Excavator ruptures gas line near Dixie and Adams, Hollywood FL
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According to the dispatch call, an excavator ruptured a natural gas line near the intersection of Dixie Highway and Adams Street. Hazmat and utility crews responded, the area was evacuated, and ignition sources were secured to prevent fire.
Audio|Heard on: Broward County Fire/Rescue
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Transcript:
00:00
I think gasoline is pouring out,
00:04
an excavator ran it over, but they're saying it's a gas leak.
00:08
The caller hung off.
00:10
and wind speed direction is east-south east at 14 knots.
00:15
Confirming, you only want your hazmat[1] team.
00:22
An affirmative.
00:24
Our knowledge.
00:26
(number withheld).
00:31
4-9-9-Coppy, level 2 female.
00:33
9-19.
00:39
Retaintee, Tion, Angel 59.
00:43
He's 159-year-old.
00:49
I'm going to go out of LIM and think this is going to be natural gas, not gasoline.
00:53
But when you arrive on Dean and start your sides up, let's just try to establish that.
00:59
Copy.
01:05
59. How's the female?
01:07
I'll see Adams up for you a year.
01:10
The end of 599 on scene investigating.
01:14
921.
01:20
All with P.D.
01:26
It is confirmed to be natural gas.
01:29
Copy, natural gas line.
01:31
Can you have a Sunrise Gas Company?
01:39
1039, copy?
01:43
399, go ahead and contact Sunrise gas.
01:47
Acknowledge,
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9.21.
01:55
Let's copy and just have you 399.
02:03
I put the code in the remarks.
02:07
Acknowledge, thank you.
02:13
At Adams and Dixie.
02:15
Probably cool if my vote show you available in handling Rescue 40 available.
02:21
Resc40 copy, thank you very much.
02:26
Engine 5 and out.
02:27
Injof 5 in route, 922.
02:33
Yeah, trouble.
02:36
Thank you, Psy.
02:39
I issue building for ventilator.
02:41
No further have it.
02:42
Show us available.
02:43
The opportunity available in the hazards, it's nine-twil...
02:51
Seventy-77 Rescue College on 5, Bravo, 10131 Clary Boulevard.
02:59
Qureski-7-7, Section 5.
03:02
Rescue 7-7, Rescue Call, 10131 Clary Boulevard, 101-1331-Clary Boulevard.
03:10
You're going to be referenced to a 23-year-old female actively saving?
03:15
Stop.
03:19
Rescue-5-6 patient contact.
03:21
Patient contact.
03:26
Is it right there at that intersection where you guys are standing?
03:32
Right here in the corner of the intersection, near the drainage.
03:37
We're unable to see the size of the line.
03:39
We'd have to take a little bit to get to it.
03:41
At this point, we have a line stretch and I have my firefighters in the second-distance in size to the case of residence.
03:51
All right, copy.
03:52
And the excavator, it's sitting there, has been secured.
03:55
It's no longer running.
03:58
Correct. Power is on that.
04:01
All right, copy.
04:03
And as far as the workers that are present on scene,
04:07
anybody who's not essential to be there, just ask them to, you know, take a walk down the sidewalk, please?
04:17
Oh, some ice glass.
04:19
The battalion already got them route.
04:21
Hi far.
04:23
926.
04:26
BASI noon northbound bureau unit is one gulf one repeating one g one possible suicide
04:44
Thank you. It has been, honey, too.
04:46
So N519's got you set up for the scene.
04:49
Line has been stretched.
04:50
Everything's been evacuated.
04:52
The ignition sources are secured.
04:55
They haven't started digging, so go ahead and just bring up wherever you're going to need to expose the line and get the idea of the size and what we've got to do to pass it or if we'll just stand by for sunrise gas.
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hazmat: Response to incidents involving hazardous materials.
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