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Gas leak prompts strip mall evacuation 

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Near Ivy Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Dispatch audio about a gas leak at a strip mall on Ivy Road. Crews report a strong odor, evacuated the entire shopping center and nearby businesses, requested a bus for evacuees, are monitoring air quality, and plan to switch to defensive operations once people are clear. Utilities will secure the leak.
Audio|Source: Albemarle County Fire and Rescue
06:34

Transcript:
Okay, yep. We still have a shutdown for you. Are you getting any LEL as you walk in on your meter? That's the negative one of the readings, however, it is the strong order of a captain in the area. But I'm confident with the cruise on scene now and try to contain it down. But with our readings right now, we can just maintain what we got. No need to upgrade. Okay, and I did copy the entire strip mall has been evacuated, correct? That's the firm. That's what we're from the city workers. Agent's crew now is more business for business to make sure everybody's evacuated. Because I did see one business owner running the side. We're trying to stop her now. But I don't need nobody else who will see. Okay. It looks like foods of all nation is also in the 3.30 zone. So what do you evacuate that as well? I agree with that said. If we can get a crew to go to that business and start evacuating that structure, that'll be good. Okay. I'm going to go ahead and it's in front of you. Thank you for now. Good. (name withheld) at 404 is a lot. It's easy. 404 2048. Thank you for (name withheld). Good for truck. And crew two, how you walk in with meter air packs. and evacuate foodball mission. Direct crew of two to evacuate foodball. ...acute ECC. I'll be assuming command. We're going to remain offensive until we can evacuate the structures and then we will go defensive and you can hold this on them. Understood. Okay, for him. Enter engine 10. Problem. Where are you sending the evacuees to? As a bit of this moment, sent to the parking like their vehicles, as long as they're now on the Charlie side, working with city maintenance now, utility to evacuate. I think the building that caused a gas leak, I can't see the number of the structure. all the social of the business address was the top design business industry more i don't know what the number is though okay all right to stay out of the 3 30 let's uh whoever you're sending it let's send them to engine 10 if they're on that side they're on the industry side to the walk through the incident let's send them to truck nine how they've actually go to those locations and stand by Once you let us notify me, everybody evacuated, when I switch to a defense strategy. I come to ambulance sticks with the page. Okay. I'm just doing towards engine 10. They can stage with me. I end the parking lot at University Shopping Center. Okay. Company is direct on that. Stage with a tiny one. FI.B.C. City, (name withheld). Command 2, Engine 10, brother. Go ahead. The structure that's in front of a strip mall between the strip mall and Ivy, we need that evacuated as well. It confirmed in 2123 Ivy Road. That's right. The record of the traffic, I'm just there. We know if we need any further resources to help with that evacuation. Command, (name withheld), the end of time, brother. Go ahead, come in. The city gas to indicate that this is going to be an extensive operation to secure the leak, just trying to think about places with the evacuities if we need buses or not. How would advise you get a bus? The way they got people to turn it right now, it's going to be an extended operation. I was against getting these one bus to this location, sir. And after we evacuating everybody, engine Ted's cruise and go around South Charlie and monster the progress of the utilities. Okay, I copy requesting the bus. So once everybody's evacuated, we're going to go defensive and go to 33 feet back. Okay. Understood. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay, we'll go. Can you identify a location that you're in for some of this best city transit to with a bus, housing vacuuming? The parking lot here at University Shopping Center, closest to engine 10, there's some open space there that they can respond to. I'm correct, Battalion. Ten Bravo, go ahead. I'm going to start following the people in the parking lot here to BC One's location, so when the bus calls it, you know, the bus in that location, or whatever you see, you force the beach. Yeah, it sounds good. Community Battalion, um, give you a responsibility and giving a bus this past your location. Good. Both 2125 and 2123 has been evacuated. Agent 10's crew is going to relocate the side charge and monitor the progress and then report back to Agent 10 in the city's moment. Yeah, if everybody's evacuated, I would like for you to get back out of the hazard zone now. We'll let City Gas do their work.

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Near Ivy Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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