Leaking oxygen tank prompts evacuation near Summer Avenue, Reading MA
Fire & ArsonA resident near Summer Avenue reported a possible hazardous materials situation. Wakefield Fire Department was on scene handling a leaking oxygen tank nearby. The resident initially resisted evacuating but eventually agreed to leave the house.
Audio|Source: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
00:00
Right, would you be able to make your way to near Summer Avenue? Speak to a female party there.
00:07
A little confusion on what's going on.
00:10
She's stating that the fire department is unseen, which I'm not showing there on scene anywhere,
00:17
stating there's a hazmat situation, and she needs to leave the residents.
00:27
Roger, I'll take a ride.
00:30
8.1912.
00:35
Go it, sir.
00:37
It's probably to do with that construction site with the MWRA, the other side of the road there is technically Wakefield, so it's probably Wakefield FD that they're reporting.
00:47
Roger, 112 ready? Do you want to just call Wakefield and touch base with them and see if they have their FD unseen?
00:54
Roger.
01:00
9-1-1-112.
01:02
Go ahead, sir.
01:05
So it looks like just looking at maps.
01:07
near Summer Avenue is on the Reading side,
01:10
but the other side of the street is going to be Wakefield.
01:12
So like 8.9 said, this could be Wakefield.
01:15
Their way could update it's there.
01:21
Roger, I'll still take a ride over, but if this has to just contact Wakefield and just confirm that their FD is over there,
01:29
doing work or whatever.
01:34
Right, you have been hot, it's on a phone pot and we feel.
01:38
Okay, just keep you updated if we can confirm the dashdown.
01:42
Right.
01:48
Writing 2-112.
01:51
Go ahead.
01:54
Right, just got out the phone with Wakefield.
01:56
They do have an incident over there.
01:58
They say that they're out with a leaking oxygen tank.
02:04
He does not know about anybody going door to door.
02:12
Roger,
02:15
I'll go with touch base with Wakefield and see if they need any assistance from Reading, and I'll let you know.
02:22
Right.
02:28
91012.
02:34
Go ahead, charge, I'm Maine and Pinevale.
02:41
(name withheld), I'm going to have dispatches just call her back.
02:45
You can just take a quick drive-by, see Wakefield's all set, but I don't think you need to go talk to her.
02:49
We're going to just call her informer what we learned from Wakefield.
02:54
Roger, yeah, that was my plan, just to make sure Wakefield was all set, and I would just be carrying on.
03:01
Running, you can show me out on summer off.
03:05
Veri, thank you.
03:11
112, running.
03:15
112. 112.
03:18
I'm clear. I touched patients with the Wakefield FD.
03:20
They weren't going to have that scene.
03:21
They said the resident near Summer Avenue was giving them a hard time about evacuating the house, but the residents did eventually state that they'd be leaving.
03:28
They're also over here, but they will call us.
03:30
Should they need any assistance on the running chide?
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Location mentioned:
Summer Ave, Reading, MA 01867
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