Smoke odor detected at Back Bay Tower penthouse, Portland ME

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/4/2025 11:08 AM

Back Bay Tower, 401 Cumberland Ave, Portland, ME 04101

A smoke odor was reported at Back Bay Tower near Cumberland Ave in the penthouse area after the penthouse elevator went offline. Multiple fire units, including ladders and engines, were dispatched to investigate the source of the smoke and the penthouse alarm.

Audio|Source: Portland Fire

02:42

Transcript:

00:00

Attention station striking Box 561 for near Cumberland Ave back bay towers for odor of smoking the building after the Penthouse elevator one offline.

00:10

On the box, ladder one, ladder three, engine five, engine six, engine nine, rescue one, May Q5, C5, C9.

00:18

Offs there's going to be two.

00:20

Tension stations striking the deskbox 561 for near Cumberland Ave back bay towers.

00:27

Report of smell of smoking the building after the penthouse elevator went offline.

00:31

On the box, ladder one, ladder three, engine five, engine six, engine nine, rescue one, make you five, C5, C9, off Chist two.

00:41

Outer six, right on.

00:49

All right, I'm actually, ladder six.

00:53

We're available if you need us.

01:00

104, if you can head that way, that'll make Ladder 3. You're the right.

01:06

That's wrong.

01:13

Ladder 3 copies for it.

01:20

Engine 5.5. Follow, Mr. Engine 5.

01:23

Follow, Mr. Engine 5.

01:26

Engine 5, Lider 1, Liner 6 are on seat.

01:30

Engine 5, I have mobile command.

01:31

Send for engine 5 is mobile command.

01:39

Engine 6, engine 9.

01:43

Go ahead.

01:47

We have the standby connection cover.

01:51

Info.

01:52

Enfo.

01:54

Come on that's campion phone. Follow on matching come to have command.

02:10

The penthouse zone is an alarm.

02:12

I've got Rescue One, Latter One to go investigate all the company stage.

02:16

10-4. Penhouse is an alarm. Rescue 1, Latter-one is going to investigate the remaining company stage.

02:29

C5 off of the company.

02:34

10-4. C-5.

02:40

Stand by hearing this call.

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Location mentioned:

Back Bay Tower, 401 Cumberland Ave, Portland, ME 04101

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