Natural gas odor reported at apartment in Reading, Reading PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/30/2025 06:01 PM

Near N 11th St, Reading, PA 19602

Residents reported an odor of natural gas in a second floor rear apartment near North 11th Street. Occupants were evacuated as crews investigated. No alarms were sounding and no hazardous readings were found. The source was unclear but the stove appeared to be operating normally. No active gas leak was detected.

Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS

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Transcript:

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NG1, Tower 1, Rescue 1, and Card 9, on Hot-Ops 2,

00:05

near North 11th Street, between Elm and Walnut Street, second floor rear apartment.

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Natural Gas, or Ruin-Zer.

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Engine 7 is on the scene.

00:20

Engine 7 is 17, 2103.

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Car 4 is around. I'll be signed it.

00:29

Stop and shown from the exterior. We'll be checking.

00:32

Okay, car 4 is on. Nothing showing in check. Nothing showing you check. 4.

00:39

932, Extra Tontra Bryceville,

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4851, Perkoan Avenue, lot 71,

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PLS Medical, 2104.

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Tower 1, near North 11th.

00:58

Okay, Tower 1, switch stops, too.

01:05

Ski near North 11th.

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You rescue ones in around 2104.

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Car near North 11th.

01:15

Carline callers you're calling from the second floor rear apartment as an odor of natural gas. There's no symptoms.

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No alarm's going off.

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So it smells like someone left their stove on. She checked hers and it is off.

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So we're waiting outside.

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Nine's okay.

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2011.

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Angie 1121, 2016.

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TendG111, 2016.

01:45

That's the negative for the Bravo, son.

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Okay, do you have a basement access there? You can give a try.

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Board it over.

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Okay.

02:09

Seven driver, trucker restore.

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It appears to be holding.

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Okay.

02:27

We want to cry.

02:30

Go ahead, Lieutenant.

02:35

The occupier was after I was saying she's no guests in her second floor rear apartment.

02:41

We have no readings on any mirror other than the normal ones and nothing on the fence.

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Okay, no orders.

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I'll take another quick look around the environment just to make sure there's other other sources but it doesn't seem that's going from a stew that's operating normally

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