{"id":123072,"date":"2020-02-24T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T20:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=123072"},"modified":"2025-09-30T23:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:14:15","slug":"fwfd-tall-oaks-apartment-fire-7300-block-decatur-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2020\/02\/24\/fwfd-tall-oaks-apartment-fire-7300-block-decatur-road\/","title":{"rendered":"FWFD: Tall Oaks Apartment Fire, 7300 block Decatur Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-115406\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tFWFD_new_logo-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tFWFD_new_logo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tFWFD_new_logo-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tFWFD_new_logo-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tFWFD_new_logo-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tFWFD_new_logo.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On February 24, 2020, at 1058 hours, the Fort Wayne Fire Department was dispatched to an apartment fire in the Tall Oaks Apartments in the 7300 block of Decatur Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>FWFD Alarm Code: 706<\/p>\n<p>Time of Alarm: 1058 hours<br \/>\nOn Scene: 1100 hours<br \/>\nUnder Control: 1130 hours<\/p>\n<p>The first unit arrived on scene to find heavy smoke showing from a fourth-floor balcony. The fire was coded a 706, second alarm fire, due to the amount of occupants inside the building and size and challenges with that type of building. Heavy fire was found in an apartment on the fourth-floor and crews made entry and extinguished fire. Significant smoke was in hallways on multiple floors and crews worked to make sure occupants either were evacuated or protected in place with their apartment doors shut. Crews also worked to clear the building of smoke. 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