Structure fire with entrapment at mixed use building, Reading PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire occurred on the third floor of a three-story mixed-use building near North 6th Street in Reading. Occupants were trapped but rescued by emergency responders. The fire, located in the kitchen area, was extinguished. Multiple fire and medical units responded to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: City of Reading Fire/EMS
Listen to dispatch call
04:14
Transcript:
00:00
Box 304, Adjust Fire near North 6th Street, cross of Walnut and Elm Streets, for a structure of the entrapment.
00:06
Engine, engine, engine 3, engine 1, engine 1,
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rescue 1, engine 7, lit.
00:12
Medic 3, Medic 1, Box 304, address to fire near North 6th street.
00:18
First of the Wall and L Street, structure 5 within trapment, reported,
00:23
limited window yelling for help, 0941.
00:26
Squat 600 of the box.
00:28
Squathe 600 of the box. Squad 6-0-941.
00:31
Action 3-7-2-09-46.
00:33
Agent 3,0-9.41.
00:36
Vinder radio.
00:38
4-9. 4-9.
00:44
Near North 6 is a three-story end of the row mixed use still on the first apartments above.
00:51
Smoke showing, third floor.
00:53
Give me a fire marshal right away and give me a backup chief in the city.
00:59
I take 3 on the box.
01:00
Over.
01:04
I'll leave on the bar 9, 3 story end of the row mixed use.
01:10
Working fire, smoke from the 3rd floor, Requeston FM,
01:15
0942.
01:17
Measure 1 has first two.
01:20
I mean, one has first two, zero 942.
01:23
Medicines and out.
01:25
Medicines are 943. Medicines are 943.
01:29
It's right, radio.
01:31
Kornai.
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He told us, there's no in traffic.
01:40
We're going to be checking.
01:43
And, uh,
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why he has a fire out?
01:48
Okay, Karnine reporting reports on negative in traffic at this point.
01:51
We'll be checking.
01:53
Notting Katz's the last party message.
01:57
Who's the checker?
01:59
Precision is in 944.
02:05
Okay, I-4-9-9.
02:09
Correct.
02:11
The third floor, you can't get all those...
02:17
Four and we have fire.
02:20
Correct. Say that again.
02:27
Third floor, middle of the floor.
02:29
Be fired and it would appear to be a kitchen.
02:33
Okay, third floor, middle, fire in the kitchen.
02:37
As you're popping on, you got slow kill from the third floor in the rear.
02:45
Very good.
02:47
Okay.
02:48
Okay.
02:51
All right for your life.
03:05
Thank you. Go again.
03:11
There are three occupatives coming out.
03:14
Okay.
03:16
I need EMS.
03:20
Now you'll be a quick-ins system to go to the one zero-dwatcher.
03:24
Okay.
03:31
Okay. Okay. All right command.
03:32
Water on the fire.
03:34
No, no radio.
03:35
Water on the fire.
03:37
The water on the fire is there 947.
03:43
Hi, you ready for water?
03:46
Send it.
03:51
If you need more out of division, let me know.
03:58
Okay, fine.
04:00
Go ahead.
04:04
Primary is complete, negative.
04:07
Okay. Okay, radio, Primary on three is complete negative.
04:11
Copy primary on three is complete, negative.
04:13
0948.
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Location mentioned:
N 6th St, Reading, PA 19601
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