Fire alarm and boiler backfire at Howe Avenue building

Heard on: East Rutherford Fire and Police

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

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(number withheld) Howe Avenue, (number withheld) Howe Avenue, Battalion Chief Two, Engines 1 and 3, Ladder 1, respond to an alarm activation.

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Corrections, engines one, three, and ladder one, respond to an alarm activation.

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Cross streets Irving Place and Myrtle.

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(number withheld) Howe Avenue, Battalion Chief Two, engines one, three, and ladder one, respond to an alarm activation.

00:25

Cross the Irving and Myrtle.

00:27

Time now 1500.

00:37

92106, how?

00:42

1501.

00:51

I don't want to go in.

00:55

Sonic.

00:57

1502.

01:04

As you're responding.

01:08

1502.

01:13

Battalion 2, calling fire dispatch.

01:15

I'll be on location (number withheld) Howe Ave.

01:18

Got a three-story ordinary.

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Nothing from the outside, staff's command.

01:24

We have alarm sounding.

01:33

Fire one.

01:36

Upon arrival, basement's activated.

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Also bringing a CO meter.

01:40

First report that he had boiler started up, causing a backfire.

2026-10-27 18:59 UTC

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Howe Ave, Passaic, NJ 07055

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire alarm activation at a three-story building on Howe Avenue near Irving Place and Myrtle. The alarm was sounding with a basement activation, but nothing was visible from the outside. Staff reported a possible boiler backfire, and a carbon monoxide meter was brought to check the area.

Fire alarm and boiler backfire at Howe Avenue building

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