Possible gas odor investigated near south Roxboro Street, Durham NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, responders investigated a reported gas odor near South Roxboro Street and South Dillard Street. The location was confirmed near 303 South Roxboro at the Venable Center. No gas odor was detected during the check despite audible hissing from gas meters.
Audio|Heard on: Durham City Fire
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02:47
Transcript:
00:00
South Roxboro Street and South Dillard Street.
00:04
Gas leak or odor.
00:09
South Roxboro Street and South Dillard Street.
00:12
Engine,
00:14
one.
00:15
Option of four, opt four.
00:26
Fire alarm 704 Gerard Street.
00:33
Fire alarm 704 Gerard Street cross of West Chapel Hill Street and Jackson Street engine two ladder two.
00:48
Communications for me, Jim Warren.
00:53
If they'll meet me out here,
01:02
where they smell the gas?
01:06
Yes, okay.
01:10
They don't want to meet me and just have them confirm 303 South Roxboro and not North.
01:17
There's really no construction here at 303 South.
01:26
Yeah, it's so forth.
01:28
Let me call them.
01:38
Ladder 2 from engine 2.
01:39
All unseen, two stellar residential structure, nothing showing from three sides.
01:44
I do have a homeowner out in front, waving us down.
01:48
Closest hydrant is going to be back at Chapel Hill and Gerard.
01:53
Side alpha will be Gerard.
01:57
Engine 2 will be out investigating.
02:03
Two cops.
02:13
She's seen it's 303 Venable.
02:15
She's seen it's the Venable Center, but it's on the south Roxboro Street side, and it's going to be by where they just replaced the sidewalk.
02:21
She's no longer on theme.
02:26
Yeah,
02:27
I mean, there's a whole bunch of gas meters back here that are running, and that's the hissing that she hears, and we don't have any odor.
02:44
Latergy, you can clear.
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Location mentioned:
S Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27701
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