Fire Alarm Proves True At Greystone Apartments
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Rome Fire Units are used to responding to fire alarms that turn out to be false lately, but they found Saturday Afternoon that that one was indeed true at the Greystone Apartments on E. 2nd Ave.
Rome Fire Engine 1, Ladder 1, Rescue 1, Quint 3, and Car 25 responded the apartments located in the old hotel building at 90 E. 2nd Ave. around 3:20 PM after an alarm pull station was activated. Firefighters arrived to find that there was indeed a fire that had been extinguished prior to their arrival.
Though the fire had been extinguished, a complete response was still required by fire units as they worked to remove smoke from the building. Firefighters were able to complete their operations within 15 minutes.
No damage was reported at the building, built in 1888 as the Armstrong Hotel. The building did suffer considerable damage in a 1921 fire, which led to to the building being razed and reopening in 1933 as the Greystone Hotel.
