Hazmat alarm and unknown odor reported near Schuylkill Ave, Reading PA
Fire & ArsonA hazmat situation and audible alarm were reported near Schuylkill Avenue at the intersection of Cumberland Street and Blair Avenue. An unknown odor was detected, and the alarm has been sounding since early morning. Emergency units responded and noted that the property appeared locked and that the alarm was audible from outside. There was no confirmation of occupants inside, and an evacuation of nearby commercial properties was initiated as a precaution.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
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Trench engine 7, Lider 3 Rescue 1,
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(number withheld) Schuylkill Avenue, Cumberland Street, Blair Avenue,
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hazmat reported oral alarm and an unknown odor, 05.
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Part 2 (number withheld), Google. Card 2 responding (number withheld), (number withheld), call from the neighbor to near Cumberland Street. Audible alarm going off since 0800.
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Unknown odor.
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You can hear the alarm from outside,
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and I do not believe anyone's in the residence.
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Got it.
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1170146 local
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Tentonterspani 1106
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106 Prydsky 1,11.06
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Trescu 1, near Scoot Hill Thomas Cynaston Spine 1107
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Cytore 3, (number withheld), Google 513,000, Google.
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Cyl3, 1007.
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10-190-1, Core 6 on FireOps 2, 800 Oly Street, cross the North 8-note 9th Street, automatic fire alarm, 11.7.
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Perfect.
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7, 545 North Front Street.
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Cross the West Greenwood Trust Green Street.
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ALS Medical, 11008.
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Breakroom smoke from Rack Response they are attempting.
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We are out, checker.
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Engine town location, nothing showing, 11.0.
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Tower 1-800-oly.
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Power correspondence, 1108.
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Engine 9, 800, Oli.
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Engine 9,800. Engine 9, responding, 1109.
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I just 7 the card too
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I have the second spoken property that people have been working on
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they're saying they possibly smell some sort of chaos
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but the alarm itself that they called about isn't currently going on we're investigating everything's locked up so far
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Two thousand, two days.
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Car six on location 1110.
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Rescue ones are auditing.
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Rescue on location 1111.
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So many appears that they evacuated.
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In the allocation, one's due the commercial, it only appears to evacuate nothing short 11-11.
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Six, right?
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Oh, six. Oh, six.
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We have a photograph front for every second.
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Codney car six-hundred of Burnford, 11-11.
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Calling up was the audible alarm in the background repeat.
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You can return.
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Location mentioned:
Near Schuylkill Ave, Reading, PA 19601
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