Two Alarms on Brooks Avenue – November 16, 2025

Two alarms were struck at a house fire in Raleigh on Sunday, November 16, 2025.

Dispatched ~2:50 p.m. for 1345 Brooks Avenue. One- and two-story, single-family dwelling with 4,116 square-feet. Built 1948.

With gusty wind conditions that day, statewide.

Engine 6 first-arriving with smoke showing. Upgraded to working fire. Interior attack to start, with crews facing difficult conditions due to the wind. Also, the structure had an addition on the rear, which added challenges.

With zero visibility conditions inside, multiple ventilation holes were cut in the roof. But deteriorating conditions required their evacuation, for exterior streams. Crews later re-entered the structure.

Two additional engines were requested with E3 E16 dispatched ~3:10 p.m. Second alarm later struck at ~3:24 p.m. Staging at Duplin and Churchill.

Fire through the roof, plus later roof collapse. Two aerials were raised, Ladder 6 and Ladder 14 (on reserve).

Evacuation tones were sounded on radio at about 3:08 p.m., but incorrectly transmitted as a mayday. It was quickly corrected on the radio. There was no mayday.

Engine 3 supplied Ladder 1. Engine 6 supplied Ladder 14 (on reserve).

Controlled around 3:58 p.m.

Run card included: E3 E4 E5 E6 E8 E9 E16 E17 L1 L6 L14 L20 Sq7 Sq14 R16 B3 B4 B5 ISO14 A10 DC1 INV1 Rehab 12 M10 M24 M74 D4

Raleigh Professional Fire Fighters Association photo