READING, Pa. \u2014 Smoke rising over the 700 block of North 10th Street brought neighbors outside Friday night and sent Dalida Mart\u00ednez rushing toward her daughter\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was working and they called me that the block of my daughter\u2019s house was on fire,\u201d Mart\u00ednez said.<\/p>\n
Dalida says her daughter wasn\u2019t home, but two dogs and a cat were inside. She says all three pets made it out.<\/p>\n
Fire officials say crews arrived to find heavy fire behind 708 and 710 North 10th Street. Flames were spreading into the buildings and up to the roof.<\/p>\n
Buildings from 702 through 714 are damaged or affected, with utilities shut off.<\/p>\n
Feliciana Rosario was heading home when the fire happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was terrible. I saw it from behind. It was burning,\u201d Rosario said.<\/p>\n
The fire department says 28 adults and four children cannot return to their homes at this point. As the response stretched into the evening, fresh crews were brought in to relieve firefighters.<\/p>\n
Ram\u00f3n Vasquez recognized some of the homes affected and the store where he regularly shops.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really happy when the firemen came to do their job,\u201d Vasquez said.<\/p>\n
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