Strong gas odor near Delta College prompts evacuation, Mountain House CA
Other Non-Crime EventA strong gas odor was detected near Delta College and Mountain House. Costa Elementary was evacuated as a precaution. PG&E suspects the smell came from a sewage line connection at a construction site, but this is not confirmed. Police are managing traffic and investigating the source.
Audio|Source: San Joaquin County Sheriff Dispatch
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Transcript:
00:00
If you get south of the ground line, you could start smelling the gas.
00:03
We're just trying to figure out where exactly it's coming.
00:09
Action device, that they can run out of the area.
00:18
Does Mountain House need any additional units for traffic control?
00:26
Right now we're trying to pinpoint where exactly that's coming from.
00:30
It's a big area where we smell the gas, so we're 902.
00:34
So we're 9-020.
00:38
It's a couple.
00:39
Okay.
00:40
Equipment is under?
00:46
Copy. The smell is mostly around Delta College if they wanted an I-40 post there.
00:53
Super.
00:55
It's going to pick a CP and that way a resource can respond to you.
01:08
Roundabout at the entrance to Mountain, uh, er, and it's to Delta.
01:16
Right, if we can do that.
01:22
I'm doing that way.
01:25
Okay.
01:28
Anyone, do they need more U-South front-time?
01:35
Mary 21.
01:40
Hi.
01:43
Edward, I just be advised.
01:45
Costa Elementary has been evacuated.
01:48
It sounds like the principal actually has already spoke to PG&E.
01:52
PG&E has already responded out here and apparently the construction site has been tying in the sewage line, so they're saying that it's just sewage, not gas, but I haven't confirmed that yet.
02:11
Edward Capp in here before.
02:17
To report to the Mountain House units, can we figure out what the status of the colleges, whether they're in session, whether they have people there?
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Location mentioned:
Near Gobind Blvd, Mountain House, CA 95391
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