Gas leak reported near Bancroft Avenue in Richmond, Richmond VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a gas leak was reported near Bancroft Avenue in Richmond. Multiple emergency units responded and investigated the smell of gas coming from near the meter. The department of public utilities was requested to assist in handling the leak.
Audio|Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
00:00
near Bancroft Avenue.
00:02
Engine 16 and truck 6.
00:04
Outside gas leak.
00:06
near Bancroft Avenue.
00:09
Cross streets are Alpsis Avenue and Richmond-Henrico Turnpike.
00:13
On tap Channel 2.
00:15
Timeout, 1433.
00:22
Investigator 2, I'm clear from the fire.
00:26
Investigator 2 received 14344.
00:33
Investigator 4.
00:35
Investigator 4.
00:43
First of all, good job today.
00:45
Second of all, all the investigators are clear of the fire safe.
00:54
I appreciate that, thank you.
00:57
All five vestiers are clear, 1437.
01:00
She's not seen.
01:05
Yeah,
01:21
one.
01:25
VanCross command.
01:29
Got DPU responding?
01:34
No, I was confused by the call when it said a tech was on scene.
01:37
I didn't know if that was a gas tech.
01:39
If it is not, I will call them.
01:43
Yeah, I hear you, I was confused too.
01:45
It was a HVAC tech and he was working on the AC unit.
01:49
He said the whole time he was smelling gas.
01:50
So yeah, we're going to need DPU to respond.
01:53
Gotcha,
01:55
y'all calling.
02:00
Fuck three from Westboro Street Command.
02:03
Truck three is driver.
02:07
Truck three, X-ray.
02:11
Are you able to reposition your apparatus on the Charlotte side and shoot a lot up to the fourth floor? See if you can put the eyes on the inside of the unit itself.
02:19
We're trying to give you an idea of where it is.
02:25
Understood.
02:26
We're repositioning.
02:28
Van Croft command from Richmond.
02:31
Go ahead.
02:33
Do we know where the gas is leaking from, front and back? You have a meter.
02:36
Can you advise?
02:39
The smell is coming from near the meter.
02:40
We're not really sure if it's just burping and it's, you know, part of the function, or if it's actually leaking from the meter, but it smells by the meter.
02:50
Yes,
02:54
utility is not a pop paying off to me.
02:58
Receive, thank you.
02:59
Sixty can go back in service.
03:00
We'll wait for DPU.
03:01
to arrest.
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Bancroft Ave, Richmond, VA 23222
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