Welding tool explosion injures one at residence on Oakwood, Portage IN


An explosion caused by a welding tool occurred at a residence near Oakwood Street, causing structural damage and injuring one male who suffered a laceration to his eyebrow.
Audio|Source: Porter County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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And 2710, Priority 1, Explosion, Single Residence, near Oakwood St and Bugye Avenue, assigned to Portage Fireground.
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Time on 1640.
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Okay.
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And your messages see you won't be disregarding us.
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Clear 1641.
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SETA's information.
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We do have structural damage here.
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Clear.
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I believe that the address is going to be near Oakwood Street.
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We have fire in EMS en route by the mail as welding.
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The welding tool exploded.
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Confirmed one injury, no fire or gas at the time.
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Sound four, is it? near Oakwood?
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Near Oakwood.
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Not for a problem.
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Bothera go to 10.
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Signs on scene.
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I'm on scene, there's no problem.
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Male does have a laceration to his eyebrow left side of his face.
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There, male has a laceration to eyebrow left side of his face.
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Well, male has laceration to eyebrow, left side of the face.
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Okay.
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Near Oakwood.
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Clear. Near Oakwood.
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We're going to be on seeing.
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We've got one male down.
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Here's a 55-gapron exploded.
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We're down up here.
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Clear one man down appears fish five gun exploded.
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Location mentioned:
Near Oakwood St, Portage, IN 46368
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