Gas line hit causing leak at two-story townhome, Aurora CO
Fire & ArsonMaintenance workers accidentally hit a gas line while working near Guanacci Way, causing an active gas leak at a two-story townhome. Fire crews are on scene trying to mitigate the leak. Energy company Excel is responding with a delayed arrival time due to other calls. Mutual aid may be requested if needed. The gas leak is being evaluated and slow to fix because of obstacles like tree roots.
Audio|Source: Aurora Fire
06:53
Transcript:
00:00
You're going to have Engine 8 and Ladder 8 going with you. The advice, it did recommend the HAFMAT as well, but they're on a totally different call on TAC 3 right now, and they're going to advise on whether they can head out this way or we need to get mutual aid. This is going to be for the gas line that was hit. It's unclear at this time if this was a boring or trenching operation.
00:25
Okay, copy. And with the outside line, do we contact Excel?
00:31
We'll be calling them shortly here.
00:33
The other ones?
00:39
Medic 107, we were given 201, 201. 201.
00:48
Just on right.
00:50
Go ahead.
00:57
Yes, so the other dispatcher is on the phone with him now. I don't have an ETA yet, but she's in a sign.
01:04
Okay, thanks.
01:06
You're welcome.
01:11
I'll be here.
01:27
We respond routine on the near painting at near Guanacci Way put up on your message to me
01:40
Copy for my routine Okay for the routine Okay for the routine
01:50
Three is responding
01:56
This special item is on scene of a two-story townhome.
02:00
We've got maintenance workers on scene. We do have an active gas leak.
02:04
You can show me as Revere command.
02:11
Home with maintenance on scene in an active gas leak, investigating 1657.
02:19
There's best for a note.
02:25
Yeah, back to me over there. Yeah, thanks.
02:31
Cool.
02:36
Back to me in.
02:38
Come in. Come in, God.
02:42
It's currently working on mitigation, although they're slow operations due to roots in a tree. They're currently evaluating some other options.
02:52
Do we have been updated EPA on Excel?
02:59
Luckily,
03:01
we've been checked on an updated ETA, but it has been about 30 minutes since they gave the 30-minute ETA.
03:08
So we'll check with them.
03:10
That I appreciate it.
03:16
Same key.
03:21
Again.
03:23
504, I've got to be an entire dispatch.
03:30
ETA Excel 45 minutes to an hour, because it says that they're tied up on the aspire call to contact 3 and then also have that guys are working.
03:40
over there so it's probably been like that you want mutual aid for us that response
03:49
yeah it's an end updbeta if we're going to need us
03:54
Okay, I'm clear.
03:56
1559.
04:01
Just spawn your command from fire dispatch?
04:04
Go ahead.
04:06
Excel is advising of a 6min ETA for you guys.
04:12
I'll be that, thank you.
04:23
I'll be doing a face-to-face.
04:25
I'm going to tell you five months are you doing a face-to-face-a-17-hundred.
04:33
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04:40
16 copies.
04:44
Okay.
04:50
7. Sorry, good.
04:56
Your command.
04:58
Type 5 is here. Command is 17.020.
05:04
The United Command. In 8, Command.
05:08
Yeah,
05:12
we've got pretty blocked in here. I don't know if you guys can access from or more. It looks like maybe Bethany plays.
05:20
Copy now. We'll go from the north.
05:27
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05:42
Just watching.
05:47
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06:08
copy
06:19
Yeah,
06:25
do you engineer aid to help with checking the residence or do you not to just pull a line?
06:34
I'd like him to get a water supply full line from the north.
06:37
We may be able to pat it just appears to be a small hole in a you know.
06:45
So potentially just a one-inch line, small hole, so we may be able to get it stopped.
06:50
But yeah, we'll meet a lot of fun line over here.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Gun Club Rd, Aurora, CO 80015
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