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Fire alarm triggered by burnt food in apartmentReading PA

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Lackawanna St, Reading, PA 19601

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm at Jamestown Village Apartments on Lackawanna Street was triggered by burnt food in apartment 9C. No fire was found.

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03:36
Transcript:
00:00
Attention engine 7, latter 3.
00:16
Jamestown Village Apartments, near Lackawanna Street.
00:20
The fire alarm, 20-0-9, Spencer,
00:24
10.
00:28
Number 3. Jamestown Village Apartment's Office.
00:33
Fences 7-3-0-Licolama.
00:37
Engine 7, alight of 3.
00:41
Call 4th and Lackawanna.
00:48
Car for a rapid response, I believe a fire smoke alarm.
00:56
The unit is going at Jamestown Village, just going to be at Building 9.
01:05
Car4 Calvi Building 9.
01:18
Tenturemedic 1, 325A off the North 9th Street between the Melbourne-Buddenwood Street for an ALS Medical Code 2012.
01:39
Attention, engine 3 and car 9, fire office 2.
01:43
Area 239 and south, number 6, between screws and chefs in those streets.
01:48
Check for wires on fire in 2013.
01:51
Okay,
01:55
3-4-1.
02:00
Medical 3, you are available.
02:04
Pedic 1, 325, North 19.
02:11
(name withheld) one,
02:12
35-year-old male and a 30-year-old female.
02:17
Both have one in your stool.
02:18
It's still a long time right now.
02:24
Now there's no questions.
02:25
Just St.
02:49
Joe's.
02:54
Cabiana scene, confirming a wire on fire.
02:59
You ready for a pull number?
03:04
Go ahead.
03:11
(number withheld).
03:15
Okay.
03:16
Still power to the area and is it pull the pole, pull the residence?
03:24
Burnt food in apartment 9 C.
03:27
Charlie. We could use a fan in here.
03:33
Okay, a lot of three got that.

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Lackawanna St, Reading, PA 19601

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