Water main break causes bubbling near Sherwood Avenue, Derby CT
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Fire & ArsonA water main break near Sherwood Avenue caused water to bubble from the ground. Fire crews responded due to a reported gas smell, but no gas odor or fire was found. Regional water authorities were notified.
Audio|Heard on: Lower Naugatuck Valley Fire and EMS
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05:21
Transcript:
00:00
He said he was reporting a water leak also in that area.
00:08
Affirmative, also reporting a water main break with the gas leak.
00:14
Does that water main break still active?
00:20
That's all they gave me.
00:33
Okay,
00:35
too many use out at once, engine 14, you're calling.
00:42
Tewt.
00:44
Tewt.
00:45
Engine 14, you're responding to the area of near Sherwood Avenue,
00:49
for the reported smell of gas outside.
00:53
They're, uh,
00:54
P, come in through the PD, that's the water, the water main break also.
01:03
21 son here is funny.
01:10
Fortyone. Fortyone.
01:16
Fortyone.
01:33
Survey, FD3, go ahead.
01:40
You can show me in the area.
01:49
Received FD3 in the area, 842.
01:56
3. 3. 3.
02:01
By the hydrogen.
02:04
14 on-scene by the hydrant.
02:10
Number 33.
02:17
It's going to be the Derby Police Department.
02:26
Can you call PD? They're not unseen how they get this call.
02:30
Something from there are your call.
02:39
There's smoke gas, I will get hold of us.
02:45
Roger. You have the officer return to the scene, please?
02:49
Try to figure out where this is coming from.
02:54
35 approach you.
03:00
Car free and safe property.
03:04
Three,
03:08
there'll be in command.
03:09
Thirty-throughly, I'll be in command.
03:15
... 32, take an arrival.
03:23
Two-story commercial.
03:24
Nothing shown from the house aside.
03:29
And show and alpha say.
03:33
35.015.
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35. 35.
03:38
That's hit.
03:49
311. 3115. 3115.
03:56
Command, a Derby, Derby is on, go ahead, command.
04:07
We have no odor at this time, but we do have water bubbling out of the ground in the area of near Sherwood Avenue.
04:13
We'd like to notify regional water.
04:16
Also have memories on now here.
04:18
I believe they have the main break.
04:22
Receive, do you smell no gaps in the area?
04:25
Do you have a water bubbling from the road? Get a hold of regional.
04:33
Report by your employees, no smoke, no fire at this time, just the I committed alarm.
04:38
Anybody else on the road could adjust the response.
04:44
Receive for card three, employees on scene reporting, no signs to smoke or fire.
04:50
All inbound units, proceed with the flow of traffic.
05:01
They already have parties responding.
05:06
We want to call the gas company back and notify them that there is no gas on this street.
05:11
So there should be no order.
05:13
I know they can cancel.
05:15
But it's just going to move heads up.
05:17
Okay.
05:18
So I'll call Eversource back and update them.
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Location mentioned:
Sherwood Ave, Derby, CT 06418
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