Firefighters extinguish fire under bridge near Fourth and Greenwich, Reading PA


Firefighters responded to and put out a fire under a bridge near North Fourth and Greenwich streets. Additional calls reported smoldering trees and dry leaves on fire nearby.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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Okay, the box is going to be let's that at North, Fourth, and Greenwich.
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She's that burning next to a rock.
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Page three, fourth three else.
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Tands is right
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RENK RET.
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Lina-3, responding 1837.
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Medi-7 Radio, EMS option 1.
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We arrived at running.
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Medi-7 arrived at running, 1837.
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Radio to Carnine.
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Engine 3 is on steam.
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We do to smoke underneath a bridge.
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Check on further.
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And 3 unseen smoke from under the bridge, 1838.
00:28
Go for an eye.
00:29
Just checking that you copied engine 3's response, correction, report, as well as we have an additional call for trees and dry leaves on fire at 328 Spring Garden Street.
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Just advising we're going to dispatch engine 1.
00:41
Okay, I caught me both.
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Engine 3 car nine.
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Go ahead.
00:44
Gee, it's gonna be below the bridge up against the garage.
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We're gonna be stretching.
00:49
Okay. Oh there a second.
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Car 8 is a radio.
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Let's get a good spring garden, we'll take that.
00:54
Car 8, it's going to be 328 Spring Garden Street in the back alley.
00:58
It's actually going to be county engine 1 that will be dispatched.
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Copy. Car 8 to Car 9.
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Free up whoever you can, so I'm not waiting for the county end.
01:06
Yeah, radio, you can have the horse two off the box and hold the county out.
01:12
Thank you.
01:16
Engine 1, it's going to be 328 Spring Garden Street in the back alley for tree and dry leaves on fire by a fence further than 10 feet from a building.
01:25
They're now stating no flames just smoldering.
01:27
Okay, we'll be a route.
01:28
Lower Alice's township, number 8, Lake Street, Crusher of Van Buren Street, possible cardiac arrest.
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Medic 5551, Station 4 QRF, Station 1.
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Lower Alces Township, number 8, Lake Street, Crusher, Van Buren Street.
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Possible cardiac arrest, 1840.
01:45
Numbers on that, Spring Garden again, how in the area I don't see you any.
01:48
All right, 3-28 Spring Garden Street in the back alley.
01:54
Nothing on the approach. All right arriving. 1841. Each three was responding. Utility 1, 1842, number 8, Lake Street, a 54-year-old female, not responding, barely breathing to his dizzy prior, negative bleeding from the fall.
02:23
Should be in the kitchen. Just the back alley. So you're probably better off going to 9th Street.
02:49
We're on saying, we'll hold sure to stay out here. Engine 4. Engine 4. Engine 4 is spotting. Engine 4, 1843, number 8, Lake Street. A 54-year-old female, unconscious, barely breathing, should be in the kitchen.
03:16
Correction. Can you notify Northern Subur? Okay, I need them to stop the train traffic. I'll just spur route for now. Affirmative, we'll notify 1844. Good. Disregard, I see you change your status on the tablet, 1844.
03:42
Fire is out, we're just going to use a PDW to make sure that we've got it all out. 24. Sentiment 1-1-25 South 4th Street, Cross Street to Chestnut Street and Franklin Street for Class 4, 1845.
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Location mentioned:
N 4th St & Greenwich St, Reading, PA 19601
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