Smoke alarm triggers false alarm at Washington St building
Heard on: Berks PA Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Ladder one, (number withheld) Washington Street.
Fire & Arson
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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a smoke detector activation at an apartment on a high floor of a Washington Street residential building in Reading. The smoke was determined to have come from a cigarette. Crews reset the alarm system and cleared the scene.
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