On September 15, 2024, at 1:54 PM, multiple calls began to ring into the Rensselaer County Emergency Communication Center for a reported structure fire at 21 South Lake Avenue in the city of Troy. Engine two, engine six, engine four, truck one, truck two, the rescue squad, medic four, and the battalion chief responded to the scene. The dispatcher notified all of the units that they were taking multiple calls on the fire. Command arrived on scene and notified command that they had smoke showing from the front of the structure and had fire showing on the Delta side of the building on the second floor. All of the occupants on the first-floor were accounted for.

Engine two’s crew grabbed a hand line and stretched it to the front door of the structure and firefighters quickly placed their mask on and made their way inside. On the second floor they had heavy smoke throughout the entire second floor area and smoke pushing from the roof. Firefighters conducted a rapid search of the second floor and discovered that there was no one inside of the building and while doing so they discovered a room of content fire and shut the door while additional firefighters deployed the hand line to the bedroom door. Firefighters called for water and within seconds the heavy fire condition in the bedroom quickly was knocked down. Firefighters began to vent the bedroom and additional firefighters on the outside of the structure tossed a ladder to the side of the building where the fire had been licking the eaves of the building.

Firefighters deployed another hand line to the side of the house and began to cool down the siding and spray into the roof area to make sure that there was no fire above them. After a short period of time that heavy smoke from the roof began to dissipate as firefighters set up ventilation fans in the windows of the structure and doorways. Fire investigators arrived on scene and began to conduct their investigation into the fire. Firefighters were able to knock down the fire and bring the incident under control and less than 10 minutes. Firefighters began to go back into service to handle the cities extremely busy call volume. No injuries were reported, and the fire is under investigation at this time