Smoke alarm triggered by burnt food in apartment, Reading PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/16/2025 06:45 AM

Near N 13th St, Reading, PA 19604

Fire crews responded to a fire alarm at The Woods Apartments near North 13th Street. No visible fire was found. The alarm was caused by burnt food and was reset without incident.

Audio|Source: Berks County Emergency Services

03:47

Transcript:

00:00

Newenburg Township, near North 13th Street, building E.

00:04

Echo, journal automatic fire alarm.

00:07

Station 66-66-rest engine 66,

00:11

Newark Township,

00:13

near North 13th Street, built E-ECHO[1], the Wood's Apartments.

00:17

Journal-O-Matic fire alarm,

00:19

(number withheld).

00:25

Judge (number withheld).

00:28

No,

00:32

(number withheld), near North 13th Street, Building EFO,

00:38

(number withheld).

00:42

Okay, sir.

00:44

Okay. Okay.

00:49

We're trying to take 1-1.

00:52

Madam, could I take 1-1.

00:53

Okay, 1-1.

00:55

We're available patient refusal.

01:01

Received to your available patient refusal, (number withheld).

01:09

Station 4-(number withheld).

01:13

Station 4-(number withheld) charge, core radio for tree-down information, (number withheld).

01:31

South Harderick Downship, Quick Lane at Lincoln Drive, wires down.

01:36

Station 18, engine 182, engine 181, South Howard Downship, Creek Lane at Lincoln Drive, wires down (number withheld).

01:53

Sinking Springboro, Woodrow near Penn Avenue, traffic control for traffic signal out.

01:57

Station 18, fire police, sinking Springboro.

02:00

Woodrow on in Penn Avenue, traffic signal for a traffic signal out, (number withheld).

02:08

For Section 66, Section 66.

02:17

Simon's on location.

02:19

Two-story four apartment complex.

02:24

Visuals, audibles,

02:26

nothing showing from all three sides.

02:30

Pressing off channel from 10662 afternoon.

02:36

Simon's on location, C-story apartment complex, visual and audible serves.

02:40

Nothing showing from three sides.

02:42

Lieutenant 662 has command.

02:44

Fire offs number one.

02:47

Receive off, sir.

02:55

Apparatus for Mielandberg Township near North 13th Street for the fire alarm.

03:00

Operations Lumpurts, number one, we found at (number withheld) list, command (number withheld).

03:07

Apparatus for Mielandberg Township near North 13th Street for the fire alarm.

03:12

Operations on Verk's flyerops number one, we found at (number withheld) list command (number withheld).

03:20

(number withheld) from the end of office.

03:23

Go ahead.

03:25

Urbate in the need for ventilation.

03:34

Here's...

03:35

First real work, correct.

03:38

No, recommend.

03:40

First lower apartment for a bacon.

03:43

Here's our working on restarting our system.

03:45

Copy burn bacon, you're working on receding the alarm.

Police codes explained

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

[1]

ECHO: Highest priority EMS medical response (ECHO-level)

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Near N 13th St, Reading, PA 19604

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