Fire Department Responds to Jamesview Apartments

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – On August 9, 2022 at 11:40 a.m., Syracuse firefighters were alerted by the 911

Center to a possible fire at 1025 James Street, the Jamesview Apartments. Firefighters from Truck 4 (Shuart Ave.) arrived in less than three minutes to find a two-story, brick apartment building with smoke coming from an apartment on the left side of the building. Firefighters performed searches in the smoke-charged apartment, looking for the location of fire and victims, while other firefighters simultaneously stretched a 300-foot attack handline into the apartment. The fire was located, extinguished and contained to the single apartment, which was found to be unoccupied. There was no fire spread to the rest of the apartments in the building. One occupant was displaced. No occupants or firefighters were injured. The apartment did have functioning smoke detectors. Crews remained on scene to ventilate smoke and toxic gases from the apartment. The fire is under investigation by Syracuse Fire investigators. We thank our partners at the 911 Center, National Grid, Syracuse Police, AMR and the American Red Cross.

This is the fourth major structure fire in an apartment building within the past month in the City of Syracuse. Fires in apartment buildings are particularly hazardous due to the number of residents concentrated in the structure. In general, do not prop-open apartment doors and doors to stairwells. These act as lifesaving barriers to prevent the spread of deadly smoke and toxic gases, in addition to fire.