TROY, NY - On November 11th at 7:38 A.M., the city of Troy's Fire Department was dispatched for a working structure fire in the area of 5th Avenue and 120th Street. Multiple callers reported a garage well-involved in the rear of a home. Engines 1, 4 and 2, Trucks 1 and 2, the rescue squad, Medic 4, and the battalion chief all called en route to the scene. As Engine 1 pulled out of the station onto 5th Avenue, they had a significant column of smoke visible in the distance. As firefighters took the turn onto 120th Street and pulled down the alleyway, they had a well-involved garage fire with heavy fire showing and heavy smoke pushing from the second-floor. Engine 1 transmitted the Signal 30 for a working structure fire.

Engine 1’s crew deployed a one-and-three-quarter-inch hand line to the side of the door. Engine 1’s officer conducted a quick walk-around of the structure and was able to confirm that there were no exposure issues and notified the dispatcher that they had heavy fire now pushing from the roof of the structure. Engine 4’s crew connected the LDH to the hydrant and established a water supply to the scene. Firefighters forced entry to the garage and quickly began to knock down the heavy fire condition inside the building. Firefighters deployed another hand line to the front of the building and began utilizing that hand line to bring the fire under control. Firefighters utilized hand tools and pulled apart the outer metal wall of the garage. Firefighters also dismantled the front garage door to gain access to all of the remaining fire. Within a few minutes, firefighters had the fire knocked down and had extensive overhaul on the building.

Command had firefighters pull the siding off the garage to gain access to some of the hidden areas where fire was still actively burning where the owner of the garage had a large amount of construction material present. Firefighters conducted extensive overhaul for over an hour. The fire was brought completely under control in less than 15 minutes. Fire investigators arrived on scene to investigate the cause of the fire. No injuries were reported, and firefighters went back into service later that morning.