Natural gas odor investigated near Northeast Recycling site, Auburn ME
Fire & ArsonFire and emergency medical units responded to reports of a natural gas smell near Northeast Recycling on Washington Street in Auburn. Crews investigated the odor and coordinated with a nearby facility, Panlam, which sometimes releases air that smells like natural gas during its operations.
Audio|Source: Auburn and Lewiston Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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He needs to be dispatched 315 to the area.
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Difficulty locating the smoke gas.
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Yeah, that's correct.
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We're staged here on Cillebott.
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10 more.
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315 to respond to area near Washington Street, reduce recycling.
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To assist, and at 3.
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315, 7.
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315, I'll show you on a responding to assessed engine 3.
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Area near Washington Street,
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Northeast Recycling.
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Smell with natural gas.
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We could get out on the roadside at North Cross Rodman.
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See if you smell it over there.
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They've got that on both sides of Washington Street, a little stronger on the both-pound side.
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In between Palma, Miami.
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We're just trying to see where there's a trick from.
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Yeah,
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Roger.
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Pops up to 315.
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Pressur 15.
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I know in the past a handful years ago at PANLAM,
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when they made their product like certain times of the day or night or whatever.
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They have a release of air from their system and it would smell like Matthew Gas.
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Any chance you could call PANLAM and see what's going on.
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They just had a let,
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what they call a letdown.
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Dead form? Oh, good one.
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Location mentioned:
Near Washington St N, Auburn, ME 04210
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