Natural gas leak alarm at Lexington Avenue building

Heard on: FDNY - Manhattan Dispatch

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Photo on box 1479 , you just (number withheld) Lexington Avenue, East 125 Street and East 124 Street.

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Con Ed natural gas detector activation.

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Photo on box 1479 , you just (number withheld) Lexington Avenue, east 124 , east 125 street.

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Con Ed natural gas detector activation.

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Attention units, respond to box 1479.

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Respond emergency mode.

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Con Ed reporting a natural gas detector activation at the point of service entry inside the building.

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10% LEL has been detected.

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Engine 65, acting 59.

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This is six five acting.

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Six five emergency mode, kind of natural gas detector.

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Okay. This is six five acting, ten four.

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And I'll add a25 acting four, okay?

7/2/2026 10:22 AM

Fire

Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10035

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units responded to a reported natural gas detector activation inside a building near Lexington Avenue between East 124th Street and East 125th Street in New York. A utility company indicated a detector alarm with about 10% of the lower explosive limit, and crews were sent in emergency mode to investigate.