Gasoline fumes detected in apartment building hallway, Fort Wayne IN
Fire & ArsonFire and rescue units responded to a report of gasoline fumes inside an apartment building near Park Place Drive. Investigation found a strong smell of gas in the first-floor hallway, likely from maintenance staff pushing lawn mowers through the building. No fire or hazard was confirmed, and evacuation was not required.
Audio|Source: Allen County Fire
05:37
Transcript:
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Communications, medic 1.95.
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Medic 195.
00:06
We're out in the area, we're on scene at near Park Place Drive.
00:10
No evacuation, nothing visible.
00:12
One 95, I'll take command so we get an off-channel.
00:15
You can have ops tools.
00:19
County Mad Car 145, can put me on scene.
00:23
Clear on scene.
00:32
Ninja191 from command on Office 12.
00:36
One ninety one from command on Office 12.
00:37
One ninety one.
00:48
Stop that Park Place Drive and Cherrywood Drive.
00:51
That's the only gazebo I see in the area.
00:53
We're still down here by the apartments investigating further.
00:56
Uh,
01:00
we're clear.
01:10
Communications from Command Option 12.
01:13
Command, Go ahead.
01:16
Is your CP at the apartment's near parkway drive?
01:27
Sounds like affirmative.
01:28
She was refusing to evacuate there.
01:33
If you have a minute, can you try and get her back on the phone to come out and talk to us, please, off front?
01:40
Affirmative.
01:49
Communication is a different one I do want to show it on 50 minutes.
01:59
Ninja 118, you have a lot of impact noise, see you're on scene.
02:20
Engine 191 from communications.
02:33
191. She's advising inside the building, not by a good...
02:37
Yeah, I was going to let you know what, 195 is saying on Upps 12.
02:40
The CP said that you smell it inside the building of the dispatched address, not outside.
02:48
What I do works clear.
02:53
One 91 driver from Command Office 12.
03:05
Command, Chief.
03:11
I'm on Team. I'll go ahead and assume command.
03:12
Go ahead and assume command.
03:13
Go ahead and give me a can report.
03:17
Right now, 191's crew went at the crew of 3 to investigate the first floor.
03:22
Chief, if you're selling your Tahoe, can you just do another 360 for us, see if you can't locate the gas meter and gas shutoff real quick, please?
03:30
That's for him.
03:31
I'm just passing 4411 right now.
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Command, 195A.
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195A, go.
03:59
Just spoke with maintenance, desidavising, they pushed their lawn mowers through the building.
04:03
Myself and 195, we are going to go inside and just verify that's what it was.
04:09
That's the first.
04:10
Okay, I'm clear.
04:12
I want to have DC91 slow it down if we're probably not going to use this meter.
04:18
Your click.
04:25
DC-91 from Fire 91 on Oswald, Overdue Monterrey.
04:32
I am. I'm going to continue that way quiet.
04:37
Okay, yeah, that's what I was going to advise.
04:47
Come here one night, right there.
04:51
Go ahead.
04:55
Definitely more gas and fumes that were smelling in the first floor hallway.
05:02
You were slightly broken there in garbled.
05:04
Do you say definitely a gasoline smell? Is that what you're smelling?
05:10
It smells like lawnmower in the first floor.
05:17
Clear on lawnmower, smell on the first floor.
05:22
And if you're with maintenance, ask them about where this gas valve might be because I'm making a second trip around and I still can't find it.
05:31
Clear, I'll try and locate him.
05:32
I'm not too sure where he took off to.
05:36
Okay, I'm clear.
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Location mentioned:
Near Park Place Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46845
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