Gas odor reported in school but no leak found, Aurora WV
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Fire & ArsonFire and emergency units responded to a gas odor reported in a room at Aurora Elementary School. The school was not evacuated but the affected room was ventilated. Maintenance found a heater malfunction and turned it off. No gas leak was detected.
Audio|Heard on: Preston County Fire and EMS
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04:13
Transcript:
00:00
I have not been able to make direct contact with the school to give you further information.
00:04
I've tried the main number as well as the principal cell phone.
00:09
We were just advised that there is...
00:11
is a gas smell in one of the rooms, and they have not evacuated the school, but they are trying to air out that room.
00:22
Tim, for where after C.
00:23
Go ahead and get seven on their eight for me, please.
00:27
2 of all copy.
00:43
Are there anything I need to help them with?
00:49
14 or 3 right now I just have Shane responding by himself.
00:53
I'm being ready to page 7.
00:58
All right, I'm going to go ahead and go help him.
01:02
1403 has caught me.
01:09
Possible gas leak.
01:11
One, two, five, Aurora School is going to be Aurora Elementary, 928.
01:22
205 on Cine, 928.
01:30
Seattle School.
01:32
4-2-03 on Cine, 929.
01:51
Deputy Chief Two, press the call.
01:55
Deputy Chief Two, go ahead.
02:00
I'm responding from out of Kingwood to the Aurora School.
02:03
Just go ahead and patch me in the South, please.
02:09
Deputy Chief Two, that's received.
02:11
Your truck on scene is actually on this channel.
02:13
Do you still want to patch?
02:18
That's fine.
02:22
I'm going to make a public service to dispatcher, Tom Center.
02:37
WG2, copy.
02:41
1403 Com Center.
02:44
14.3, go ahead.
02:48
What channel was 2-2-1?
02:53
14-03, he's on pressing fire.
02:58
14-0-3, okay.
03:10
I remind, he's talking to change.
03:19
Thank you, Senator.
03:22
2.9.
03:26
Go ahead and stand down, Company 7,
03:30
14-83's on scene with me.
03:35
215, that's copy.
03:36
I'm on the school, on the phone with (name withheld).
03:41
You want us to start the buses that way, correct?
03:47
I don't know.
03:48
Nobody said he brought that to us.
03:49
I mean, we haven't filmed them.
03:50
I got the smithering that you through the gas meter in here and we haven't felt nothing.
03:57
215, I copy you have not found any indications yet.
04:03
The maintenance is unseen.
04:07
There's something malfunctioning the heater and they got it turned off.
04:11
There's nothing as of now.
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Location mentioned:
Aurora School Dr, Aurora, WV 26705
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