Gas leak with broken meter reported near Perkins Avenue, Berks County PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/15/2025 01:57 PM

Berks County, PA

A gas leak was reported near Perkins Avenue in Berks County. The gas pipe near the meter had a crack and was leaking with a hissing sound. The gas meter was broken off the exterior of the house. A gas company technician was en route to secure the gas supply.

Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital

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Transcript:

00:00

Near Perkins Avenue, crack in the gas pipe by the meter is hissing and leaking UGI tech en route, no ETA.

00:08

(number withheld).

00:15

Medical and responding.

00:22

Medical and responding, near North Penn.

00:25

Medical and responding, near North Penn Street, 79-year-old male.

00:29

I'm able to get off the toilet due to weakness.

00:32

You're sitting on the toilet all day.

00:35

Requesting Reading.

00:36

Answer precautions not indicated weighs 235 pounds.

00:43

(number withheld).

00:49

There's traffic (number withheld) respondent.

00:54

Traffic (number withheld) responding, 1700.

00:57

Okay,

01:02

(number withheld) is on location.

01:04

Oh yeah,

01:05

we have a homeowner. (number withheld) on location, now with the homeowner, 1700.

01:12

METIC 7 is available, 1700.

01:20

Squad (number withheld) is available.

01:23

Small (number withheld) is available, 17-01.

01:26

(number withheld).

01:34

Those are responding.

01:38

Tropic-25-17-01.

01:46

Do you can show those I cleaned up and have Ops2 back to place all 38 units available.

01:52

So you can be 38 available, Ops 2 is approved up 17-02.

01:59

Or 7025-1.

02:05

Tap 8251.

02:07

Confirming the gas is secured on the exterior of the house.

02:11

The meter is broke off of the house.

02:14

Moving to the structure once the apparatus got here.

02:23

(number withheld), the meter is broken off the house.

02:25

We'll be metering a rivalry apparatus, 17033.

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