Structure fire at amity manor apartment building, Douglassville PA


A fire alarm sounded at amity manor apartments with smoke coming from a second floor unit. Emergency responders arrived. One resident reported being unable to evacuate due to smoke filling the hallway and not hearing alarms.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
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Between Maple Drive and Park Lane for a structure fire reported to be smoke from the second floor apartment operations on berks fire off 1 after response to scene 39. Engendanger 13 switched. And...
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Amity down to the Amity Man 11, near Benjamin Franklin Highway West, between April Drive and Park Main Structure Fire[1]. Station 49, Station 49, Station 49, engine 951. 25, Tanker 95, Pinker 95, Pinker Twenty-three. Three, Station one, four. Three, one, covering, station 680, zero.
00:53
Amity Township, Welcome 31, near Benjamin Franklin Highway West at Amity Manor, between Maplewood Drive and Park Lane. Structure fire reported to be a fire alarm going off, all smoke coming from the second floor apartment. And so operations will be on the last response to the second floor. The caller was calling from apartment 210 stated it is coming from an apartment on the opposite side of the hallway.
01:22
Unknown if everyone's out of the building, the second floor hallway is full of smoke. Richard. Burt, engine tanker 25 is responding with 3. Engine Tanger 25 in route with 3, 1511. 26 in route, 1511.
01:48
Fire. What is the fire alarm going off and smoke coming from the second floor apartment operations on fire. One up to their response. 1511. Quirk. Quicks number out 1511. Chief Six, we did get another call from an occupant in an apartment 211.
02:16
stated he is unable to move or evacuate and he can't hear alarms going off. Preccee, you can place the only patient. I got out the truck from the exterior. You said apartment 211, correct? Affirmative. For extension 49-2. Engine 49-2. Enroll 19-12 and around 1512. Perkins, 12.
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Vendon 49 and route 1512 Fragson 7-1 is responding in place for engine 7. Fenton 71 in route and place of engine 715 12th. Frags insistence, Expoons, all sweet. Citi, second. Tanger 25 is responding. Tanger 25 in route 1512.
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Structure Fire: Structure fire reported
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Location mentioned:
Near Benjamin Franklin Hwy, Douglassville, PA 19518
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