On May 14, 2025, at 9:48 PM, the city of Troy’s fire department was dispatched to the area of 2nd Street and Harrison Street for a delta traumatic injury from an individual that fell out a window. Engine six, the Rescue Squad, Medic four, and the battalion chief was dispatched to the scene. Police officers quickly arrived on scene and begin to assist the individual that fell out the window. Engine six and the medic rig arrived on scene and began to treat the patient as the individual had significant injuries. As the rescue squad and battalion chief was responding to the scene, the alarm of fire tones dropped for 121 4th Street the Eldorado Bar for a reported fire in the kitchen. Engine two, engine four, engine three, truck one, truck two, and the battalion chief responded to the scene. On arrival the rescue squad had heavy smoke on the first floor, and heavy smoke pushing out the rear of the building and the officer on the rescue squad transmitted the signal thirty for a working structure fire.

As firefighters pushed in to the bar, they encountered a heavy smoke condition throughout the first floor and a significant amount of heat as they push towards the kitchen. As firefighters made their way inside, they had a heavy fire condition in the kitchen area with extension. Firefighters continue to make an aggressive push inside the first floor and made an aggressive knockdown of the heavy fire condition in the kitchen, but firefighters on the second floor requested a second line and additional firefighters were making a push to the floors above to evacuate the structure. With the possibility of extension into the second floor and a row style building with significant exposure issues and firefighters needing additional resources to search the floors above command transmitted the second alarm bringing the City of Watervliet’s Fire Department, and the Watervliet Arsenal Fire Department to the scene along with engine six that was able to free up from the call on second street.

Firefighters from truck two set up in the middle of the roadway and made their way to the roof of the structure. The next arriving engine in established the water supply at the end of the street and firefighters deployed a large diameter hose down the roadway to supply the engine company on scene. Firefighters on the second floor, notified command that they had a heavy smoke condition and it was advancing further. Firefighters opened up the access to the basement and made their way downstairs to check to see if they had any extension into the basement area. Firefighters in the front of the building set up a fan in front of the structure to start to vent the heavy smoke condition. Firefighters on the first-floor notified command that they had the heavy fire condition completely knocked down and began to conduct extensive overhaul in the kitchen area. Firefighters on the floor above notified command that the occupants of the structure are all accounted for. Mutual aid companies in the rear of the structure assisted with overhaul and ventilation of the building.

Firefighters were able to bring the incident under control in about thirty minutes. No injuries were reported. The business suffered heavy smoke and fire damage on the first floor. Fire investigators have not released the determination of the cause of the fire.