Vehicle crash with fuel leak and extrication on Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria VA
There was a vehicle crash on Eisenhower Avenue causing a fuel leak. Emergency teams are working to extricate people from the vehicles. The spill is near a stream. Police and fire units are coordinating the response, including handling a loose dog in the nearby residential area. Traffic lanes are partially shut down for safety.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
05:37
Transcript:
00:00
Okay, I copy.
00:02
And then I have had them at 401, Rookie 406 responded in.
00:05
I'm going to have them dedicated to the fuel still to allow you guys to focus on the extrication.
00:11
Okay,
00:14
you can start an extrication timer.
00:18
And we're also working on trying to identify the leak.
00:22
Looks like we have two weeks.
00:26
Have that copy.
00:28
Fairfax and command, you start the station timer.
00:32
Direct. In 943.
00:38
Procatchment command.
00:39
Amos 4.8.
00:43
Transporting patient number one, Fairfax Hospital.
00:47
Fairfax is direct.
00:48
In 945.
00:53
Terminator 420, can you send one person from your agent 422 and 226 down for the dogs?
01:00
Dogs here are moved now.
01:04
I've got comment.
01:06
Injure 426, can you handle?
01:13
Yeah, what was your request?
01:17
They need one person down to the extrication scene to receive the canine.
01:25
Okay.
01:31
2426 command and they can work with Virginia State Police to see what resources they have coming to receive the dog.
01:39
Okay.
01:46
Engine 417.
01:48
On Channel 4.
01:49
Bravo, Box 41700, Carbon Monoxide Alarm, near Wackley Court, Cross Street, Little Rocky Run Circle.
01:57
Engine 417.
01:59
On Channel 4, Bravo, Box 41700, Carbon Monoxide Alarm, near Wackley Court, Cross Street, Little Rocky Run Circle.
02:16
Engine 402 on Channel 4205, Lipsip, near Orcher Street Northwest, Cross Street, Windover Court.
02:26
Engine 402 on Channel 4, Bravo, Box 420205, LithuSip, near Orcher Street Northwest, Cross Street, Windover Court.
02:44
We'll go ahead and identify this as a level 2 traffic incident.
02:48
We're going to have half of the lanes shut down for approximately 30 minutes to 2 hours.
02:59
Direct, do you know which half of the lanes do when you shut down?
03:06
NL-07 on the scene, good location,
03:09
495 southbound prior to Eisenhower Avenue exit.
03:13
I got two vehicles pulled over on the right-hand shoulder.
03:16
Virginia State Police is on scene.
03:18
I'll be out-check.
03:22
Direct.
03:24
7409.
03:28
I'll end up into the low line.
03:29
I've got into the woods.
03:31
And I'll stop it.
03:37
Okay,
03:39
I copy.
03:44
Can you check to see if we can get any Fairfax Police Department units over to Deer Ridge Trail, see if they can check that residential area, see if there's a dog running loose through there?
03:57
Direct.
03:59
I don't know, was it checked midnight 50.
04:07
(name withheld) 419 for Fairfax Fat is Chuck.
04:14
Fairfax, email 2.7.
04:16
2.7?
04:24
We got 1AA L.
04:26
Station. We're going to need that at 4.5 to continue in.
04:29
We got engine 207 on scene, truck 411, and engine 415.
04:32
Engine 4.5, your life throws.
04:39
Command RISD406.
04:47
What exactly do we have leaking on this incident?
04:55
Tidal tanks,
04:57
not sure of the quantity and if they were full, but they're also reaching the stream.
05:02
I got all hands working on extrication right now over the embankment.
05:06
Nobody's been focused on the fuel yet.
05:11
Okay, we'll be there a couple of minutes.
05:13
Thank you.
05:18
Fairfax 1 4 Alpha, status check.
05:26
We don't have any animal protection units that are working for the county at this point in time.
05:30
I'm still going to put in a call to see if we can get officers to look for that loose dog.
05:36
Okay, I've got it.
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Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA
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