Fire alarm triggered by laundry steam at fraternity house, Ithaca NY

Fire & Arson

Reported: 09/23/2025 03:26 PM (PDT)

University Ave, Ithaca, NY

Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at a large fraternity house on University Avenue. Upon investigation, there was no fire or smoke found. The alarm was likely caused by steam from the laundry in the basement. The fire alarm system was reset, and no danger was present.

Audio|Source: Tompkins County Fire/EMS

02:35

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 2 is on-scene. Engine 2-story large, frat house, got nothing showing.

00:15

The offensive strategy investigating outside ticket.

00:24

Track follow one.

00:31

Engine 2, you're in with nothing showing.

00:34

You're going to be investigating. 6-3 is here, the University Ave command.

00:42

Uh, 360[1]'s clear.

00:44

660s clear.

00:49

I said I was a 8-8, there's always appeased in the federal place.

00:58

Mail Show's basement.

01:01

Last time we were here last month it was for humidity steam from the laundry in the basement.

01:12

So far,

01:15

so far nothing is positive.

01:16

So far nothing, August. So far nothing August.

01:29

I missed in 510.8.com.

01:35

I missed most of that, but I did catch singing from the laundry.

01:45

Um,

01:47

no fire. Engine 1, you can return.

01:50

Yeah,

01:56

you can give a shot.

02:04

Just the reset, too, is there anything to do to keep that from happening again or is it just a thing?

02:15

Acknowledge that the system is reset and asking if there's anything we do to keep that from happening again or if it's just how it is.

02:23

They're going to need an appliance person there to do something because something's not working right.

02:31

Tap 4. Do we need to take a look for CO or is it all electric?

Police codes explained

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[1]

360: 360-degree size-up/walk-around of the structure

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Fire alarm triggered by laundry steam at fraternity house, Ithaca NY

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