Fire alarm at restaurant electrical room, Reading PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/20/2025 01:07 PM

N 5th Street Hwy Suite 4, Reading, PA 19605

A fire alarm was reported in the electrical room of the Sizzling Bytes restaurant near North Street Highway in Newport Township. Fire units responded and investigated the single story strip mall location. No further details were provided.

Audio|Source: Berks County Emergency Services

02:18

Transcript:

00:00

Newport Town's Sizzling Bytes near North Street Highway between Elizabeth Avenue, George Street.

00:05

Central Station 6.

00:06

Fire alarm[1] reported in electrical room.

00:09

Station 66 responding, railway to 36, railroad engine 66.

00:13

Newport Township, Sizzling Bytes, near North Street Highway, between Elizabeth and George Street.

00:19

Central safety on fire alarm, electrical smoke detector 16-0.

00:24

Correct, 31.

00:25

G66, copy responding, 3225 North of the street highway,

00:30

Sizzling Bytes.

00:32

From protective lines, fire in electrical room, smoke zone 011.

00:37

They are attempting to notify.

00:39

All right, flat or 66th respondent.

00:42

262. All responding is 16-10.

00:46

32-3-0-0-60 highway of civil language from contact alarms to fire electrical room smoke zone 011, no go.

00:57

Section 31.

00:59

First, so 31.

01:03

So 31.

01:04

Can you place your level?

01:10

A level 16 and 11.

01:17

266.

01:22

Go ahead.

01:29

Farm company called back, reporting off alarms.

01:32

They have no calls given them to the call takers.

01:34

No further.

01:40

Christi, do you show myself a ladder 66 on the scene.

01:44

Single story strip mall, middle of the row, home conditions alpha, visual strokes.

01:49

We'll be investigating.

01:50

You can hold it to what's on the curb.

01:53

Preach.

02:03

Second dispatch hold its station.

02:05

Newmore Township,

02:07

The 22 North City Highway, Sizzling Bytes.

02:11

66, second dispatch hold its station, Sizzling Bytes, near North City Highway.

02:16

On that Farland,

02:17

6.6.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Fire alarm: Report of a fire alarm activation

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N 5th Street Hwy Suite 4, Reading, PA 19605

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