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FDNY · BROOKLYN · Fire

Smoke Reported on Second Floor at 540 Linwood Street in Brooklyn

FDNY units were dispatched to 540 Linwood Street in Brooklyn for a report of smoke.

Location
540 Linwood Street
FDNY alarm box
Box 1790
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Updates

  1. Smoke Reported on Second Floor at 540 Linwood Street in BrooklynFDNY units were dispatched to 540 Linwood Street in Brooklyn for a report of smoke.
  2. Radio Battalion 39 reported the fire was food on the stove, with no extension, in a first-floor apartment, and units are in the process of releasing.
  3. Smoke Reported at 540 Linwood Street in Brooklyn
  4. Radio Units confirmed they are still responding to the box.
  5. Radio Units reported smoke on the second floor and that the fire is closing to the front.

Units on this call

Battalion 39

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