Gas leak detected at theater inside St. Charles building, St Charles IL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a gas leak detected inside a building near East Main Street in St. Charles. The incident involves elevated gas levels in theater 13 linked to the HVAC system. Firefighters plan to inspect the rooftop units to locate the source of the leak.
Audio|Heard on: Dekalb & Southern Kane County Public Safety.
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Transcript:
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St. Charles Fire, Truck 101, and Battalion 100, respond to inside gas leak.
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At near East Main Street, St.
00:12
Charles. Cross streets are Mall Drive and 38th Avenue.
00:17
There is heavy pulse of that turn of Tops.
00:24
I can't mind.
00:26
Johnny, I was talking to somebody else.
00:27
Let me repeat that, please.
00:34
Engine 102 for 102 pump.
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Engine 102 for 102 pump and ops.
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A7, Hamilton Street, 127, Hamilton Street, Geneva,
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cross streets are North 1st Street and North 2nd Street.
01:01
We're on our way, code 5.
01:03
You just bump it up to code 4, I don't know what you have there.
01:08
I'm getting readings in theater 13 of 280 parts per million.
01:16
Manager on scene says we've been out here before and they said it's a puff of gas every time that the
01:24
HVAC kicks on but this seems to be a little bit more than that.
01:27
So truck's going to have to get up to the roof and try and find which unit covers theater 13.
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Location mentioned:
E Main St, St. Charles, IL 60174
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