Smoke reported on third floor of gateway building, Reading PA
Fire & ArsonSmoke was reported on the third floor of a gateway building with a light haze and a smell like something electrical. Fire crews arrived to investigate and began evacuating people from the building. No confirmed fire was found at the time.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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Box 302[1], address to the fire, near 10th Street at the gateway building. Structure fire reported to be smoke on the third floor. Engine 3, engine 1, engine 1, engine 5, water one, tower one, rescue one, engine 7 for safety. Medics 3, Box 302, address, near 10th Street at the gateway building. Reported to be a structure fire, smoke on the third floor, 1736.
00:28
We're still in the phone with them attempting to improve that, and we're going to be letting PennDOT know about this as well, 1736. Thank you, Berks. Thank you, Berks. We're responding on location, Carporea, Pass, the show, and investigating 1736. The caller is an employee reporting. Smoke is the building. I'm sure where it's coming from, they're on the third floor.
00:56
And also has anyone else inside as I can meet other people. Thank you. Great responding, 1736, you copy this. For me. Conference of City, forgot.
01:24
Car 4 all incoming yes. Hold it your apparatus to the acceptance of Engine 3 Tower 1 Rescue 1. Car 4. Are you still have the caller online? Hear me, Car 4. Car 4. See, I met someone in the lobby. Based on the 4th floor, they get a smell of smoke, felt like it was coming from the vents.
01:53
Okay, if they're the only one in the building, have them direct you in and then have them exit the building. Carpore negative, we don't have them on the lines. There you're arriving. That's okay. I believe we have contact with them. Yeah, Chief, I'm with the caller and we're sending everyone else that's in here out.
02:20
Just manually after the alarm system, take through the little people that need to be evacuated. Three crew, me to car four. Car four. See, from four three, there's a light haze. Smells electrical or maybe a motor or bell or something with the H-fast, we're not to access all that.
02:47
Okay, Lieutenant's got to meet with you and we'll see what we need to do from here. I'm trying to call her down. He has a key card for the elevator. He's going to put that 21 in.
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Box 302: Fire Box Assignment
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Location mentioned:
Near S 10th St, Reading, PA 19602
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