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Electrical issue causes smoke and alarms in apartment, Reading PA

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audio iconFire & Arson
S 3rd St, Reading, PA 19602

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire department responded to an apartment at 120 South Third Street for an electrical problem. They found smoke and alarms activated but no fire, only light haze and power loss. Responders are investigating the issue.

Audio|Heard on: Berks PA Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Andrew 1.120 south third.
00:03
Okay.
00:04
Ladder 1, 120 South Third Street.
00:06
Okay, latter one.
00:07
4, 120 south third.
00:09
Car 4, call from Apartment 204.
00:11
They said they had a fused at blue.
00:13
They now have an electric motor with some smoke and alarms
00:18
activated in the background.
00:20
Call for okay.
00:22
I was on the scene for checking.
00:24
Okay, Lider 1.
00:26
Wider 1, killer, a car for it.
00:32
We're working on getting upstairs.
00:34
So far, we've got no active firearm, though.
00:37
We've got a new apartment 204.
00:39
We've got a new apartment 204.
00:42
There's nobody up here.
00:43
We have a light haze and no power to anything so far.
00:48
Okay, see if you can locate the breaker panel that are referring to.
00:53
Car 4 to radio, you can show me on location of the box.
00:57
The four-story multi-oxpity residential cruiser investigating possible electrical issue.
01:05
Car4, okay, message received.

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Location mentioned:
S 3rd St, Reading, PA 19602

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