{"id":306288,"date":"2026-10-14T07:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306288\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:20:07","slug":"reading-firefighters-collect-donations-for-families-affected-by-3-alarm-blaze-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306288\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading firefighters collect donations for families affected by 3-alarm blaze | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Donations sought for 25 people affected by three-alarm Reading fire\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6acec9353067a.image.webp\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n<p>READING, Pa. &#8211; The 9th &amp; Marion Fire Station is collecting donations for the families affected by the recent house fire that injured civilians and firefighters and displaced many residents.<\/p>\n<p>A three-alarm fire spread through multiple homes in Reading early Sunday morning, displacing six families and affecting 25 people, according to the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>Four residents were rescued from the fire and taken to the hospital, including a 10-year-old girl, officials said. Two firefighters also suffered minor injuries while responding to the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Home goods, clothing, toiletries and similar items can be dropped off at 1201 N. 9th St. from Wednesday, Oct. 14, through Sunday, Oct. 18, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., according to a Facebook post from the station.<\/p>\n<p>In the announcement, organizers thanked residents for their help, saying they &#8220;truly appreciate the city coming together as one in these troubling times.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WFMZ-TV READING, Pa. &#8211; The 9th &amp; Marion Fire Station is collecting donations for the families affected by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[33742,2347,36063,4509,422,813,99474,1247,736,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-306288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-american-red-cross","tag-community-support","tag-displaced-families","tag-donations","tag-fire","tag-firefighters","tag-home-goods","tag-injuries","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}