Basement fire in four-story Union City building

Heard on: Harrison Metro Area Fire & EMS

01:33

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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In Union City, Engine Four, Engine One, Ladder One, Battalion One, respond.

00:04

(number withheld) Summit Avenue, fire alarms activated.

00:07

That's (number withheld) Summit Avenue, fire alarms activated.

00:13

Engine four, engine four, squad two, engine one, ladder one, and battalion one.

00:18

(number withheld) Summit Avenue, fire on (name withheld).

00:23

The zone is reported as basement.

00:25

Control,

00:33

engine four is on it.

00:35

Four story, it's flames down at the down vestibule.

00:40

Four on the scene.

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Engine four, Summit Avenue, come in.

00:47

Show me that one's on the scene.

00:49

Assume somebody has command.

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Battalion one on the scene, assume somebody has command.

01:00

Engine one on the scene, we got the water.

01:10

I don't want on scene.

01:18

Engine one's going.

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Second ladder.

01:29

Received summit out of command incident.

01:31

All companies in service.

01:33

Return to quarters.

2026-09-14 01:05 UTC

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Summit Ave, Union City, NJ 07087

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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 units responded to a reported fire alarm activation in the basement of a four-story building near Summit Avenue in Union City. Crews reported flames in the downstairs vestibule, established command, and the incident was later placed under control with companies returning to quarters.

Basement fire in four-story Union City building

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