Fire and smoke reported near homeless camp under bridge, Berks County PA
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews respond to fire and smoke under a bridge near a homeless camp. Access to the site is limited, and marine units are deployed to assist with reaching the smoke source.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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We look at a source of smoke.
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It's a homeless and cabinet on the bridge.
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Access is very limited.
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Can you dispatch Marine 16 normal flow to meet us at Poplar Neck by the Titus Station? We'll put in there PDs requesting the boat for access.
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So you have Marine 16 to meet you at the TIDA station you saying?
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Alternative is on a new version.
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Read me.
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Medicines. 7-2-1 available, 1729.
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621 is in Rout to Reading.
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6-6-5-2-1 in Rout, Reading, 1729.
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Coomber Township, Route 422 westbound at the School River Bridge, assisting with gaining access to a smoke condition.
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Marine 16, to Coomber Township, Route 422 Westbound at the School River Bridge, to assist construction to the Titus Station on Poplar Neck Road, to assist with gaining access to a smoke condition from a homeless encampment, 16-1330[1].
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16-1330: Fire response (reference to Marine 16 dispatched for fire/smoke incident)
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Berks County, PA
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