Gas leak after service line hit during basement refrigerator move, Chicago IL
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a gas leak caused by accidental damage to a service line during refrigerator moving in a basement. Residents were evacuated and hazmat team is arriving to handle the situation.
Audio|Source: Chicago Fire - Digital
03:56
Transcript:
00:00
Thank you. You can hold the info. Claire, the staging area is at Harlem and Wrightwood. True hit a one inch low pressure service line. I'm in the sidewalk here. I'm filing with 43 and truck 35 here. You can hold this squad.
00:29
and 512. 43 is dropping the line now, and truck is set in a meter. Receive battalion 17, squad 1 and 512 return. Squad 1, 512 being held to return. 512 is returned. 512 is returned.
00:54
And 512, I'm going to send you over to Montclair now, near Mont Clare Ave for that level one[1]. 512, can you update my MTC? Should be coming over right now. 511 return, 511 return.
01:24
Italian 17, we're still working on that ETA. 127, Eagle, where you can hold the ambulance. 127, we'll hold 58. 127, Angeloid, Corruption, keep the ambulance coming in, please.
01:48
127, we'll return the ambulance to tell them to continue in. Battalion 17, Battalion 17. Go from Battalion 17, Office. Battalion 17, people's gas was given an ETA, a 40 minutes, 40 minutes for focus. Message received, 40 minutes for focus.
02:15
We also got people's staff on for yours. They also gave you a 40-minute ETA. All right, message received. It might not be natural gas. It could be coming from a leaking refrigerator in a basement. We're getting readings on our 68th for hydrogen sulfide.
02:41
That's how you need to me. All the residents are out. Like I say, they were moving a refrigerator in the basement, hit the line, started smelling something, got out immediately. My first company ran out there, they went in the basement, got hit with his drug smell. As soon as they opened the door, they backed out, masked up, went in, made sure there was no immediate threat to life.
03:10
and called for the level one[1]. We're outside waiting for a hazmat right now. The time, your math is received. Engine one of them, you got an E.T.A.M.R. Nogne 2.892, Ingle.
Police codes explained
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[1]
level one: Hazardous materials response activation
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Location mentioned:
Near N Mont Clare Ave, Chicago, IL 60707
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