Electric malfunction triggers alarm in apartment, Reading PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, an electric malfunction in a water heater caused a local alarm in an apartment near South Third Street, breaking the circuit breaker. No fire was found.
Audio|Heard on: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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The occupant showed us that the water heater disconnect has a flash.
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Main breaker to the water heater is turned off, so I'll have to have the landlord come and fix it.
00:14
Okay, anything else left for us to do?
00:18
Negative. We'll be coming down.
00:21
Okay.
00:28
Car four radio.
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Car four.
00:36
Near South Third Street apartment 204.
00:39
Occupant had an electric malfunction with a water heater and tripped the breaker.
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There's no fire.
00:46
Central station was never activated.
00:48
We only got the local alarm in the apartment itself.
00:52
Units will be taken up.
00:53
You can make the assignment available.
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Location mentioned:
S 3rd St, Reading, PA 19602
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