Natural gas leak causes evacuation near Gretna Boulevard, Jefferson Parish LA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a natural gas leak near Gretna Boulevard, Louisiana. The strongest smell and gas levels were near the seventh house from the corner. Nearby homes were evacuated as a safety precaution.
Audio|Source: Metro New Orleans Area Fire Departments
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Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, I heard you're about 5,000 down, which the rest of your now said,
00:04
You want to keep walking further down, because with this wind, I don't know where it's going to come off that, but just walk.
00:14
Keep walking north.
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Let me know what you find out.
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Happy.
00:31
Okay, go ahead.
00:36
You move further past this house and it dropped, so right in this area at 1444 is the highest.
00:44
Most of the odor and the gas is traveling to right there.
00:49
Okay.
00:51
How many houses off the corner is that from Gretna Boulevard?
00:55
House number seven.
01:01
Okay,
01:02
As long as you're picking up readings,
01:05
Whatever you're picking up readings, knock on the door and tell the people they're going to have to get out of the houses for right now because of the gas leak.
01:11
As long as you're picking up readings,
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Heading north, every time you're picking up a reading, go ahead and knock on the door and see if we can get them out.
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Copy.
01:21
File, this is the main service of Central Station.
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1449.
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File on 379 back in station.
01:31
379 in station.
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Engine 25, ladder 7, engine 26, car 505, engine 35, rescue 2.
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High life hazard fire alarm.
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1. Dirac's L Drive.
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Cross Street of.
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Zone 5063.
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Engine 25, ladder 7, engine 26, car 505, engine 35, engine 35, rescue 2.
02:09
Mayn't have a six.
02:12
Go ahead.
02:17
Payboard is evacuated from the middle of the block southbound to Rutgers Boulevard and both sides.
02:23
All here.
02:29
Command 649.
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649.
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649.
02:38
And you're still getting readings to further up north you're moving?
02:45
It's just around that seventh house.
02:47
It goes down as far as when we go north.
02:54
Fine, as long as it doesn't get any stronger, but from there,
02:58
south, back toward Druttona Boulevard, we need to make sure we're evacuated, and I think we are under 6-682.
03:05
That's all right.
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Gretna Blvd, Louisiana
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