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Firefighters assist during second-alarm blaze in ReadingReading MA

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audio iconFire & Arson
Main St, Reading, MA 01867

As discussed during the dispatch call, wilmington Fire Department's Engine 4 was sent to the town of Reading to provide station coverage while local crews responded to a second-alarm fire near Summer Ave. The dispatch indicates a mutual aid response for an escalating fire requiring additional resources.

Audio|Heard on: Middlesex and Essex Counties Fire
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00:41
Transcript:
00:00
To Wilmington Fire Department, Engine 4, Engine 4 only to the town of Reading for station coverage for their second-alarm fire.
00:06
You will be at their headquarters, near Main St.
00:09
Again, Engine 4 only, station coverage to the town of Reading for their second fire, near Main St, their headquarters.
00:24
Fire on Engine 4 is down in the town of Reading.
00:26
Mutual aid.
00:28
Station coverage.
00:29
All right, close to you.
00:31
Engine 4, you're on for station coverage.
00:32
Just so you have it, the fire address is near Summer Ave.
00:36
Near Summer Ave.
00:40
Have it, thank you.

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Location mentioned:
Main St, Reading, MA 01867

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