Possible water main break near Franklin St, Reading MA
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Other Non-Crime EventAs discussed during the dispatch call, police and fire units responded to a possible water main break causing flooding inside a residence near Franklin Street in Reading, Massachusetts. Firefighters and water department personnel were on scene to shut off the water. No criminal activity was indicated.
Audio|Heard on: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
02:37
Transcript:
00:00
Right, FYI, we were just there on the 21st for a medical, so doesn't look like it's a vacant property.
00:12
We're right.
00:13
Can you tell me the FD to maybe make entry because there is a lot of water coming out of the door?
00:18
Roger.
00:23
I want only request about a PD to make entry near Franklin Street.
00:31
Possible water main break inside the house.
00:39
PD looking to make entry.
00:46
Six five, traffic.
00:50
Six five.
00:55
Six five.
00:58
All right, confirming you said there was a medical aid this week?
01:02
Right on the 21st we were there.
01:09
Received. Just speaking to some of the neighbors that no one's worked there in a couple years.
01:15
Can you run a Mass for (number withheld)?
01:24
Where is it?
01:30
Right, showing a (name withheld) born in (number withheld) out of Franklin Street.
01:35
Active negative.
01:44
Show ladder one not responding.
01:48
Ratify has it.
01:49
Ratify is still on ladder one, near Franklin Street for the water main break and water department about a minute out.
02:01
Ladder one has it.
02:02
Thank you.
02:06
Ready at six five.
02:09
Go ahead.
02:11
Right, you can just disregard my last message about that medical.
02:14
That was for a different address.
02:17
Received.
02:23
Six five, right?
02:26
Six hundred.
02:29
Just update you.
02:30
Water pump is on scene as well.
02:32
They're going to try to shut it off from the street.
02:36
Roger.
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Location mentioned:
Franklin St, Reading, MA 01867
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