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Heard on: Pittsburgh Fire / EMS Fire Operations Ch 2 · 1/4/2026 02:36 PM
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A caller reports their fireplace is filling with smoke.
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Fire crews respond to smoke at North Ave apartment
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As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a possible apartment smoke incident near West North Avenue in Pittsburgh. A caller reported that smoke from a fireplace was filling their unit in a four-story multi-occupancy structure. Alarms were sounding and occupants were evacuating as fire crews arrived and began investigating the source of the smoke.