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FDNY · QUEENS · Fire
Units Releasing at Beach Channel Drive & Beach 56th Street in Queens
FDNY units were dispatched to Box 1241 near Beach Channel Drive & Beach 56th Street in Queens for a report of smoke. Units have now released, with the incident classified as a steam utility emergency (10-40 code 4).
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- Units Releasing at Beach Channel Drive & Beach 56th Street in Queens10-18; 10-40 code 4 (steam utility emergency)
- Radio Units are releasing; the incident was a steam emergency.
- Radio Heard: "Introducing for Queenstown message 94 box 1241."
- Radio Units were told they may slow down; no emergency has been found so far.
- Smoke Reported Near Beach Channel Drive & Beach 56th Street in Queens
- Radio Heard: "Queens, phone alarm box 1241. The address 5415 Beach Channel Drive. That's between Beach 54 Street and Beach 56 Street. There's smoke on the 1st floor of a multiple..."
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Engine 265 Ladder 121
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