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Fire alarm triggered by construction work at building, Reading PA

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N 6th St, Reading, PA 19601

According to the dispatch call, an automatic fire alarm at a building near North 6th Street was triggered. Fire units responded and found no fire. The alarm was likely set off by construction work at the site.

Audio|Heard on: City of Reading Fire/EMS
Listen to dispatch call
02:22
Transcript:
00:00
Attention engine 3, Tower 1. Near North 6th Street between Washington Street and Walnut Street.
00:06
Automatic fire alarm reported number 7, smoke zone 19.
00:10
1331.
00:13
1331.
00:15
Engine 3, 1146.
00:18
Engine 3 responding, 1333.
00:23
Tower 1.1946.
00:29
Tower 1, 1333.
00:32
State responding.
00:34
Right responding.
00:39
1333, near North 6th Street, Stevens and Lee Lee Elliott.
00:44
Automatic fire alarm reported, number 7, smoke zone 19.
00:48
We're on these three-thork partial, nothing showing you investigating.
00:55
Tower one on scene, nothing showing investigating, 1336.
01:03
Ambulance one, ready.
01:07
Ambulance one.
01:10
To the running.
01:13
Availant one to ready.
01:14
Availant one to ready, 1336.
01:17
Car 8 arriving on scene 1336.
01:20
Car 8 arriving on scene 1336.
01:28
Tower 8.
01:31
Hey.
01:37
See a device.
01:39
It smells like some spray the fragrance up here.
01:44
I wish we took a resource.
01:47
Copy.
01:49
What flavor of fragrance?
01:56
Is that the second floor elevator smoke detector?
02:00
That's what's showing up on the panel.
02:03
Radio car eight.
02:04
Go ahead.
02:10
We did just get a call back from the alarm company.
02:13
You spoke with a (name withheld) stated construction is on site and set off the alarm.
02:19
Okay, it's not really consistent of what we're finding.

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Location mentioned:
N 6th St, Reading, PA 19601

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