Fire damages makeshift hut and electrical service near Spring St, Reading PA
Fire & ArsonA fire destroyed a makeshift hut near the railway bank close to Spring Street. The fire damaged an electric meter and service that controls traffic lights and lighting for the subway and street. The fire was extinguished, and utility and fire officials are following up.
Audio|Source: City of Reading Fire/EMS
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From the 700 block of Spring Street, as reported, we had a makeshift hut, fully involved in fire, and it appears to be an extension of the homeless encampment that runs along the railway bank.
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Something stretched an inch three-quarter handline extinguishes the fire, and the area was overhauled thoroughly and sunk down.
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We did find that
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At some point, it's sliced into the electric meter and electric service that controls the traffic lights and the exterior lighting for the Spring Street subway as well as a streetway.
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RPD is following up with first energy that had that disconnected, and they also have evidence second side.
00:33
I'll follow up to Farm Marshal's Office as well.
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No additional fire department service at this point.
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Location mentioned:
Near Spring St, Reading, PA 19604
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