Natural gas leak prompts evacuation of homes and daycare, Portland OR
Fire & ArsonFire crews and gas company responded to a natural gas leak near Avamere Court in Portland. Several homes and a daycare were evacuated as a safety precaution. The daycare children were planned to be moved to a nearby park for parent pickup. Monitoring and evaluation continued at the scene.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS
05:42
Transcript:
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Full 25 houses right now with gas monitors and I have engine tube going to 64th court out of precaution to evacuate the three houses that brought up to this property.
00:19
See you like (name withheld).
00:26
And it's in six from C1.
00:31
Go ahead.
00:35
Yeah, if you're in the affected residents,
00:38
you guys haven't already, can you bullet charge at a crossway?
00:45
Cover that, we'll be in the match. We'll be in the match.
00:51
Tomorrow 109, Sarcom.
00:58
NJN6 from Paccom confirming Northwest Natural has arrived.
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Parkom can repeat your lap.
01:11
Confirmed that Northwest Natural is arrived.
01:17
Affirmative, we have one here.
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Region 6 from Ingen 2.
01:29
Go ahead.
01:33
Yeah, 1303 is a daycare.
01:38
I am aware.
01:43
Copy. You want us to evaluate as well as that, correct?
01:52
For now, yeah, so we can get a better reading of what's happening over here.
01:56
I got northwest Nashville now.
02:00
Copy.
02:06
Rescue one from AMR 152.
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3 from AMR 152. 3 from AMR.1.2.
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Go ahead, one buddy.
02:22
Andrew 3, you guys can cancel, thank you.
02:24
Thank you.
02:27
H2 copies cancel.
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Engine 6 from C1, C1's Rav, I can establish an 8th command.
02:37
I want to show you working on the exposure at 6824.
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Engine 612.
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And engine 2.
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I showed you working on the exposures at Southeast 64th Court.
03:02
That's from RIS.
03:08
Parking on PI-171 on Office 33.
03:15
Go ahead.
03:18
Can you please add to that natural gas call on Nathan Court and show me arrived? Thanks.
03:23
Copy 1231.
03:30
Engine 2 from Pan.
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Agent 2, go ahead.
03:39
We're doing Northwest Natural on scene.
03:41
We're waiting to get further information from them.
03:44
But then we'll just keep the daycare outside. It should be okay unless you have any needs with the weather.
03:54
One out of the time,
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all the houses are evacuated this time, except for the daycare. We're just working on getting them out.
04:04
They're just going to maybe walk down to the park and have parents pick up the kids there.
04:11
Give me a copy. Do you have any additional needs, resources?
04:16
Negative at this time.
04:23
Thank you very much, ma'am.
04:28
Go ahead.
04:31
How many got problems did you evacuate?
04:37
Five,
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three, four hours of one day. Five, three, four hours, this is one day here.
04:47
Happy, five houses.
04:50
When you get a chance, could you just give me the address numbers?
04:56
Yeah, stay by.
05:02
And engine six from command, if you could do the same number of houses and addresses.
05:12
At (number withheld) Northwest Avamere Court. Cross streets are no street in Northwest West Union Road.
05:24
From two.
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Go ahead, ready when you are.
05:31
Got 1307, 1303,
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1303, 1,300,
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1308,
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and 1304.
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Location mentioned:
Near NW Avamere Ct, Portland, OR 97229
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