On April 23, 2025, at 6:44PM the City of Troy’s Fire Department responded to the area of 3012 7th Avenue for a reported structure fire in a vacant building under construction. Engine four, engine one, engine six, Truck one, truck two, the rescue squad, medic three, and the battalion chief responded to the scene. The dispatcher notified the battalion chief that they were taking multiple calls on the fire and fire apparatus in route to the fire scene had a significant column of black smoke visible from both ends of the city in the clear evening sky. Engine four arrived on scene and immediately transmitted the signal thirty for a working structure fire as they had heavy fire showing from the roof of the structure.

With the fire hydrant directly in front of the building engine four immediately made its connection and established the water supply and firefighters tossed a small ladder to the front of the building to create a staircase. As firefighters made entry to the structure, they learned the building was heavily under construction and had a significant fire condition on the second floor and in the roof area. Command notified the dispatcher that they had exposure issues on both sides of the structure and fire and pinching on the structure on the bravo side and transmitted the second alarm bringing the city of Watervliet’s Fire Department and the Watervliet Arsenal Fire Department to the scene.

Firefighters made their way to the roof and notified command that they had 20LB propane cylinders on the roof of the structure. Firefighters in the bucket quickly knocked down the heavy fire condition on the top of the roof within a few minutes of establishing a water supply to the truck company. Firefighters on the roof made ventilation holes to access the fire below in the cockloft where they had heavy fire pushing from the roof scuttle and vent hole. Firefighters on the second floor of the structure were able to knock down the fire before it could spread to any other portion of the structure. As a precautionary measure firefighters deployed an inch and three-quarter hand line into the delta exposure building as the heavy fire on the second floor had been impinging on the siding of the home and melted it. Firefighters in the rear of the structure notified command that they had a porch fire also and were deploying another inch and three-quarter hand line and were going to be knocking the fire down.

Firefighters inside of the structure notified command that the fire inside of the building was under control along with firefighters in the rear of the building. Firefighters on the roof of the building notified command that they were still hitting hotspots and would be conducting additional ventilation to gain access to the hidden fire. Firefighters on scene conducted overhaul of the building that was under construction. Firefighters checked in both exposure buildings for any further extension but did not have any.

National grid arrived on scene and was able to disconnect the power to the structure. Fire Investigator’s arrived on scene and began to conduct their investigation into what caused the fire. The owner of the building had been working on the structure to improve the building’s conditions to make it livable and improve the neighborhood. Firefighters remained on scene for an extended period of time conducting overhaul and picking up from the fire. No injuries were reported and the building suffered significant damage from the fire. The fire is under investigation at this time. The street remained closed for an extended period of time.