Gas odor investigation in apartment building, Richmond VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to reports of a gas odor inside an apartment near North 6th Street. Occupants reported a smell like rotten eggs and difficulty breathing. Investigation found possible sewer gas leak, no gas appliances present. Maintenance was on scene and the situation was contained.
Audio|Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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02:43
Transcript:
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Engine 5, engine 6, engine 1, engine 10, truck 2, truck 3, safety 1, battalion 1, and battalion 3.
00:09
Inside gas leak.
00:11
Near North 6th Street, Apartment (number withheld).
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Engine 5, engine 6, engine 1, engine 10, truck 2, truck 3, safety 1, battalion 1 and battalion 3.
00:23
Inside gas leak.
00:25
Near North 6th Street, Apartment (number withheld).
00:28
Cross streets are East Grace Street and East Broad Street.
00:32
On tap Channel 3.
00:34
Timeout, 22, 59.
00:40
On companies en route to near North 6th Street, Apartment (number withheld) for the gas odor inside, complaining of eyes take if while rotten egg smell,
00:50
also complaining of having trouble breathing.
00:53
DPU has been notified showing our companies in route (number withheld) hours.
01:00
Richard V, with the information of them, I have a difficult to breathe, and can you also assign a Richard Campbell at the end?
01:08
Affirmative. Affirmative.
01:13
And six on scene, multi-story high-rise, nothing out of ordinary from the exterior.
01:19
We'll be going to investigate, High Command.
01:25
Corridson copy in the Sixth on Scene, Monty Story, High Rise, something visible in the exterior, Hath Command, (number withheld).
01:32
In the sixth place.
01:35
In the sixth place.
01:40
We're with the homeowner making the way up to the apartment.
01:43
Right now we kind of have a small sewer gas.
01:47
We also have building and maintenance on safe.
01:49
We'll advise in a second.
01:56
Emersion copy with the homeowner, as well as sewer gas and building maintenance is also on scene.
02:02
(number withheld) fire, so investigate.
02:09
Richmond City.
02:11
In this way.
02:16
We had a truck company, bring the meter up, and just run through the lobby to apartment (number withheld).
02:21
And we were maintenance, there's no gas appliances to the apartment.
02:26
We can hold with interstation truck two.
02:32
Version copy, engine station truck to the handle, request truck to run the meters to the lobby to apartment (number withheld) and maintenance services, no gas appliances in the apartment, (number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
N 6th St Unit 214, Richmond, VA 23219
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