Hazmat incident with gas leak and carbon monoxide alarms, Reading PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a hazardous materials incident occurred at near Church Street in Reading. There was a possible gas leak with carbon monoxide alarms sounding. Two occupants in the building reported feeling sick. One person on the scene declined to evacuate. Emergency responders are on site handling the situation.
Audio|Heard on: City of Reading Fire/EMS
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02:50
Transcript:
00:00
Attention engine seven, ladder three, rescue one, medic nine.
00:03
944 Church Street, between Spring Street, Windsor Street, hazmat[1] with symptoms,
00:08
16-01.
00:09
9-9-94-thorge, switch over.
00:12
Reading, 944 Church Street.
00:15
Ladder-3, responding 16-year-2.
00:17
Air Force, 7, 9-44 Church.
00:20
Medic 9 responding 16-0, switch over.
00:23
Which is 7 responding, 16-0-2.
00:30
Next to you mind.
00:32
Thank you very much.
00:34
16-0-3.
00:40
Sorry, to church.
00:42
I have notes here.
00:44
They said it's two weeks they've been smelling this gas.
00:47
If that's the case, has UGI been alerted?
00:49
All right, what place are responding? UGI was the one I was calling the third party.
00:55
I'm sure if they are responding.
00:57
They did not have any notification of that.
01:00
Okay, copy.
01:06
Pete Radio, if you want to get the notes for the other crews of the Anderson,
01:15
Affirmative, 944 Church Street, the third party calls smell of gas in the past two weeks.
01:19
Three carbon monoxide alarms sounding in the building.
01:23
Two occupants feel sick.
01:25
There's a smell of gas on the second and third floor.
01:28
Correction of the first and second floor.
01:30
The female is on location did not want to evacuate, stated she is not feeling sick.
01:37
They'll be waiting on the third floor for a spouse.
01:40
I just said a lot of three-minute cry, I don't see.
01:44
77-9-3 medic9 on scene 1604 to the chief 300 parts at the door we're evacuating Bobby
02:01
21 to view engine seven driver.
02:19
Attention our latter one to assist.
02:23
Company 66-Milmore Township, 2139 North 13th Street, apartment building, C,
02:29
automatic fire alarm for the general commercial fire alarm, zone 993.
02:33
609.
02:35
5321.
02:36
Go ahead.
02:38
203 are closed.
02:40
All that, two talks.
02:42
I didn't hear any of all.
02:44
Sorry, to rhyme.
02:45
My church.
02:48
Car 8 arriving, 1610.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
hazmat: Hazardous materials incident
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Location mentioned:
Church St, Reading, PA 19601
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