there is a fire somewhere near st marks and brooklyn ave!

my roommate smelled it in her room and then came to me just now to smell it and i confirmed i smelled fire as well but a weird fire smell like burning plastic. we called 911 as firetrucks rolled down brooklyn ave. i hope everyone is ok!

i was just about to post something too, thought i just might be imagining it. but the firetrucks are up-and-freaking-down washington ave.

where's that crime/fire realtime map thingy when i need it? anyone here who can link that?

It smells so strongly all the way near Franklin and Lincoln that at first I thought my building was on fire! I walked around the vicinity but could not figure out where it was coming from. I hope everyone is OK!

holy shit -- also a post about it in park slope....

must be a big fire??????

http://gothamist.com/map/

Smoke is covering crown/prospect heights. Firemen said it's from Jersey. Smoke everywhere reported from someone on the Verrazzano.

so crazy!!!!!!!!!! any news articles yet?

New Jersey always stinking up the city

post links if you hear of any more info

people on twitter are saying it's a tire junkyard fire, which sounds (smells) about right to me. so nasty.

yeah that smells right to me too....what is the hashtag you are finding it under?

i just googled jersey fire and it came up, clicked the little "latest" link and saw a bit more info. #BrooklynFire was one hash tag i saw, but start out with the search i'd say.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=802

Live Fire Chat:
http://www.thebravest.com/brooklyn/brooklyn.htm

Live FDNY Scanner Feed:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=802

Pics of Fire:
http://yfrog.com/e4hd6j

This stuff's making me lightheaded. No joke.

Also, if it's in NJ, they why have I heard so many fire trucks driving down eastern parkway heading east?

wow that radioreference.com link is BANANAS

UNCLEAR. confirmed reports of fire trucks headed east on EP by roommate

Mr. Henry wrote: Also, if it's in NJ, they why have I heard so many fire trucks driving down eastern parkway heading east?

because the FD has to check out every report of smoke, even though most are from the jersey city fire. no way of knowing there isn't another fire without going to check it out.

listen in on the radio link BL posted. they're having a busy night all over brooklyn.

awkward

Whoops. very good point sweet tea. This is will certainly be a rough night for the FDNY.

Subject: toxic burning smell still strong

5:45am and can still smell it near BAM. woke me up at 4am thinking my building was on fire. been up ever since & feeling slightly ill from it. wondering why i hadn't heard any sirens.

a google search brought me to you guys - glad to discover this blog!

hope the fire is put out soon and we aren't all made toxicly ill by it!!

I happened to be on Franklin Avenue and I saw a fire truck make a right on to Franklin off of St. Johns. The air was thick with smoke. I thought the fire was nearby. If it wasn't, it must have been a heck of a blaze. I saw nothing in the papers or heard anything on the news. Has anyone else heard anything?

took a couple of tries at the ol' Google to pull up this article...newspapers and journalism in general has become so useless...but here's a link to the story.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2010/10/stubborn_four-alarm_scrap_fire.html

they had to bring in a FIRE BOAT to put out the damn fire. it wasn't declared extinguished until 12:30 this afternoon.