PM

ok i'm hooked

STROct 7 at 3:43 PM

appreciate the coverage

armen7701Oct 7 at 3:43 PM

Following this one

Brooky90Oct 7 at 12:32 PM

That a constant problem from that laundromat

armen_mkrtchianOct 7 at 3:43 PM

ok i'm hooked

STROct 7 at 3:43 PM

appreciate the coverage

armen7701Oct 7 at 3:43 PM

Following this one

Brooky90Oct 7 at 12:32 PM

That a constant problem from that laundromat

armen_mkrtchianOct 7 at 3:43 PM

ok i'm hooked

STROct 7 at 3:43 PM

appreciate the coverage

armen7701Oct 7 at 3:43 PM

Following this one

Brooky90Oct 7 at 12:32 PM

That a constant problem from that laundromat

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