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Large structure fire at West Pine and West Main streetsBerks County PA

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W Main St & W Pine St, Bern Township, PA 19533

Fire crews responded to a large structure fire at the intersection of West Pine Street and West Main Street in Bern Township, Pennsylvania. Multiple water supply lines were needed, and fire police managed traffic control at the site.

Audio|Source: Berks County Emergency Services
08:43
Transcript:
00:00
Street and West Pine Street for the field site.
00:04
Lot of 30, you've got to point down.
00:06
Chief 66.
00:08
Copy for the Southlake.
00:12
What's the status of the engine going to West Main Street and West Pine?
00:17
We're a frontown's up to the end.
00:19
3rd 38th almost out. We're going to be switching over two.
00:29
Earl Township, West Philadelphia Avenue, and Manantoni Road, on Route 73 of Trudeau.
00:35
Station 19, Brush 19, on Earl Township, West Philadelphia Avenue, and Maniton County Road.
00:41
On Route 73, Traydown 23, 3 down 23.
00:45
They just sat on location about two minutes ago.
00:50
Whoever flow of water out front,
00:52
you're not even heading the building.
01:00
There's a darkness that we're going to be like that way now.
01:04
530, you can't get to the right.
01:07
Received, I have FireOx 2 assigned for the water operation.
01:11
Further to the right.
01:14
Daroxys 1724. New York Veedoners.
01:18
I have fireups to assign then for water operations.
01:21
All right.
01:23
C-66, Lieutenant 291.
01:27
Copy, Rigley, the rotated assignments available, $2,400.
01:33
Be advised.
01:35
I'm at... Engine 37 is almost out of water.
01:42
Come back left.
01:44
Crescent 35 from Berks on fire off tour.
01:47
Go ahead, first.
01:50
1937, do you have enough to charge the blue line?
01:55
Jagger 38, are you out of water?
01:59
Yes. Banker 38 is out of water.
02:01
Remember...
02:03
There's no better ETA for MEDA. They say that they're not allowed to give them another ETA.
02:08
And they were advised to step it up if possible.
02:11
They cannot put it on this.
02:14
Wonderful, good.
02:16
I'm out of water, I eat water.
02:25
Plyther, you just shut down.
02:29
Tanger 38. Did you get me hopped up to 29 yet?
02:34
We booked up to Tanger 30 currently.
02:54
Burn Township West Pine Street and West Main Street Fireplace for traffic control.
03:00
Station is 29, 37, and 30 fire police. Burn Township, West Pine Street and West Main Street.
03:06
Fire police for traffic control out of filpite for the structure fire.
03:10
Zero and zero two.
03:15
Flat or burning again water again.
03:24
Burn Township, West Pine Street, West Main Street, Fire Police for Traffic Control.
03:28
Any available 56 Fire Police, Burn Township, West Pine Street, West Main Street.
03:34
Fire Police for Traffic Control, the fill site and structure fire.
03:37
0-02.0-2.
03:39
All right, see it, thank you.
03:41
All right, sir, keep it there.
03:44
And I'll see a attention.
03:46
God.
03:48
Yeah, let's you reestablish water supply.
03:51
Ferrands this blue line. Let's get that charged.
03:53
You got a pretty decent amount of plates coming out of hard.
03:58
1937, are you able to charge blue line?
04:01
Charge into blue line.
04:03
1937, if you have enough for a wreck, we're right.
04:08
137, shut down line of 30.
04:12
Burk down two men.
04:13
Tanger 37.
04:14
Good.
04:16
Still sign of the SNAPL.
04:22
Do you guys needed the assigned ability fire ops to the water supply?
04:28
Okay.
04:30
First, 725-2.
04:32
Engine 37, and that's beyond one.
04:36
First, 96-5-1-2.
04:41
7252. Go ahead.
04:44
6-5-12.
04:46
20-5 available for 4-22 of the exception of fire, please.
04:50
20-0-04.
04:54
All right, where we're sitting, let's focus on the handlines we have off on your engine.
05:00
So that's going to be three handlines of the blitz fire.
05:03
Feeds in for now.
05:05
We're going to work it from the exterior.
05:07
Search 1-6-0-0-6-0-0-2-0-1. 4-166-1 thing going on site.
05:14
606. Are you just coming in the whole step drive?
05:20
Is there any way you can have a spring officer come to this residence? It's a residential institution.
05:28
The caller is extremely anxious, bordering on passing out, and she, we cannot get a hold of the director or any upper level management for this facility.
05:40
Agent 37, property additional.
05:44
Did you want the blitzfire charged as well?
05:47
Earth Express 33?
05:50
You can see. We'll advise from 0.005. First 33.
05:55
Yeah, it's charged down. We're going to run an instant we're up in front of it.
06:00
This is a guard's status chance.
06:03
Unit coming in on the south side of the fire. Are you an engine with 10 to 5?
06:07
Brush 33 and brush 32 will be available.
06:10
We put caution tape around the wire on the side of the road.
06:16
You got that hook to the front, correct?
06:19
Copy caution tape on the wire on the side of the road.
06:22
33 and 32 available.
06:25
There's another alien coming up from the south side of the fire.
06:29
6 fire, please, Captain 66.
06:32
6-5-6-6-9-0 is available.
06:35
Go terminate.
06:37
690 available.
06:39
66 fire, please.
06:41
Container's ladder 66 and take the pot-pond.
06:45
Did you get any response from 37, 29, or 30 fire police?
06:52
Nothing yet.
06:55
Patch 45 fire police to the tilt site, please.
06:58
Brush 33 from Brooks.
07:00
Go ahead, Berks. Press 33.
07:04
Berks, fire police, Captain, 37, is responding.
07:12
Verizon is inquiring if the wire was the size of a pinky or the size of our wrist because they have two different texts depending on what kind it was.
07:22
Pinky.
07:24
375, please point around.
07:26
Please see. This is something that's an emergency that maybe head out now or can be dealt with in the morning.
07:31
It can be dealt with in the morning.
07:34
Please, Steve.
07:35
0.006.
07:41
37 fire, police going around.
07:44
Major Tanker 30, after 37.
07:49
20 in place the brush.
07:51
West Philadelphia Avenue Avenue in place the brush, West Philadelphia Avenue and Manitone Road. Three down blocking both lanes, no wires.
07:55
Probably, thank you.
07:57
All right.
08:00
I'm the one supplying to fuck me.
08:02
We lost water, we're switching covers now.
08:11
Tanger 38, copy.
08:13
You're pumping right through us.
08:17
Mark, Tanger 34.
08:20
Thank you. Mark's 1033 on location.
08:30
Byrne Township, West Pine Street and West Main Street, Fire Police for Traffic Control, location 45 Fire Police, Turn Township,
08:37
West Pine Street, and West Main Street.
08:39
Fire Police for Traffic Control Outer Hill site, 0007.

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W Main St & W Pine St, Bern Township, PA 19533

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