Contractor strikes residential gas line causing leak, Portland OR
Fire & ArsonA contractor struck a residential gas line at a job site near SE 26th Ave and SE Morrison St in Portland, causing a major gas leak. Multiple fire and rescue units responded, workers evacuated, and the gas company was alerted with an estimated arrival time of 25 minutes.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
03:49
Transcript:
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Engine 9's odor investigation, is this confirmed contractor hit a gas line with gas heard and smell that should be a gas major? That's what we're thinking too, that's what ProQA asked.
00:15
Do you want me to upgrade it for our channel?
00:17
You got it? We'll have it on Office 6.
00:19
Dispatch Engine 9.
00:21
Engine 9. Is this a gas call or a motor investigation?
00:25
This is going to be a major gas incident and we're going to have you on Opt 6 now.
00:28
Dispatcher will be on there shortly.
00:29
Engine 9, copy.
00:30
Dispatch monitoring, OP6 for a gas major.
00:32
In route, additional companies are engine 1, engine 13, truck 1, and C3, respond off channel 6, fire dispatch with a gas major, southeast 26, and Morrison for a job site with a gas line that was hit.
00:45
Engine 9 already en route.
00:46
Additional companies are engine 1, engine 13, truck 1, and C3, respond off 6, it's 1309.
00:52
dispatch from C4.
00:53
Can you add me of that gas major and clear C3? He was aware.
00:56
Got to be that.
00:57
It's a repeat of the gas major.
01:01
Southeast 26 in Morrison Street.
01:02
It's a first party caller at a job site.
01:04
Saying they hit a gas line, they can hear and smell it.
01:06
It's outside and it's a residential line.
01:08
That's for engine 9, engine 1, engine 13, truck 1, and C4.
01:11
Talk of his OP6.
01:12
Copy update and I'm responding from training.
01:14
Can you start the gas company?
01:15
Copy.
01:16
Engine 17, META 3201, 9-Cardiac arrest for CPR[1] on progress at 3400 North Marine Drive, respond to Ops 1.
01:24
Engine 17, met a 321 on a predate 1, 9-ECHO cardiac arrest, CPR[1], CPR on progress,
01:29
at 3400Kardiac arrest, respond to Ops 1 at 13.
01:32
Engine 9's arrived.
01:34
We've got a two-story wood frame duplex.
01:38
We have workers out front.
01:39
Engine 9B is investigating.
01:40
Ingen 9 will have come in.
01:42
And we have a hydrant right behind us if we need it.
01:45
Story wood frame, workers outside teaching investigating aging with command.
01:49
Angie 1's arrived.
01:50
We're staged at a hydrant at 25th at Belmont.
01:52
Pretty-217-Afall at 2919, Southeast 147th Avenue.
01:57
Respond, Ops 1. Engine 31, META 316, Pretty 2, Bravo Fall at 2,9-19-Southeast-1-147th Avenue.
02:04
Respond, Ops 1 at 13th 15.
02:05
Angie 1 copy, we'll bump up to 26 to Belmont and block that street.
02:09
Command from engine 9b, we got a hole in the ground right here on alpha-dell click corner of that structure we do have chasing, we're trying to shut off the gas right now.
02:18
Agent Knight copy, is there any indication that the structure might be involved?
02:23
No, not at this time.
02:24
Engine Night copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
CPR: Cardiac arrest in progress
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Location mentioned:
SE 26th Ave & SE Morrison St, Portland, OR 97214
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