Gas leak found at apartment after fire alarm call, Stamford CT
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a commercial fire alarm near Hoyt Street and Strawberry Hill Avenue in Stamford. Conflicting location information delayed pinpointing the source. Investigation revealed the alarm was local to an apartment in the rear building at near Hoyt Street. Firefighters found a gas leak at the meter and a malfunctioning detector in the apartment. The gas was shut off, and units were recalled except for Engine 1 to address the detector issue.
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00:00
Engine 5. Engine 1.
00:02
Truck 1. Unit 4.
00:04
Youth Fire Ground 1.
00:05
Respond to near Hoyt Street.
00:07
Hoyt Bedford's Fairfield Building.
00:10
For commercial fire alarm, cross streets are near Strawberry Hill Court and Hoyt Street.
00:14
Time 942.
00:20
3.3.0.C.
00:26
Sullivan out of St.
00:28
Where is Houston?
00:33
414 Renew CREASM.
00:39
Receive. MediFrey, Mediore.
00:42
Medi4. Medi4, where is fine?
00:45
Where are you? 11 to wall weather incoming units at Clifford.
00:52
Just stand by and we want to have you at this time.
00:59
It's responding to near Hoyt Street.
01:01
Be advised,
01:03
SOS is pinging this at near Strawberry Hill Avenue directly across the street.
01:08
Sounded like a local alarm just did not come in from the alarm company.
01:12
Again, it's been near Strawberry Hill Avenue.
01:15
Check the narrative.
01:27
Unable to get the exact location,
01:32
if unable to locate near Hoyt, the 911 ping is pinging to near Strawberry Hill.
01:37
It's across the street.
01:43
Effort 411.
01:46
411. 411.
01:49
Can you get that resource card at this location, please?
01:53
Receive.
01:58
Major By, Stamber, are we going to near Hoyt or near Strawberry Hill then?
02:04
Okay.
02:06
The caller was unable to provide the exact location.
02:09
It's unclear if it's near Hoyt or near Strawberry Hill.
02:12
Near Strawberry Hill is where it was pinging to.
02:14
So if unable to locate near Hoyt, it's going to be across the street.
02:21
Everyone on scene near Hoyt.
02:24
Bedford Street Apartments, we're investigating.
02:27
Receive, investigating near Hoyt.
02:30
Bevies, this was a local alarm, not from the alarm company.
02:33
You can hear the alarm in the background.
02:35
There's a local alarm not coming from the alarm company.
02:44
Engine 1 is behind near Strawberry Hill.
02:47
We'll investigate that area.
02:50
Receive, Engine 1 checking near Strawberry Hill.
02:57
It's operating on Hoyt Street.
03:00
We'll take command on Hoyt Street, Ground 1.
03:06
Please investigate.
03:07
Find out where the alarm is coming from.
03:09
Receive Unifor on the Rapid SOS chat.
03:14
The caller confirmed near Hoyt Street apartment 3, (name withheld).
03:19
All right, near Hoyt Street, 3, David.
03:22
That's that rear building, right?
03:26
Affirmative.
03:30
Yeah, all you know, it says near Hoyt Street.
03:32
That's the rear building.
03:35
Department, 3, David, 3, David.
03:41
Hill units on Hoyt Street Engine 1 is at 140.
03:45
They'll be going in to investigate Department 3 David, 3 David.
03:54
All units, that's that rear driveway, leaving off of Strawberry Hill.
04:05
It's between Strawberry Hill and Morgan, the rear driveway between Strawberry Hill and Morgan.
04:14
Danford of 43.
04:16
21 in command.
04:21
We're with the resident.
04:23
He's saying there's an issue with just his apartment.
04:26
We're going to investigate further.
04:30
Bruce.
04:32
21, just be advised, you're on fire channel, not the ground.
04:39
Okay, 21.
04:43
Chief, we're going up to the third floor to the investigative department, no alarm is actually sounding throughout the residence.
04:49
It's just the residence apartment.
04:53
Grand 21.
04:55
I'm on the CV corner of the building that alarm has stopped.
05:02
We're making our way up to his apartment.
05:06
We're making our way up to his apartment.
05:10
That's 411.
05:12
411.
05:14
We're going to go with recall, just hold the engine 43.
05:17
The leak players be at the meter itself, so we're going to have to wait at every source.
05:21
We've shut the gas off at the meter.
05:27
Receive recall on Clifford holding 43 leak at the meter.
05:30
Gas shut off.
05:35
25-104. You need a sound there, we're up at the property go out.
05:39
Hey,
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standby up there.
05:42
21 command, you can put a recall in holding engine one only there is an issue with the apartment detector.
05:50
We may have to install a new one.
05:55
We see, let's go to a recall on near Morgan Street hold engine one only.
06:01
Sorry to Sanford.
06:04
For it.
06:07
Put in a recall for near Hoyt Street holding engine company one only.
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Location mentioned:
Hoyt St, Stamford, CT 06902
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