At 5:12pm on May 5th the MTFR and automatic aid partners were dispatched to the 800 block of Tuckerton Avenue for a structure fire. Initial reports from Berks DES indicated a shed fire within a close proximity of a residential structure. Fire crews arrived and confirmed a working shed fire involving the rear of the structure. Multiple attack lines were deployed to combat the fire on the exterior and interior of the structure. Crews were able to knock down the bulk of the fire within 15 minutes and remained on scene completing overhaul for 1.5 hours before returning.
We were assisted by the following agencies.
Blandon Fire Department
Central Fire Company,
Fleetwood Fire Company
Union Fire Company #1 of Leesport
City of Reading Fire Department
Muhlenberg Township Police Department
Muhlenberg Ambulance
