Strong gas leak detected inside dollar general in belmont, Belmont NY
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Fire & ArsonA strong natural gas leak was detected inside the Dollar General store near NY-19 S in Belmont. A gas company employee reported high gas readings and tried to get people to evacuate, but employees and customers did not respond to the warnings. The situation is considered very dangerous.
Audio|Heard on: Allegany County Public Safety
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02:26
Transcript:
00:00
Cubifier, Cuban email, entire report of the gas leak inside of the Dollar General.
00:03
Repeating forward, Cubifier, QMobile,
00:06
part of the gas leak inside the Dollar General, near NY-19 S.
00:10
Okay.
00:13
5-0.
00:22
5001 just took a 911 call from a third-party gas company,
00:27
so they stepped into the Dollar General and smelled a strong odor of natural gas.
00:33
They went and grabbed the gas detector out of their trucks, and their readings are off the chart,
00:40
and nobody seems to be concerned as the Dollar General about this.
00:51
Greenpeace.
00:52
Nothing been called in.
00:57
Nothing has been called in from the store itself.
01:00
This gentleman was trying to get people to evacuate and they're just looking at him like he's crazy.
01:06
So it's very dangerous.
01:13
Zero on Belmont.
01:14
Key 3rd Fire.
01:18
One hundred percent.
01:25
1,100 of Belmont.
01:27
1,900.
01:30
1900.
01:34
I'm on location, nothing sure.
01:38
1620.
01:42
Give me a M.
01:47
Any patients of those systems?
01:52
This was called in by a third party, an individual works for a gas company, not national fuel.
01:59
And he walked in the store and there is a heavy odor of natural gas.
02:03
He grabbed a gas detector out of the truck and it's going off through the roof.
02:08
He was trying to get people to evacuate the store and employees are looking at him like he's nuts.
02:19
Any kind of kill back now, it's all waiting through.
02:22
Okay.
02:25
That's all waiting through.
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Location mentioned:
NY-19 S, Belmont, NY 14813
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