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Smoke reported in apartment with no occupant response, Quincy MA

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/7/2025 06:41 PM

Nelson St, Quincy, MA 02169

Fire units responded to near Nelson Street for a report of smoke coming from apartment 8. No one answered the door and the resident could not be reached by phone. There was no unresponsive person found inside.

Audio|Heard on: Quincy Police & Fire Dispatch

Listen to dispatch call

02:6

Transcript:

00:00

You start to near Nelson Street.

00:02

We have fire alarms sounding, now a report of smoke in apartment 8.

00:09

All right, I got no.

00:15

Double one.

00:17

Okay, so on.

00:20

Can you guys look at past calls for a little field and I will try to call the resident to have them come out?

00:27

I will give it my best effort, sir.

00:35

Fire long call on engine five.

00:39

Two-five answers.

00:46

Andrew Five, we're getting a report of smoke in apartment 8 on near Nelson Street.

00:53

Thank you, Mr.

00:57

5 has message for reporting.

01:10

Good.

01:12

The resident does not answer and their mailbox is full, so I can't leave a voicemail.

01:15

I can try again in a few minutes.

01:19

Okay, thank you.

01:25

Engine 5 to file.

01:27

Notify, Bruce's.

01:34

They need to make entry because that's where the smoke is coming from.

01:38

File on that as a new 5 gets another update.

01:43

It was a bit of a miscommunication.

01:46

There's no unresponsive person in unit 8.

01:50

But

01:54

We're getting a report of smoke coming from the apartment and no one's answering the door.

02:03

Engine 5 has a message, we're off, assuming command.

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Nelson St, Quincy, MA 02169

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