Fire burns at vacant home near Spruce Street, Reading PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire at a vacant residence near Spruce Street. The building was collapsing with roof debris still burning, and fire was mostly on vegetation and roof remains.
Audio|Heard on: Reading Fire / EMS
Listen to dispatch call
02:27
Transcript:
00:00
Got a vacant residence near Spruce Street.
00:05
That would give us access to the back corner of that building.
00:06
But still we'll probably only get us to the exterior.
00:13
Let us know if you want us to go through that one.
00:20
I'm trying to try for a second.
00:21
I'm actually going to need your car moves and effort.
00:26
Hello there.
00:30
Tower, bring us all around.
00:32
All right.
00:37
One copy.
00:43
Medic 1.
00:45
Aliving Red.
00:49
Medic 1. 2030.
00:55
No entry. No entry.
00:57
On this building.
01:02
Two.
01:07
Thanks, I was going to Ray.
01:11
Like seven through running 2032.
01:17
I want to drive her phone right.
01:19
Drive.
01:24
I didn't get eyes on where you're at yet.
01:26
What are we talking exactly?
01:33
I've been chained to cut.
01:38
Tom.
01:43
Cajun is available.
01:48
Kenji Son.
01:50
Tower, disregard.
01:51
We have access.
01:53
Twenty-one to nine.
01:56
Go ahead and we've pushed the door on the side and you can walk back through the building that's collapsing and the area where it's got the fire on top of the wall looks like it's just the vegetation and the remains of the roof up there.
02:14
There's absolutely no roof on this whole fact section.
02:21
Okay.
02:23
Is this just a wait for a med-ed and then put it out when we're done kind of thing from what you're seeing?
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Spruce St, Reading, PA 19602
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
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