Fire alarm at Reading home caused by cobwebs, Reading PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/30/2025 08:54 AM

Near N 6th St, Reading, PA 19601

A fire alarm sounded at a residence near North 6th Street in Reading. The occupant evacuated safely. Firefighters found no smoke or fire, and the alarm was likely triggered by cobwebs on the smoke detector.

Audio|Source: City of Reading Fire/EMS

02:45

Transcript:

00:00

Attention, engine 7.

00:02

Number 3. Respond.

00:04

Near North 6th Street.

00:06

Windsor Street and Douglass Street.

00:08

Automatic fire alarm.

00:10

1754.

00:15

Out of three, five, five, five, five.

00:17

Get out of three.

00:22

7-858-4-6 Canaan 7

00:30

R-7 8858 north-section

00:37

Class 7-858 North6, one call from the premise.

00:41

A resident named the fire alarm is sounding. She's invited in the fire department was here this morning front alarm as well.

00:47

She's evacuated, we'll be waiting outside.

00:49

We now just got the central stations, fire alarm panel.

00:54

They're not attempting to notify.

00:57

Did they give you the same alarm that came in us this morning?

01:01

This time they just gave it as fire alarm panel. This morning set TOC.

01:06

Okay.

01:09

Seven engine seven. They found cobwebs a detector as they called us this morning, so let's see what we've got to do there.

01:16

I was just reading that now.

01:22

I don't raise all much.

01:26

Matt if he's writing nothing on.

01:28

Let's see. Okay.

01:35

Okay.

01:36

Okay. Okay.

01:38

Okay.

01:43

Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Check in zone one base, huh? Okay.

01:48

Thank you. Good.

01:54

This one of Lieutenant from the FM’s office available.

01:57

You may want to have them to stop over here.

02:03

I'll mention some.

02:07

Go ahead, too.

02:11

They're going to stop out there, but it's going to be later on.

02:18

All right, it's on the detector in the rear basement here, but there's no sign of smoke and fire.

02:25

Mostly cobblums everywhere.

02:27

All right. See, it's been worried, sir.

02:32

Ed Maria. Car 7.

02:41

Probably set off by the same reason this morning.

02:43

You can clear me. Companies are available and they're ready.

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