Carbon monoxide detector activated due to furnace gas leak, Ellicott City MD
Fire & ArsonA carbon monoxide detector was activated near Rossini Ln. Emergency responders found a gas leak from a burner jet on the furnace. Power and gas were shut off to secure the area. Further inspection showed the leak was at a burner connected to two jets. Follow-up with a plumber is planned.
Audio|Source: Howard County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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3-1 respond near Rossini Ln, CO detector activation alpha 2, 1743.
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Found the source.
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We're going to be securing it now.
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We don't have a really good unit identifier up here.
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The largest unit on the roof, we're kind of in the center of that occupancy.
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It looks like we have a leaky jet on the furnace.
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Okay, I understood.
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Power and gas have been secured.
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All right, is the leak on the piping itself or in the furnace?
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So it has two lines that come in.
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They both go to two separate jets for the furnace,
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and it's the jet on the left.
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It kind of branches off into about eight burners,
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and it's the burner all the way on the right that's leaking.
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All right, I'll have the sweet eye to see follow up with the plumber.
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Location mentioned:
Near Rossini Ln, Ellicott City, MD 21042
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