Gas line rupture causes evacuation near Edison Street, Dubuque IA
Fire & ArsonFire and emergency units responded to a natural gas line rupture near Edison Street caused by an excavator striking the line. The incident caused a gas leak that was visible and audible. Nearby houses, including one near Edison Street, were evacuated as a safety precaution. Fire personnel blocked the area and monitored the scene while investigations continued.
Audio|Source: Dubuque County Fire, Dubuque City Fire and EMS
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Battalion 1, Engine 3, and Engine 6, outside ask legal gas order code 3, near Edison Street, between Staff of Stratt and Rockhouser Street.
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Time on from this section.
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This is Battalion 1.
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Go ahead.
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Battalion 1, Engine 3, Engine 6.
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Responding to near Edison Street, excavator hit a gas line can both smell and hear the gas leak.
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Responding Co3.
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So, the chrome gas leak hit near 934.
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Okay.
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Tassade Ambulance, City President Code 4, 701, Germany through North West, a 5-20, National Health Care, Old Shady West, between 6,000 North West and Tateauly next to the 7-00 to the entrance.
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No, Alphoushauser,
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I'm blocked that way.
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Acknowledge page
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Sir
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You want to notify White Hills please okay fire engine 6 on scene we have many instruments in the front yard looks like to be a service in many list hits we'll be investigating
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We'll be in command
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Thank you.
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Yeah.
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One on scene.
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We'll be blocking at Edison and Stafford.
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There is a vehicle going through that also.
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The value one can take command.
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I get here, your initial season.
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We're evacuating the house,
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near Edison Street the house next door.
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It's a surface line in the house been hit.
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The gas come up into the air.
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At this time we'll continue to investigate.
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We're going to pull a headline to the scene.
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Okay, is this the place that had a fire when in the last year?
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and to engine six.
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Go to six.
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I'll give you the designation of operations and can you give us some accountability for the
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excavator if it was a company or any homework?
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Top for them, six of the operations, I'll be investigating here soon.
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We're going to rest.
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Go ahead.
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I'm 1023, Southernall Juan Johnson Street, private vehicle.
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Yeah.
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Just go get a fire round, Joe.
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Okay,
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stand by.
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Give me fire, we're going to take fire around too, please.
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Take our fire ground.
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Region 3 from Command, ground 2.
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We have our Engine 6.
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We have the house evacuated at near Edison Street.
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The contractor is coming your way to speak with you.
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I understand.
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Near Edison Street evacuated contractors can be talked to us.
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Engine 3 from Command 2.
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Go ahead.
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I'm just trying to make sure we have this blocked appropriately.
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Are you in a good spot there? Are we excluding traffic?
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We also have a hiding up here if it's needed.
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I see there's one close to the seam, but I don't know if we want to use that one or not.
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But we do have a hydrant up here at the corner of Edison and Paulson Hauser.
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Okay, it shouldn't be too far away.
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Let's plan on using the further away one.
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Would you assist operations with both monitoring and evacuation if necessary?
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Location mentioned:
Edison St, Dubuque, IA 52001
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