Underground gas leak reported near Marietta Avenue and Corporate Boulevard, Lancaster PA
Fire & ArsonFire and emergency units responded to a reported underground gas leak with a strong odor near Marietta Avenue and Corporate Boulevard in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The area was shut down to traffic as crews checked for gas readings and awaited the utility company to address the situation. No gas readings were detected, but the odor was present. The situation was monitored on scene until the utility company took over.
Audio|Source: Lancaster County Fire and EMS - Alpha
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Transcript:
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Danny, Assistant 7.
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Assistant 7.
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You can drive me on the incident.
00:11
I did a face-to-face with 76, Officer.
00:14
I'll have the incident.
00:16
All right, Assistant 7 with the 1325.
00:25
I mean, we came 706, it's been Ralph to LGH.
00:29
McHugh 77, okay.
00:33
Tower 67, I'm listening.
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Staging with Engine 7.
00:38
Tower 67, okay.
00:44
Okay. Command 76, Traffic 80.
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Shut down at near Marietta Avenue and Corporate Boulevard.
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The Marietta Corporate.
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Marietta and Corporate.
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Truck 67 officer from operations.
01:01
Go ahead.
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You send your crew on with your snipper and spray battle if you have one.
01:11
Okay.
01:12
Engine 80 command, we're driving.
01:14
You need a secondary water.
01:19
Affirmative. There should be a secondary water in the area of Corporate.
01:22
Which way are you coming?
01:26
Where's Stony Battery, Marietta?
01:38
76 Fire Police from Commander, are you over and out?
01:45
All right, this is Fire Police, 761.
01:53
761, I see you move down to Corporate.
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We're going to shut Marietta Avenue down entirely, if you can shut it down there.
01:59
I don't have traffic any coming as well.
02:01
Copy that. We got both ends from the red light down to me shut down.
02:05
I think it's up north of the side street.
02:12
Truck 67, if you just want to take the whole road, if you don't mind.
02:21
Engine 70 from command.
02:28
I want you again block off that roadway, no more car run out of that way.
02:32
Truck 67, if you can block off the roadway, let engine pass, they can come down in front of 7-2, but then let's keep this roadway shut down.
02:43
Engine 80 is looking.
02:45
Engine 80, okay.
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Command 76.
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Command 76.
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Be advised, the remainder of the 76 units are not going to get out.
02:59
No need to cover them.
03:01
Command 76, for it.
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Command from operations, office.
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Okay.
03:13
We have zero readings between three meters on the exterior.
03:18
Second lap, to include the basement.
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We'll update you in a minute.
03:25
Okay, copy that, right? Zero reading's going to make way down zero.
03:29
Downing traffic, Gady, you're in route.
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Traffic, okay? You're going to take Marietta and Corporate shutting down Marietta completely.
03:37
Yeah, copy Marietta Avenue and Corporate.
03:44
Command, 76.
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Okay.
03:52
Also, just as you're aware, if I was fire units go, you have squad 69 responding, and then fire police, you have traffic 76 and traffic 80 respondent.
04:04
Okay, 76 fire police are already on the scene with their traffic unit shutting down Marietta Avenue and Stony Battery.
04:10
Copy that and the squad.
04:12
Squad 69, once you're right up will be Corporate, stage of Corporate and Marietta Avenue.
04:18
Also, just to give you an update,
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at this point, they're metering the residents, but we do have evidence of underground line work right over the UGI line.
04:29
There's no readings, however there's a strong odor at that ground area.
04:34
I copy it up.
04:35
Also, you got about six minutes left on your 20 minutes mark.
04:40
Okay.
04:46
County Squad 69 the rider.
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Staging Corporate and Route 23.
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Squad 69 of it.
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Command from squad 69.
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He is on the way out.
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Intersection.
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Okay, TomuG is on the scene.
05:08
If you want to pull up in front of 3360, there looks like a plug to be right there.
05:14
Go ahead and pull up for that.
05:16
Pretty safe, we see it.
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Command from operations.
05:19
Okay.
05:23
Thank you, 862 is available, County.
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Thank you, 862.
05:27
Okay.
05:33
Zero readings to the house, zero readings on the exterior across 3 meters.
05:39
At this point, I'm comfortable with one engine or two, and just wait for UGI.
05:47
Okay, UGI is on the scene, you can do a face-to-face of them, they're walking past my vehicle right now.
05:52
Probably that.
05:54
We'll hold everything until UGI does their thing.
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Location mentioned:
Marietta Ave & Corporate Blvd, West Hempfield Township, PA 17601
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