Low-level gas detected in commercial building, evacuation underway, Durham NC
Fire & ArsonFire crew responded to a commercial building near Main Street and Morris Street in Durham, detecting low levels of gas on multiple floors. They began evacuations and worked to locate roof access and shut off the gas supply to ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
07:30
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 2, can you handle that?
00:08
The business under Engine 3's location.
00:24
A man from Light of 3.
00:29
Yeah.
00:33
We're on scene.
00:34
We're blocking just between Engine 3 and Market Street.
00:43
Simple.
00:54
Man from lighter three, we're also coming to our meters and preparing to come on up there.
01:01
I'm assuming you're going to want some evacuation either side.
01:07
Yeah, go ahead and get your meters and come up here.
01:09
I'm going to pull around and block Main Street on the other side of Morris over there.
01:28
Rescue Useop Channel 7.
01:38
Communication from Rescue One.
01:42
Hey, I'm just getting a medic in route.
01:45
It should be a medic 6.
01:46
I'll just dispatch in a minute.
01:50
Copy. We're coming from the training grounds.
01:53
Let's see if you could get 51 or 52 from downtown to respond.
01:57
Face off the notes.
02:02
Okay.
02:08
Okay. Coming information, too?
02:12
Yeah.
02:14
The ground floor basis is closed.
02:19
Copy.
02:30
Man, engine two advised, they had no readings on 4-1.
02:38
I believe it's going to be the H-Pake unit, but I've got to get to the roof it looks like to find that.
02:58
The man from Lightover, you want to leave a position?
03:03
No,
03:06
just hold it right there.
03:20
Engine 3 driver from command.
03:22
If y'all can, when this bus gets out of the way, pull your truck up and just walk Chapel Hill Street so we don't have that stream of traffic going in front of building.
03:34
Ladder 3 from Engine 3.
03:36
I'm looking for roof access right now, but I can't find it in these two stairwells.
03:40
We might have to get up on the outside somehow.
03:54
All right, Ladder 3 is popping their meters.
03:57
We're going to prepare to help with evacuation.
04:00
If there's another ladder truck coming, they can take the numbers, command.
04:09
In the 3, do you have any change in your readings on floor 2?
04:15
No, on floor 3, which is where we're getting the most, we're getting 1% LEL.
04:26
Okay, copy it up.
04:35
You want to get in getting Ladder 3 around to the rear and see if we can just shut the gas off at a meter or do you want to try to isolate it to the unit?
04:45
I mean, I'm fine shutting it off to the whole building, if that's what you want to do.
04:48
But we can try just isolating it to the unit if you want to.
04:57
Tangle, do you want him to pull the truck up and set up if you can't get access to the roof?
05:06
Sam, go on, and I think I found a hatch.
05:21
Copy, yeah.
05:22
If you can go ahead and just have a supervisor out here.
05:32
I found roof exit.
05:37
Command Cod.
05:41
All right, table.
05:54
All right, table.
06:13
I'm located.
06:15
I'll show them to get there right here.
06:19
It's all the work for there for.
06:23
Hey,
06:28
your traffic work out.
06:31
Negative on the basement.
06:33
Also, I'm not allowed to be enabled upon a gas service.
06:54
You want to check that business on the Bravo side,
06:58
see if they got any readings over there.
07:06
Command from engine 2.
07:22
The building directly on the Broadway side is a private residence, and I spoke with him.
07:27
He has no smell of any other gas.
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Location mentioned:
Morris St, Durham, NC 27701
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