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UPDATE: Reading Ambulance Thief Leads Pursuit, Crashes In Strasburg UPDATE: Reading Ambulance Thief Leads Pursuit, Crashes In Strasburg
Update: Reading Ambulance Thief Leads Pursuit, Crashes In Strasburg A thief who stole a Reading ambulance from the scene of an incident led a brief police pursuit before crashing in Strasburg, authorities said. EMS personnel on the scene of a medical call at the Kennedy Senior Center on 4th Street were leaving the building with the packaged patient when they realized the rig had been stolen around 11:30 a.m., Reading Fire Chief William I. Stoudt, Jr. said. Focusing on their duty, paramedics reported the incident and requested another unit to transport their patient. Sometime around 1 p.m., an off-duty Reading fire department member spotted the ambulan…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Reading Family Displaced Following Late Night Roof Fire In 2.5 Story Home Reading Family Displaced Following Late Night Roof Fire In 2.5 Story Home
Reading Family Displaced Following Late Night Roof Fire In 2.5 Story Home A Reading family has been displaced from their home after a roof fire damaged their 2 and a half story home late Monday night, authorities said. When local firefighters arrived at a home on Church Street around 11:25 p.m., they found that the blaze had advanced to the 2nd floor where the fire was found to have entered the void spaces in the back wall and was traveling vertically, according to Reading Fire Department. Crews operating on the 3rd floor found fire running the peak of the roof, authorities said. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire in the attic around 11:50 p.m. b…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Reading Firefighters Tackle Early Morning Storage Shed Blaze Reading Firefighters Tackle Early Morning Storage Shed Blaze
Reading Firefighters Tackle Early Morning Storage Shed Blaze Reading firefighters tackled a blaze that broke out in a storage shed early Monday morning, authorities said. Fire crews were dispatched to Route 625 Storage on New Holland Road for multiple calls reporting fire from a storage shed around 5:40 a.m., according to Reading Fire Department. Upon arrival, firefighters found that three units were on fire, and gained entry into the units to further extinguish the heavy blaze, authorities said. Crews utilized four hoses to extinguish the fire which was placed under control around 6:10 a.m., authorities said. No injuries were reported. …

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by Nicole Acosta