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Strong smoke reported in Fort Lee residential building, Fort Lee NJ

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/18/2025 05:46 PM

Linwood Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a residential building near Linwood Avenue in Fort Lee after a strong smell of smoke was reported on the upper floors and inside the elevators.

Audio|Heard on: Bergen County Metro Fire and Rescue - East

Listen to dispatch call

02:7

Transcript:

00:00

B6A and Nautil, I'm applying the borough of Fort Lee, signal 1034,

00:05

small smell of smoke on the 12th floor.

00:09

Address is near Linwood Avenue, Unit 1, 2,

00:13

Kilo, fire companies, 1, 2, 3, and 4 to respond.

00:17

Time is 24, and this type to 7.1.

00:26

That's 05, go ahead.

00:29

Offsetter, five responding, (number withheld).

00:38

From 12-kilo, he's reporting a strong smell and smoke on the top floor and coming from the elevators.

00:48

Careful.

00:54

Supporting town center.

01:01

I have about four beers.

01:03

9.04, fold through.

01:11

Call for.

01:23

Call none of them.

01:28

Data 1-190 480, you want to go to Osprefoot?

01:32

To be John, see who take the stamp button.

01:39

You want to take the Hydrant? 10-4.

01:43

That's how I'm forward to Town Center.

01:46

I got a hydrant location.

01:51

You're going to have hydrogen on the west side of Linwood just north of Maine and a hydrogen on the north side just east of Windward. Thank you, sir.

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Location mentioned:

Linwood Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024

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