Gas leak detected in kitchen near Geneva St courthouse, Ithaca NY
Fire & ArsonFire and EMS crews responded to a strong gas odor and dangerous gas levels in the kitchen of a building near the Geneva Street courthouse. They shut off the stove's gas supply and ventilated the area to reduce the gas concentration.
Audio|Source: Tompkins County Fire/EMS
02:53
Transcript:
00:00
There's an odor of gas in the kitchen.
00:02
It's pretty much isolated to the kitchen area.
00:05
We're investigating the stove, see if the burner was left on.
00:13
How are you making out?
00:20
We're reading at like 400 parts per million.
00:23
It's isolated to the kitchen,
00:25
but we don't see any burners that are on.
00:32
Make sure all the pilots are lit,
00:35
and make sure just one of the burners is not on and not working.
00:44
We shut the gas off to the stove.
00:50
Copy. Are the numbers going down if you did that?
00:58
Yeah, it's still going down slowly, but we're still about 400.
01:02
You want to try to ventilate?
01:06
Yeah, let's ventilate, see what happens there, and we'll give another reading.
01:13
Copy.
01:19
If the Baptist Church command,
01:24
Lieutenant Fulton, do you want to join your crew and help them out in there?
01:29
Yep.
01:33
I'll take it from out here.
01:40
Three, if you want to come into the parking, driving area behind the courthouse, that's where we're operating.
01:49
I already jammed myself up.
01:52
I'll hang back here.
01:58
Clear to back, force. Keep it coming.
02:07
Shoemaker from command, you're working in a extra building between the courthouse and the kitchen in the correct?
02:16
That is correct.
02:19
Thank you, sir.
02:25
Jason from Shoemaker.
02:30
Clark. Are you still by Engine 1? If so, can you grab the electric fan? We'll try to speed up this process.
02:43
The truck crew, please make that betpan happen for him, if you would.
02:48
I'm ready here, truck rocket it.
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Location mentioned:
S Geneva St, Ithaca, NY 14850
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