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Fire alarm triggers evacuation at Reading address, Reading PA

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Near N 6th St, Reading, PA 19601

A fire alarm triggered an evacuation near North 6th Street in Reading. Responders found cobwebs in a smoke detector, suggesting the alarm may be false.

Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
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Attention 7.
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113, respond.
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near North 6th Street from Windsor Street and Douglas Street.
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Automatic 4.
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534.
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near North 6th Street.
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9.03.
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9.3.
00:25
197, 858, 06.6.
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Okay, and seven.
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Follow on as well.
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Excuse me evacuated, we'll be waiting outside.
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We now just got the central stations, follow on panel.
00:53
Then nothing can go high.
00:58
Did they give you the same alarm that came in this morning?
01:04
This time they just gave us a file-al-on panel this morning set to the EOC.
01:09
Okay.
01:12
Seven engine seven. They found cobwebs in a detector as the calls this morning, so see what we got to do there.
01:21
I was just reading that now.

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Near N 6th St, Reading, PA 19601

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