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Smoke Reported on First Floor of Childcare Center on West 56th Street

FDNY is responding to smoke on the first floor of a childcare center at 353 West 56th Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues in Manhattan.

FDNY alarm box
Box 0910

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Updates

  1. Radio All units were released except one engine and one ladder.
  2. Smoke Reported on First Floor of Childcare Center on West 56th Street
  3. Radio Dispatch confirmed the location and nature of the incident.

Units on this call

Battalion 9

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