Apartment fire reported near Queens Dr in Schenectady, Schenectady NY

Fire & Arson

Reported: 9/27/2025 12:14 AM

Near Queens Dr, Schenectady, NY 12304

An apartment fire broke out near Queens Drive in Schenectady. Heavy smoke was reported inside the unit. Fire crews performed ventilation and fire suppression efforts. Additional help was called in from neighboring areas.

Audio|Source: Schenectady County Fire/EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

reports to the apartment 430.

00:08

You say apartment 430?

00:14

That's in front of me, we got smoking all the way.

00:20

Pretty safe.

00:39

truck through the cartcone-to.

00:43

Drive truck.

00:48

Standby. We forced entry to the room. We got heavy used to the room. We got heavy smoke.

00:53

We're going to start, sir.

00:57

Repeat your last record.

01:00

We're going to start a primary search,

01:03

apartment 430.

01:09

Received.

01:11

22 dispatch.

01:12

Give me a second alarm[1] here.

01:23

McWan and Scotia Fire, stand by for the City of Schenectady.

01:31

Mark 22, I have it now with the kitchen fire.

01:35

We have the fire now with a water can.

01:38

Where are these ventilation?

01:41

Only two copies.

01:50

Same a engine for everyone.

01:56

The city is connected to your request and you stand by in your quarters to cover calls in this city while they operate in the second alarm[1] stretch of fire,

02:03

near Queens Drive. You can use fire ops two, ops two.

02:06

Again, for Scotia fire in this year, District 1 request for you to stand by in your quarters to cover any potential calls in the city of Schenectady, while connected the fire works with second alarm[1] fire, near Queens Drive.

02:16

You can use fire ops two.

02:18

The other request is going to be 320.

Police codes explained

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[1]

second alarm: Request for a second-alarm assignment, bringing additional companies to the incident

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