Two residential garages caught fire Tuesday afternoon in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood, sending a column of smoke over the 4400 block of W. 53rd Street and drawing a sizable fire response just after lunch. Crews were dispatched around 1 p.m., and multiple ladder and engine companies remained on scene as firefighters worked through heavy smoke and visible flames. Neighbors reported an obvious plume and a flurry of emergency vehicles as units moved into position.
Responding units and timeline
Ladders 20 and 4, Engines 42, 20, and 24, and Rescue 2 were among the companies called to the scene, with the chief of the 4th battalion in command, according to Cleveland Fire Fighters IAFF Local 93. The union post described the fire as involving two residential garages and listed the initial response time as about 1 p.m.
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