Gas leak reported at residence near Chancellors Ridge Dr, Durham NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a fire alarm and discovered a gas leak inside a residence near Chancellors Ridge Drive in Durham, NC. Elevated gas readings were found in the attic. Crews isolated power and shut the external gas valve while waiting for the gas company to arrive.
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03:49
Transcript:
00:00
Communications from engine 16.
00:06
Yeah,
00:09
we're still out here at the fire alarm slash gas leak.
00:12
Can you dispatch engine 13? That's our location, please.
00:16
Acknowledged.
00:26
502, Chancellor's Ridge Drive.
00:32
Fire alarm, 502, Chancellor's Ridge Drive, Cross of Collegiate Circle and Trustee Street, Engine 13.
00:57
Engine 13 from Engine 16.
01:08
There's a knock, Channel 1.
01:20
Yeah, Engine 13, we're just stretching out here, so we need to double check something.
01:25
Initially when we got here, we had gas levels low on the first floor,
01:31
as high as 38 to 40 on the second floor and the attic.
01:36
We've been ready to isolate the stores,
01:39
and we kept the power to the breaker for the furnace up top.
01:42
We're still getting a reading up top next to the furnace in the attic.
01:57
Okay, so it looks like you got a leak.
01:59
You can shut the gas off externally and contact gas company.
02:05
Come out and fix it.
02:12
Yeah, acknowledgment.
02:13
We've also ventilated the house thoroughly too as well.
02:18
We're just calling you if you have any tips because we're kind of run out of options here.
02:29
If the source re-detected itself, it means it's going to be leaking.
02:33
So you have to shut it off externally going into the house from the outside and then contact the gas company to come out.
02:55
Communications 13.
02:59
Please.
03:02
Can you contact Emmerge please and have them come out to this location for gas leak and show any 13 clear available?
03:12
Hello.
03:21
Engine 16, gas company is asking, is it inside or outside the home?
03:33
Just asking you, your feet up?
03:36
The gas company is asking, is the leak inside or outside?
03:43
The leak is inside, it's up in the attic.
03:46
We've already isolated.
03:47
We shut the main office, go.
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Chancellors Ridge Dr, Durham, NC 27713
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