Apartment hallway fire from bathroom candle

Heard on: Tri-Boro, Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake and Montvale Police Dispatch

01:43

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

One forty-seven, I stop.

00:07

Stop.

00:13

Grand Avenue and Park Avenue with New Jersey Zulu Mike Papa (number withheld).

00:20

Fifteen forty-nine.

00:26

So, Park Ridge, for the fire department.

00:30

It's going to be the James Building, number two, (number withheld) Birch Ave Street, apartment (number withheld).

00:36

Caller reported that a candle on the bathroom and now the apartment is full of smoke.

00:40

Time out 1850.

00:48

44-6.

00:56

Three forty-two, we shut out.

01:00

Eighteen fifty-one.

01:08

Eighteen fifty-two.

01:16

Three forty-four central.

01:20

All right, we have a light smoke condition.

01:27

Definitely an active fire in the hallway.

01:29

It is now extinguished.

01:34

Where is he?

01:42

147 back in service, three summonses issued.

9/6/2026 03:48 PM

Traffic

Park Ave, Park Ridge, NJ

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers conducted a traffic stop near Grand Avenue and Park Avenue. A separate call reported a bathroom candle causing smoke in an apartment at a building on Birch Avenue, where an active fire in the hallway was found and extinguished.