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Natural gas odor reported near Penn Avenue apartmentPittsburgh PA

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Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15201

According to the dispatch call, responders received reports of a natural gas odor near an apartment building on Penn Avenue. Fire units and gas company were dispatched. The gas was shut off from outside the building to ensure safety. No entry was possible to the building at the time.

Audio|Heard on: Pittsburgh Police, Fire and EMS
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05:5
Transcript:
00:00
In Penn Avenue, callers reporting the smell of natural gas coming from the apartment building next door.
00:05
And that's a 10 engine, on a fill for 6 engine, 6 truck and battalion 2.
00:10
For the report of a gas leak, near Penn Avenue, caller reporting a smell of natural gas coming from the apartment building next door.
00:17
Made on fire 1, 1231.
00:21
Dispatch Attack 3, Rescue is not on scene, response 1.
00:25
Engine 7 on scene, we got seen.
00:29
Receive 7 engines on scene as well.
00:31
All companies fire zone 3-8 good response 1.
00:34
Again, all companies not unseen fires in 38, good response 1, 1231.
00:44
Negative.
00:46
Copy, I contact PWSA.
00:51
Copy, this is a reportable home out here.
00:55
Copy that.
01:02
Dispatch from Battalion 2.
01:06
Battalion 2, good.
01:09
Dispatch, let's cover that gas condition with the first company.
01:13
Six trucks closer, keep them going.
01:17
That's received.
01:18
Ten Engine, you can stand down.
01:19
Again, Ten Engine, you can stand down in 1232.
01:26
Ten Engine copies of District Guard.
01:28
We're back.
01:29
Thank you.
01:32
Result.
01:43
356th Street up at Davis and or Sherrard.
01:47
There's no complaint on this.
01:49
They're reporting that a squatter had built himself a shed in his living in someone's backyard.
02:03
215A, we'll call me from his own.
02:07
218 copies out.
02:11
1233.
02:14
3118A, baby.
02:17
3118A. Yeah,
02:20
this is either my earlier accident which does not have a pedestrian head or this is unfounded and you show it clear.
02:27
Copy, I see you in it's clear.
02:33
119 a he also struck a residence 1330 Marshall Avenue you probably want to have BBI just come out and take a look at this
02:49
Copy, is it something I'll wait till tomorrow morning or you want someone on site now?
02:56
They can wait until tomorrow but he did cause damage to the foundation here.
03:01
Copy, I'll get him a call, leave a message on the machine.
03:04
He said 1330 Marshall.
03:08
Yes, 1330 Marshall.
03:11
Brissive.
03:16
I think this we have with us.
03:21
Three-thirty-eight frozen, clear and back to service.
03:34
Please, I'll thank you far.
03:42
Hey Dam, what's 46 you can disregard?
03:49
Forty-six, you can disregard.
03:53
1235.
04:00
Dispatch 23 engine, medics have patient care, we're back.
04:06
Receipt.
04:11
Fegnell Company's 2300 back in service, again 23 engines back, 1235.
04:21
Truck 6 on scene.
04:25
Truck 6 on scene, 1236.
04:34
Dispatch from six truck.
04:37
Six truck, good.
04:42
Can you start the gas company at near Penn Avenue? We have a smell of gas outside, a neighbor.
04:49
Business can smell.
04:51
We can smell it also.
04:52
It's coming from this address.
04:53
We're not getting any answer at the door.
04:55
We're going to shut off the gas from the exterior and see if we can get anybody there.
05:01
Answer the door.
05:05
Received.

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Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
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Incident Timeline

  1. Gas Shut Off and Scene Secured
  2. Gas Company Requested
  3. Units Arrive On Scene
  4. Emergency Response Dispatched
  5. Initial Report of Gas Odor

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