Fire alarm and burning odor at apartment building

Heard on: Onondaga NY Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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Engine Company 18, Truck 8, Car 3.

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Alarm.

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Fire.

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(number withheld) Lafayette Road, Knob Hill Apartments, Building (number withheld).

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Between East Seneca Turnpike and Saturn Drive.

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Engine Company 18, Truck 8, Car 3.

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Alarm.

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Fire.

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(number withheld) Lafayette.

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Lafayette Road, Knob Hill Apartments, Building Two,

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between East Seneca Turnpike and Saturn Drive.

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Companies responding to (number withheld) Lafayette Road, called in by the alarm company indicating general fire alarm.

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Utilize tech three for operations.

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250H.

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Fire control to companies responding to (number withheld) Lafayette Road.

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Per police on scene, people are lighting fireworks off in the building.

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Another caller states they didn't see any flames or smoke, smells like something's burning from the 2nd .

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Copy.

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254.

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Copy. 254.

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Engine 18's on scene, 255.

8/31/2026 11:49 PM

Fire

Lafayette Rd building 2, Syracuse, NY 13205

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported fire alarm at an apartment complex on Lafayette Road. Police on scene reported people lighting fireworks inside the building, and another caller reported a burning smell from the second floor with no visible flames or smoke.

Fire alarm and burning odor at apartment building

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