Firefighters contain compactor blaze near 12th St, Reading PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a structure fire involving a trash compactor attached to a building near North 12th Street and Physician Avenue in Reading, Pennsylvania. Responders reported black smoke and worked to contain flames inside the compactor. The fire appeared to be brought under control after ventilation efforts, with no injuries reported or emergency medical service needed.
Audio|Heard on: South Eastern PA Air Medical
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04:15
Transcript:
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Near North 12th Street,
00:02
Physician Avenue.
00:05
Trash compactor attached to the structure.
00:09
Response one after response.
00:15
Two.
00:21
I'm working out.
00:26
What ladders do we have on that?
00:31
Ladder 626 on location, running left.
00:34
Out.
00:40
Ladder 79.
00:47
Received. P6 responding.
00:52
Responding.
00:57
29 now responding, Muhlenberg.
01:00
45 North, number 12.
01:02
Physician Avenue.
01:04
Trash pipe on fire, connect.
01:07
Operations on Berks 1705.
01:22
West riding eastbound on the Frontwood Street Bridge.
01:27
Accident, station police need to respond.
01:31
Flat 422 East Frontwood Street Bridge, truck 1705.
01:42
Get them and move away from the front.
01:46
Come from the inside here.
01:48
Triggered a lot of black smoke.
01:53
Empathy 66 from command.
01:56
Hold off, they're going to hit it.
02:02
Can you cover sixty-four fire police at four with ice?
02:08
And can you also send me thirty? We're going to change the.
02:42
Fire,
02:49
Much better inside here.
02:54
They have a hole cut in the side of it.
02:58
Bring water.
03:02
Received.
03:03
We do have ignition inside here.
03:07
If we get that contained, we can continue.
03:15
Dispatch 252.
03:20
Structure on fire.
03:24
We're at response 1710.
03:28
No, we might.
03:30
Four available, no EMS.
03:31
Seventy-seven thinking about pulling it out with a winch.
03:43
All right, let's see.
03:51
Second floor.
03:53
Yeah, just for that.
03:58
Size feels about right.
04:08
We have a contained compactor.
04:12
We're going to have an extended ventilation operation.
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Location mentioned:
N 12th St, Reading, PA 19605
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