Gas leak investigated near CSX railroad, no hazard found, Pinellas County FL
Fire & ArsonEmergency units responded to a reported gas leak near the CSX railroad tracks. They inspected buildings nearby and confirmed no hazardous gas levels were present. The source of smoke was identified as an overheating air handling unit. No fire or other hazards were found, and the situation was resolved safely without escalation.
Audio|Source: Pinellas County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
District 699 command.
00:04
Standby on letting anybody back in the buildings at this time.
00:07
I'll advise face-to-face.
00:11
I'm back on Division 2 with 5 acres.
00:18
That was a slight odor, but I'm not sure if it's gas or sewer in the bathroom here.
00:26
Copy that. I love you heard.
00:28
We do have a confirmed location of a gas leak over by the CSX railroad tracks.
00:36
Copy, yeah, I'm going to just double-check this drain that's inside the bathroom and just want to confirm it's not from that situation.
00:46
The phone command.
00:52
Start track.
00:55
Do you have Evac in progress here in this main building at PW and we are walking the building currently with our monitor and not getting any pick-up on the LEL.
01:09
Okay, so clean LEL readings on the Public Works building.
01:17
That's affirmative.
01:23
Rescue 1, Fall, Sprint,
01:25
Retirement, 4-1, 1717-1-1-6-5-1-6-5-1-A, Redis-1, Priority, Type 1.
01:36
Go ahead.
01:45
Go ahead.
01:48
I'm going to be sending you Rescue 47 to assist with my QA.
01:54
Question 412 Command[1]er.
02:00
Go ahead.
02:03
Did I have one more company sent up to my location to assist with traffic control within the parking lounge?
02:16
Command[1] to Engine 31.
02:19
Engine 31.
02:22
You might walk up assisting engine 41 with some traffic control around the area.
02:31
You want to pull the engine up there to knock it?
02:38
I think we have it blocked from in and out traffic, but there are people that might be trying to leave and we want to kind of caround.
02:47
Understood.
02:49
Truck 401, command.
02:53
Go ahead, truck.
02:56
You've walked this entire building and got all zeros on LEL.
03:00
Are you comfortable with a shelter in place?
03:06
Yeah, if it's zero LEL, we have shelter in place.
03:11
I copy that.
03:17
I'm going to dispatch LF2 at safety.
03:21
Understood LF2 to safety.
03:28
Ski 48?
03:33
Yes, ma'am. Do we have an apartment number for this or anything?
03:38
Advising Unit 18?
03:43
18, thank you.
03:49
Do you want to send the high tool back in as well or don't?
03:56
All thirty-one, could you step out and do a phase-a-face thing?
04:10
The effect.
04:12
Command[1].
04:16
We can isolate the source of the smoke to an air handle unit, potential overheating.
04:23
There's no smoke, no flames, no fire problem.
04:25
You go ahead and terminate command,
04:28
and all units will go available at their discretion.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Command: Unit or post responsible for directing and overseeing operations at an incident or event.
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Csx Railroad, Florida
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