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Fire alarm repeatedly activates at residential building 

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Near N 5th St, Reading, PA 19601
The fire alarm at a residential building keeps going off without signs of fire or smoke. Emergency crews are investigating and trying to access apartments that did not respond. The building manager is involved, and the alarm will stay active until the issue is fixed.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
01:55

Transcript:
00:00
97, portable car floor.
00:03
Car 4.
00:04
Car 4.
00:07
Second floor, 601.
00:10
There's nothing activated in a hallway, no odor or smoke.
00:15
We've only had one occupancy financial odor.
00:17
Nothing in their apartment.
00:23
Okay, panel, see if you can get a restart hole.
00:30
like it's holding with trouble.
00:35
Okay, you guys can wrap it up.
00:39
Copy that.
00:41
It just went off again.
00:48
Yeah,
00:49
our guys are going back up.
00:50
We're going to see if we can get into those apartments that didn't answer their door.
01:00
Carpour.
01:03
You'll be getting another alarm for a 601 North 5.
01:06
We'll try to restore one off again.
01:09
Cruiser going back in to investigate further.
01:12
So we'll be committed here for a little longer.
01:15
So we'll be tried to restore one off again.
01:17
I'll look for the next activation.
01:30
The building manager, or apartment manager.
01:33
They believe it's probably 6018.
01:35
They're dealing with a waterly concern floor.
01:37
May it be treated the detector here.
01:39
The keys aren't working.
01:40
They said somebody's underway.
01:45
Okay.
01:46
Advise him once they gain access and resolve the situation.
01:50
They're going to have to contact their alarm company.
01:51
We're going to leave it an alarm for now.
01:54
And you guys can take up.

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Near N 5th St, Reading, PA 19601
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