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Small HVAC unit fire in Bronx apartment building

Heard on: New York City NY Fire Dispatch Group Calls
01:48
00:00
Box F initial is 2343, number (number withheld) East 161st Street.
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E 161st St, Bronx, NY 10451
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Fire units responded to reports of smoke in an upper-floor apartment of a Bronx residential building near East 161st Street. Crews found a small fire inside an HVAC unit on the 12th floor. The fire was extinguished, there was no spread beyond the unit, and building staff remained on scene while units cleared the area.

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