Fire spreads through multiple floors at Swan Court Apartments, Reading PA
Fire & ArsonFire broke out at the Swan Court Apartments, spreading through multiple floors and the roof. Firefighters ordered evacuations and switched to defensive operations to control the blaze.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
02:45
Transcript:
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Second dispatch for Box 302[1], the City of Reading, 113, and north number five. This one-quarter apartment, the third alarm, or construction fire. Risk engine 66, ladder 64, 57, and 18, both further wet. The second dispatch, City of Reading, Box 302, 113, North Number 5 at the Swan Court Apartments, between Washington and Walnut Street. Third alarm work and structure fire, 0146.
00:28
Refirmation are we getting that one time. Sorry to the pocket. Go ahead. You have an eyeball the entire roof up there and do we have everyone off? Well, we're on, wait, if the fire building's 113, we're on 150, I've heard you to evacuate 117 and no.
00:57
On a rapid below, I can't see if everybody's on the roof. And he talks about any smoke up there. Copy. I'm assuming everyone is off the roof because I haven't heard any transmission. A to the bucket.
01:18
three different sources trying to get you water as quick as possible. Whoever gets you water fast is doing surprise. If I was on third floor is 113, the ceiling's coming down and fire's going up around the stairwell for strictly access. All right, so are we, is it overcoming us or what? Can we find it back?
01:44
One engine five would gross up. Cool yourself out of there, get down here. I was telling you, anyone on the 4th floor could be a bad spot, do not a lot in there. Because as I said, the steel is coming down with fire, and we're blocking that exit. Form 1 to command and car 1 to everybody. Get yourself out of the fire building, we're going defensive. Everybody's out.
02:13
21 of command. Which building are you referring to or are you referring to both of them?
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[1]
Box 302: Fire incident box number for City of Reading
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