Gas line struck causing leak near spring street, Walnut Cove NC
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Fire & ArsonAn excavator struck a natural gas line near Spring Street causing an active gas leak. Emergency services and the gas company were notified and are responding to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Stokes County Fire/EMS
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02:33
Transcript:
00:00
Station 35, Fire Marshal for notification.
00:03
Near Spring Street, near Highway 65 west.
00:09
Purpose to a gas leak.
00:11
An excavator struck a gas line.
00:14
Time out at 13-2.
00:20
That's charge, I want to say.
00:23
Start 21.
00:28
Agent 35 now.
00:30
Agent 35.
00:36
Three or two and out one a time.
00:39
Three or two? Three or two?
00:44
35.
00:49
Go ahead.
00:51
The excavator hit the line.
00:53
He says he can actively smell gas coming out at this time.
00:57
Do you know which gas company that may be? It's underground.
01:04
To be Piedmont Gas.
01:07
Supposedly they've been notified but none arrived yet.
01:09
Make a checker.
01:11
Copy that.
01:16
Ken is responding to Spring Street that happened at the end.
01:24
...increased members, but they have moved to near Spring Street.
01:32
35 is very late, 355.
01:35
Copy 1135.
01:38
Let's roll with the TAC 24.
01:43
Tate 2.
01:46
Ania 35 is on scene.
01:48
Angie 35.
01:54
3.2 is on Tat 2.
02:06
35-6-1-ta-2.
02:07
Would you have an active leak?
02:13
May 35, folks.
02:18
Go ahead.
02:21
If you can contact Piedmont Natural Gas, we've got a prompt from a 4-inch line that's been cut.
02:28
And see if you can give us some ETA on the technician.
02:32
Driving there.
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Location mentioned:
Spring St, Walnut Cove, NC 27052
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