Person injured by propane tank explosion near Cumberland Farms, South Berwick ME
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Fire & ArsonEmergency responders were called to Cumberland Farms after a propane tank exploded near a residence. A person was found outside with second-degree burns and breathing difficulties.
Audio|Heard on: South Berwick Police, Fire, and York Ambulance
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02:41
Transcript:
00:00
211, we're sending an ambulance to Cumberland Farms for a subject with second-degree burns.
00:07
I'm not sure what happened, still getting further.
00:21
Ambulance 2 to Headquarters.
00:23
Ambulance 2, Doug?
00:27
Stucle show it's on our response.
00:30
This is Ray, 55-year-old T.M.L.
00:32
Conscious breathing.
00:33
Had three falls tonight.
00:36
A known injury.
00:40
A.M.O.2 cop.
00:46
M.S.2, Headquarters here.
00:48
P.P.I.O.
00:52
From River 372, Mount Vernon Street.
01:02
Your Camelan, stand by for medical.
01:06
Your Cambulant, standby for medical. Your Cambulant, stand by for medical.
01:26
Dispatch on the air for York Ambulance, transmitting a medical call for a burn delta level.
01:32
It's going to be at the Cumberland Farms, near Route 236.
01:37
Repeat, dispatch on the air for York Ambulance, transmitting medical call for a burn delta level,
01:43
the Cumberland Farms near Route 236.
01:45
Time your tones, 2343.
01:54
Southburn, 211.
01:57
Two o'clock.
01:59
Certainly the subject with a burn is out his vehicle, the parking lot.
02:04
Still trying to attain what happened, but...
02:10
Your calling party is an employee of Cumberland Farms reporting the subject is in his vehicle.
02:16
There's a lot of unknowns here.
02:18
Looks like he has some difficulty breathing.
02:23
Dispatch, your key three go ahead. The call reporting patient advises a propane tank exploded near their residence.
02:39
Sounds like in the woods by their residence.
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Location mentioned:
Dow Hwy, South Berwick, ME 03908
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