Yard waste fire quickly extinguished near Birch St, Reading PA


Firefighters responded to smoke and the smell of burning behind a residence near Birch St. Yard waste was being burned and the fire was quickly extinguished without danger.
Audio|Source: City of Reading Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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K-R-6 and engine 9.
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699 Birch Street, call is reporting a few houses away from that location towards OI.
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There's smoke behind the residents and an odor of something burning.
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1056.
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Okay.
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Thank you. Okay.
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Medical non-location, 56.
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Engine 9 arriving in the block, nothing evident, we'll be checking.
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Copy engine 9 in the area, nothing evident, car 6, copy.
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All right, we'll show me arrived.
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Engine 9 of car 6.
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Engine 9, car 6.
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Engine on the car six.
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What's the address there?
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Engine nine, car six.
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Go ahead.
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You see a very burning brush in the back door.
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Rans put it out behind it under an aluminum roof.
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Yeah, it came through the other way. It sucks right to.
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Five-six.
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Six-three-nine Birch, they're burning yard waste.
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The engine company has been extinguishes.
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Copy 69 Birch, burning yard waste,
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1059.
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Location mentioned:
Near Birch St, Reading, PA 19604
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