Gas leak prompts Route 30 shutdown in Hampstead, Hampstead MD


Emergency units responded to a gas leak near Evergreen Dr in Hampstead, MD. Route 30 was closed in both directions, causing traffic disruptions. Police coordinated to block traffic north and south of the incident. Emergency vehicles staged near Maine and Farmwood to manage the situation and maintain safety.
Audio|Source: Carroll County Fire and EMS - Digital
02:13
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead and see if we can get Sheriff's Department or the county to shut down 30. We got traffic both ways.
00:08
Yeah, 43 shut it down down there. Commandant, Carol.
00:11
I need you have police hanging, Steve. We'll go north and south of the incident, please.
00:15
Oh, okay.
00:18
Come in, just confirm and you want the command post set up whenever green drive? Yes,
00:23
sir, we go back there a little bit, we'll be out of the, uh, we'll meet the criteria.
00:29
Copy.
00:32
21, can you, um, establish the WIC company for now,
00:36
since the tower is going to do the investigation, the leak.
00:41
Repeat.
00:46
Carol, you copy, 21 to be the recruit. They're going to stay with the apparatus.
00:51
Carol, you know,
01:00
stuff in progress, sheriff's area 9, (number withheld) Ashgrove Court, off Pine Ridge Parkway.
01:06
Units responding switch to sheriff's May, 841.
01:10
491.
01:11
Commandant Carol, the 1526, the original Colvin building.
01:14
There's zero reading, zero odors in the whole three units in that building.
01:20
Cross-track, Command.
01:25
21, Command.
01:27
Be advised I've told we care best at 1430 to shelter in place.
01:33
Thank you.
01:41
I agree to ride. We're going to be staging and shutting traffic down at Maine and farmwood.
01:50
Okay man, I'm not sure if you got traffic shut down there, but we got a lot of cars coming our way.
01:55
And I do have some roadwork signs now, so I'm not sure if they're taking anywhere along here.
02:01
Okay, you're the South High Town. No, you said.
02:07
I'm going to be north trying to shut traffic down, but I still have a lot of vehicles coming my way. I thought if you got to shut down northbound.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.