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Fire alarm triggered by cooking smoke at apartment, Reading PA

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Pearl St apt 401, Reading, PA 19602

According to the dispatch call, an automatic fire alarm was triggered in apartment 304 at the River Loft Apartments near Pearl Street. Fire units responded and found smoke caused by cooking. The alarm was cleared and units left the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Reading Fire / EMS
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02:6
Transcript:
00:00
Attention, engine, 5-tower 1, respond near Pearl Street, the River Loft Apartments, automatic fire alarm 1517.
00:12
A lot available?
00:18
A few medical one's available.
00:23
Engine 5-550-0.
00:25
Engine 5-50-0.
00:26
Engine 5.
00:32
Tower 1, near Pearl.
00:35
Okay, Tower 1.
00:38
Okay, Tower 1.
00:40
49, near Pearl.
00:42
Okay,
00:46
Car 9. Lark Clinton, he gave it as a third floor apartment 304 loft detector.
00:56
50s off scene, nothing shall be a perfect.
00:59
Vennon 5 on location, nothing shell.
01:08
Panelist, other than.
01:10
Second one alarm, organ 304 loft.
01:14
304, okay.
01:16
Thanks, partner.
01:19
Good.
01:24
Hello, I'm cooking.
01:26
We're going to meet a second to clear it out.
01:30
Okay.
01:35
Do you, the medics three are out to running.
01:39
Okay, medic three want to running.
01:44
If I come into the panel, I'll go for restore.
01:48
How are you?
01:53
Karnine.
01:55
304 smoke from cooking.
01:57
The water is reset.
01:59
The site is available.
02:01
Copy 304, smoke from cooking, alarms restored and holding.
02:05
Available 1524.

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Pearl St apt 401, Reading, PA 19602

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