Vehicle fire near building on North Front St, Reading PA


A vehicle caught fire near a building on North Front Street. Occupants were using a garden hose to try to put out the fire before firefighters arrived. Multiple fire units responded to control the blaze.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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(number withheld) address,
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near North Front Street and the rear driveway.
00:05
Structure are reported to be a vehicle within 10 feet of the structure.
00:09
Tension 3, Engine 3, Engine 1, Engine 3,
00:13
Rescue 1, Engine 5, so RIT[1] and Medic[2] 3.
00:17
Box 301 at us near North Front Street, the Puma Stone Street and Jefferson Street,
00:24
in the rear driveway.
00:25
Structure, Districtionire reported to be a vehicle on fire within 10 feet of a structure, (number withheld).
00:35
25 tourists you can also recall St.
00:38
Lawrenceboro (number withheld) Old Etern Pike Road are available (number withheld). 5-1 copy are available (number withheld).
00:50
And feet of the structure.
00:54
All right, first engine, ladder and around the emergency speed, and recall the normal flow.
01:00
36th. 93, Northfront.
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Okay, engine 3.
01:12
And it's responding to the box 260 North Front.
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The first engine,
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aerial, and the rescue trucker to continue at emergency speed, the balance can reduce normal flow.
01:22
(number withheld).
01:26
Next radio,
01:28
I got smoke shone, have them resume emergency speed.
01:34
Call unit, disregard the last, continuing emergency speed to near North Front, (number withheld).
01:45
Gen. Nine, the radio.
01:47
We're available.
01:49
Engine nine, available, (number withheld).
01:59
Engine 3, if you can come up the driveway where I came,
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Jefferson.
02:08
Okay.
02:12
Engine 3 in the area (number withheld).
02:17
6 areas.
02:19
Perfect.
02:22
Got a fire in the other department.
02:24
The occupants have a garden, hose, and service.
02:27
Bigel and service with engine three.
02:32
Carsecs received fire in the engineing compartment. Occupants have a garden hose and service. Engine three will also be the only in service version point.
02:41
One covering station (number withheld), Penn Township.
02:45
(number withheld) Road between Clover Court and Bloomsburg Road, Pellus Medic[2]al (number withheld).
02:54
Jefferson, is there better access?
03:00
Not really, either Jefferson or West Dome. I'm in the parking lot up there if you can see my car.
03:07
Yeah, we got you. We're going to stretch the 300-footer down to the highwayway there, buddy.
03:12
All right, if you can pull up to where my car is, the 100-footer will go.
03:22
Units is signed near North French Street.
03:24
Sign is being held to engine three tower one of rescue on the balance. Every call them is available at (number withheld).
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
RIT: Firefighter rescue team assigned to standby for rapid intervention during emergencies.
[2]
Medic: Request for EMS/paramedics
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Location mentioned:
Near N Front St, Reading, PA 19601
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