Fire at residential building near South 3rd Street in Reading, Reading PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/16/2025 02:53 AM

Near S 3rd St, Reading, PA 19602

Firefighters responded to a fire at a residential building near South 3rd Street in Reading, Pennsylvania. One person was rescued from the second floor during the incident.

Audio|Source: City of Reading Fire/EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

Box 302[1], South Third, and Franklin for the building fire.

00:04

Engine 3, engine 1, engine 1,

00:07

rescue 1, engine 7 for arithmetic 3.

00:10

The box is 302, near South 3rd Street and Fiskeland Street.

00:14

Core puts the building on fire 0553.

00:19

Squat 600, 3rd and Franklin.

00:22

P-Squodd600.

00:23

P-Matic 3, and out search currently.

00:28

P-Matic 3.

00:30

Okay, Matic 3.

00:34

On 3rd and primal.

00:37

Okay, Latter 1.

00:38

Okay, Latter 1.

00:40

Thank you.

00:45

Engine 3 in the outside, 3rd.

00:49

Tangent three.

00:51

Sorry.

00:52

There's five.

00:57

Okay, Corey.

00:58

In a couple of calls on and now we've got near South third and also near third.

01:03

Okay.

01:05

Okay. Okay. Okay.

01:07

Good.

01:14

I'm also putting the mail still up on the second floor, elderly he's having trouble evacuating.

01:20

Not under you.

01:21

Not or one.

01:25

One year as soon as now third, free, but this will work with fires.

01:28

Copy near South third of working, fire.

01:36

Three crew in two eight.

01:39

Good.

01:44

Happy fire, first second floor extended up to the roof or stretch the line to the bigger Dallas.

01:55

Sorry, your radio, please send that report to send a second.

02:00

Copy second alert.

02:01

See if we're also seeing a report for three of someone that lives back groups.

02:11

Chief, fire building is going to be near South 3rd.

02:16

Okay.

02:20

Chief, one victim.

02:25

I need a ladder through the basement alley now.

02:32

Chief, one victim at second floor.

02:34

Hold on.

02:39

You have a victim in the second floor?

02:42

Is he executable?

02:48

Second off the box 302-near South 3rd Street for working struck fire.

02:54

Engine 9, rescue engine 85, engine 64, ladder 79.

02:58

Tower 21, Station 25 for Rick, Medic 1.

03:02

The box is 302-near South 3rd Street, Franklin, agree.

03:09

The second line marking structure thought a possible entrapment 0557.

03:14

I hear a ladder going back to Grocer's alley now.

03:22

Chief, we got one vacuum and then removed.

03:25

Here's all right, clear.

03:28

Hard coming.

03:34

Take the radio one victim removed from the second floor.

03:38

(number withheld). All right.

Police codes explained

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[1]

Box 302: Box number identifying the incident area/zone for the call

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