Smoke odor reported inside Rhode Island Avenue apartment

Heard on: Washington DC Fire-Tac

01:09

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00:00

No alarm. Engine 12, engine 6, engine 26, truck 4, battalion 1, and ambulance 12 responding for a report of an odor of smoke.

00:07

Inside number (number withheld) Rhode Island Avenue Northeast, apartment (number withheld).

00:11

That's B as in Bravo, across from Lincoln Road.

00:18

Updated note states it's smoky inside.

00:22

No flames seen.

00:23

744.

00:25

Squad has been on hydrant in front of (number withheld).

00:28

Engine six five, they're on hydrant 1st for you.

00:31

Copy.

00:33

Engine six five, P Charlie.

00:35

Yeah, four stories, nothing evident.

00:37

One, two, three, and four.

00:39

Copy.

00:41

Ten one's on the scene, establishing command.

00:44

Command post is on around that hydrant.

00:49

Copy. I think the caller is in apartment (number withheld).

00:53

Engine 6 to command, we're in (number withheld) and we don't have an odor of anything.

01:02

Investigating.

01:04

Are you with the caller?

01:07

Affirmative.

01:08

Okay.

2026-10-10 11:44 UTC

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Rhode Island Ave NE #1b, Washington, DC 20002

Smoke odor reported inside Rhode Island Avenue apartment

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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 reported odor of smoke and smoky conditions inside an apartment at a building on Rhode Island Avenue Northeast. Units investigated the apartment and the surrounding area, and no flames were seen. The investigation with the caller did not find a smoke odor in the apartment.

Smoke odor reported inside Rhode Island Avenue apartment

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