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Heard on: Berks PA Fire Dispatch Group Calls · 1/17/2026 08:07 AM
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Engine One, Tower 1 and 9, Tower Apartments Eight Hundred and Thirty-Five, Franklin Street between South Ninth and Haig Street.
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General automatic fire alarm eleven thirty-seven.
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Apparent fire alarm at Tower Apartments

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible fire alarm activation at Tower Apartments on Franklin Street in Reading. The situation appears to have involved an automatic alarm system, though the cause was not confirmed at the time.

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Franklin St, Reading, PA 19602
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