Controlled gas pipeline release causes odor near police farm, Albany NY
Fire & ArsonThere was a strong smell of natural gas near the bridge towards Delmar. Contractors working on a gas pipeline near the police farm confirmed the odor was from a controlled gas release as part of maintenance work.
Audio|Source: Albany City Fire
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Transcript:
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Just past the bridge over to Delmar.
00:08
And Janine, if you were calling us, you were cut up by the dispatcher, or you cut the dispatcher, excuse me.
00:16
We're getting a strong odor of gas just past the bridge near Delmar's border.
00:33
Okay.
00:39
You get your meters out over here.
00:48
Rockford,
00:49
Engine 9, we were just approached by the folks doing maintenance on the natural gas pipeline.
00:59
They were doing controlled blow-off.
01:01
That's where the odor's coming from by the farm area.
01:12
Received.
01:18
I'm saying to the truck board.
01:19
You talk to National Grid.
01:22
Chief, it was the contractors doing work on the pipeline by the farm, the police farm.
01:31
They're reporting that they were doing a controlled blow-off.
01:34
So that's where the odor was coming from.
01:37
All right, Fatsch, let's make a good to have a return company.
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Location mentioned:
Delaware Ave, Albany, NY
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