Cincinnati 2-Alarm High Rise Fire 6/10/26

[LaurenSkye]

A fire in a high rise apartment building caused heavy smoke conditions overnight. Engine 17 and Ladder 17 were dispatched for an automatic fire alarm. While in route, calls came in to the dispatch center reporting smoke in the building, and the incident was upgraded to a still alarm (reported structure fire). When E17 arrived residents were reporting smoke on multiple floors. E17 requested the incident upgraded to a working fire and second alarm. Crews had a difficult time finding the actual fire. It was 30 minutes after the first company arrived on scene before the fire was located in a utility closet in the laundry room, located in the basement. The fire was fully extinguished in less than five minutes after the fire was located. Preliminary reports from firefighting companies reported the fire stated at an electrical panel and ignited some trash below. After the fire was extinguished crews still reported smoke heavy enough to require masks as high as the sixth floor.

1st Alarm: Engine 17, Engine 24, Engine 21, Engine 14 (Safety), Ladder 17, Ladder 24, Ladder 29 (RAT), Heavy Rescue 14, Medic 17, Medic 24, ALS 35, District 2, District 1
2nd Alarm: Engine 37, Engine 29, Engine 12, Engine 3, Ladder 3, Ladder 35, Heavy Rescue 14, Medic 29, ALS 34, District 3
Special Call: Vent 21 (brought by Engine 5 crew)
Additional command staff: Car 401 (District Chief - Training), Car 6 (Assistant Chief - Emergency Management), Car 1 (Fire Chief), Car 546 (investigator)

Chief: Nearly 150 evacuated after overnight fire at East Price Hill high-rise apartment

Nearly 150 residents in an East Price Hill high-rise apartment were forced to evacuate after a basement fire spread throughout the building early Wednesday morning.

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