Firefighters respond to structure fire near Spruce St, Reading, Reading PA


Firefighters are responding to a confirmed structure fire near Spruce Street in Reading. Medical support is on scene, and crews are coordinating fire suppression efforts including repositioning equipment and cutting away roof materials.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
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(number withheld) Super Street, May, all the medicals here, thanks.
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City of Reading near Spruce Street for the ALS Medical[1], medic (number withheld).
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City of Reading, near Spur Street between Gemalley and Pearl Street for an ALS Medical[1], (number withheld).
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Turning to Embody.
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Glad. Card 1 has an idea.
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Let's just get this tower down.
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Try to reposition it closer to engine 3 so we can get a better angle on that corner room up there.
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Okay. Well, we were shutting down anyway, or we were coming down for a quick three second,
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cylinder change and water anyway.
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So all right, whoever, somebody has to shut down the water supply and so we can break down.
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So, Larry, do you want me to try to get that fire in the front there?
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Yeah, that's what I'm working on for.
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Your stream there.
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As you're in the Tower 1, your supply from all of me and shut down.
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Okay, you can find out if you have to drain.
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Okay, be careful with that front wall.
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Okay.
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Comfort call for a call one. Good.
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You could send somebody with a chainsaw back to the roof and the rear.
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We need to cut some of the sheathing away.
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Okay, there was one back there unless they moved it.
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Hold on. Yeah, apparently got brought down.
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Actually, if a little giant, Wpandora and Attic ladder would come up with it, that would help.
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I got Cox coming back with a solver.
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Carport lot of one.
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Got you.
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Can you operate into the cock loss of 113 immediately adjacent to 5-1 from your position?
Police codes explained
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ALS Medical: Advanced Life Support Medical Emergency
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Location mentioned:
Near Spruce St, Reading, PA 19602
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