Odor of burning traced to yard smoker with no fire, Reading PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, responders investigated a report of a burning odor in a basement near Cotton Street. They found a faint smoke smell likely from a campfire or smoker in a rear yard at a nearby address. No active fire or danger was found at the location.
Audio|Heard on: Reading Fire / EMS
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02:37
Transcript:
00:00
Near Cotton Street.
00:01
Check for an odor of burning in the basement, no visible smoke or fire.
00:10
Everyone in Reading, 1846-48.
00:17
We're going to town.
00:18
We're coming off on 15.
00:25
Now we're coming from the phone.
00:26
We're coming from the town.
00:39
The one's arriving three-store and the road on the road.
00:42
We're out checking, they're out with the occupant.
00:45
Three-story mail the road, you'd be out checking, you'd be on the road, you'd be out checking.
00:47
You can't see what?
00:53
My next seven is around, Zora.
00:55
I, seven-rounding, and see-in-five.
01:02
Sixthold, Robin.
01:03
Okay.
01:04
Gars six around me, 18552.
01:07
January 1 to 6.
01:10
Good.
01:12
Confirm the report we got from radio occupants to the same.
01:15
She has the odor of smoking the basement.
01:17
I do have a slight odor.
01:21
Okay.
01:27
Do a faint odor of that, Chief.
01:31
Yeah, we're tracking down some type of wood fire on the rear here, possibly in a yard.
01:39
That makes sense.
01:44
Probably a campfire in and out down here, but there's nothing found down here.
01:52
This house up from that parking line is out of the smoker out back.
02:00
On cotton or on 14 1/2?
02:05
On cotton, of course,
02:07
14 1/2.
02:12
All right, do you guys get in the address or make contact with anybody?
02:19
There are you.
02:22
Perfect.
02:26
A smoker in the rear yard, near Cotton Street.
02:30
There's no issue here.
02:31
Who are the assignment?
02:32
Copy smoker at near Cotton Street.
02:35
No issues. The assignments available at 1857.
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Location mentioned:
Cotton St, Reading, PA 19602
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