Fire alarm triggered by vaping at Erie apartment building, Erie PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/8/2025 10:20 PM

Near W 9th St, Erie, PA 16501

Fire crews responded to a fire alarm near West 9th Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. They found a slight haze on the third floor but no active fire. The alarm was likely triggered by someone vaping and was reset by a resident before firefighters arrived. The cause of the alarm is still being investigated.

Audio|Source: Millcreek Fire/EMS, East County Fire/EMS, Erie City Fire

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Transcript:

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Engine 8, D.C.

00:04

323.

00:06

Operations on TAC1.

00:07

Fire alarm, near West 9th Street.

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Engine 8, engine 11. Power 2, DC323. Operations on TAC1. Fire alarm, near West 9th Street. Engine 8, engine 11.

00:12

Power 2, DC323.

00:15

Operations on TAC1.

00:17

Fire alarm, near West 9th Street, between Sassaf Street and Myrtle Street.

00:28

Robert Peers Board.

00:33

Engine 11, you're responding to near West Bank Street, Lodge of Sassafras Street and Myrtle Street area.

00:41

You're responding for a third floor common area pulsation alarm.

00:50

323 to a 2 o's night.

00:57

It's fine.

01:01

Power 2. Power 2 is on location.

01:09

We'll be in the rescue.

01:16

233 on location.

01:17

I'm going to get out of the command.

01:19

353.

01:23

Go ahead.

01:28

It seems like one of the residents reset this alarm and it's holding.

01:34

I'll take a walk run on a third floor, but we're not quite sure who reset it.

01:42

Copy that.

01:47

Left application.

01:51

Hey, Tompters.

01:53

Hey man,

02:00

I'm going to take the, uh, I sold the tower to hold back.

02:04

I'll go in that all the area, you see.

02:11

Copy that.

02:17

Engine 11 and June 8, you can clear.

02:23

11 copies.

02:26

Okay man,

02:29

there's a slight haze on the third floor,

02:32

but I see no fire and alarms holding.

02:39

They want to get a few older meetings come in here and find out why someone do what they did to shut it off.

02:50

after that someone was probably vaping dispatch have a key holder come here and see if they and figure out why this alarm went on.

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Near W 9th St, Erie, PA 16501

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