Fire department responds to gas pipe leak at construction site, Aurora CO


Firefighters respond to a fire at a construction site near East 5th Avenue and North Laredo Street. A broken gas pipe was found, causing hazardous conditions. Roads are closed to keep people safe while the situation is handled.
Audio|Source: Aurora Fire
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Transcript:
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Agent 17 is on scene of the open construction area to the south of us, southwest.
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We will be investigating how all units continuance and stage upon arrival.
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We're going to try to block off and close down westbound east.
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This avenue right now with Reagan Cones.
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Investigating loop out of eastbound 5th with Rick.
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Matter 5, you're ready to go ahead and call on that east then,
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east 5th avenue right there?
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If I have copy on to each other,
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Injure 5, you have medical 1.05 with a 79-year-old female conscious and breathing having high blood pressure, 227, over 108, for over two hours.
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Fire squashes is engine 17.
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Yeah, we do have a pipe, probably about two inches in diameter, sticking out of the ground, yellow in color, and it is a...
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The integrity is cut.
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So we will go ahead and close off the area to this location.
00:51
We have a ladder 5 blocking the eastbound traffic and an engine 5 or engine 17 is blocking in the westbound.
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Go ahead and have Excel respond out here.
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We'll get a ladder. The lives are working on this.
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It should be able to close it down.
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Location mentioned:
N Laredo St, Aurora, CO 80011
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