Gas leak causes evacuation near West Fayette Street, Baltimore MD
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a vehicle damaged a gas line near West Fayette Street, causing a gas leak. The local block was evacuated as a safety precaution. Hazardous materials and utility crews were called to the scene to manage the situation and shut off the gas.
Audio|Heard on: Baltimore City Fire
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04:48
Transcript:
00:00
Can you also dispatch a hazmat tactful to this location? We've got several octetide dwellings or possible readings and we're going to back the way to the residents.
00:09
Copy that's our 2224.
00:12
I can be on fire ground one.
00:15
Let's see fire ground two.
00:16
We got a fire on a fire ground one, fire ground two.
00:21
Copy.
00:26
You can hook it out.
00:32
14, switch to firegun, please.
00:39
Okay, NJ 14 is coming over.
00:43
On two for cart five.
00:46
Inter 5, inch of five, turn around.
00:49
The number of evacue.
00:53
The number of evacuees.
00:59
We're still trying to ascertain that.
01:01
We've evacuated about five houses so far.
01:05
I don't know if you heard the initial report, but we have a sheared-off gas line, gas meter on the exterior, street level that's free flowing.
01:14
We've cordoned off the block and going from door to door to try to evacuate everyone right now before we get any readings.
01:25
Part 5 communications, go ahead and start them in the MS unit and make a notification of OEM.
01:31
It will be hardified, 22, 26.
01:38
Take a vocation, timeout 22, 26.
01:49
Yes, that's great.
01:51
At non-emergency,
01:52
29-40,
01:54
engine 21 report (number withheld) Violin Avenue, apartment 104F,
01:59
and Cottage Avenue for the Lephasis.
02:02
Non-emergency and Viceroyer 29-40.
02:05
Engine 21 report, (number withheld) Violin Avenue, apartment 104F, foot olyphousis,
02:11
2227.
02:16
You're in route, thank you.
02:18
Okay, has that 3, 22, 27.
02:23
Okay, to me and we got net 10 started up to say up street.
02:26
And OEM is being contacted.
02:32
Command, I copy.
02:38
10 respond hazmat tactical box 23-73 operations fire ground 2 (number withheld) West Fayette Street North Poppleton Street North Amity Street and motor vehicle high incident reports spill time of 2227
02:57
1046 can you get your line directly towards that front bedroom right down the corner of this area
03:05
46 we pass
03:06
Command, Medic 15 is going to be your medic now, send a medic 10.
03:09
I'll give you an update.
03:11
I'm sorry, I walked on you.
03:12
Can you go again?
03:14
I'm on the scene.
03:15
I'll give you an update in a minute.
03:18
Copy, sir, 22, 29.
03:24
I'm conducting it on the first one now.
03:29
All right, copy.
03:36
27th, second, third, for the first one, please minute clear.
03:42
Goff.
03:47
26, 20-hand.
03:49
How are you up now?
03:53
Command, greatly improved.
03:58
26, Tommy, we're going to keep flowing water above wind yourself.
04:04
Copy.
04:10
96, assuming command.
04:13
We have a 1 inch gas service pipe going into a three-story brick middle of the row, near West Fayette Street.
04:26
It's been sheared by a vehicle.
04:28
It's free-flowing.
04:31
to the outside.
04:33
Effective residents,
04:35
the entire block's been evacuated.
04:38
We'll be staying by awaiting BGE to get this shutdown.
04:44
Okay, copy of the time, G6.
04:46
We have you in command of West Natch Street at 2232.
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W Fayette St, Baltimore, MD 21223
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