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Smoke spotted in Exchange Loft apartment building, Fort Lauderdale FL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/27/2025 02:41 PM

Near NE 3rd Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Fire units responded to smoke observed coming from a second floor patio door at the Exchange Loft apartment complex near NE 3rd Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. Additional units and ladders were dispatched to the scene to address the smoke reported inside the building.

Audio|Source: Broward County Fire/Rescue

01:51

Transcript:

00:00

172 Charlie 1, Structure Fire[1], Rescue 3, Rescue 49, Engine 2, Engine 2, Engine 2, Engine 16, Engine 16, Engine 6, Engine 16, Engine 16, Engine 6, Engine 16, Engine 16, Engine 6,

00:08

Engine 13th, Engine 3rd Avenue,

00:16

Reference to smoke in the building, coming out of the patio door, units responding,

00:20

switch over to...

00:24

TAC2[2].

00:26

Rescue 2-2, we're 4-0.

00:32

Rescue, TOTEL copy. To clear and Brad, put us on the call, please.

00:35

Backnosh. Let us tell you back to.

00:37

Ladder 4-9, we're on the vote call.

00:40

Take us off that.

00:41

Backlosh.

00:45

Let's tell him 35, switching here.

00:47

Backdown.

00:50

Rescue 37.

00:53

Do you show us arrival at the hospital?

00:59

Affirmative.

01:02

Probably, thank you.

01:07

South the Regional.

01:10

SQA, not en route to Memorial, Regional 1744.

01:17

Presque when I got.

01:22

Conscious in breathing.

01:25

Husband is on the floor with a herniated disc, 1745.

01:30

Battalion 416 AC2, Battalion, He's 35, Rescue 202.

01:38

Responding to near NE 3rd Avenue, the Exchange Loft, smoke in the building.

01:44

Apartment is on the second floor facing the courtyard.

01:48

Main dispatch advising you are short a ladder.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Structure Fire: Building/structure fire incident

[2]

TAC2: Tactical Channel 2 (radio channel designated for on-scene/operations)

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Location mentioned:

Near NE 3rd Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

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