Fire crews investigate gas odor at Portland shopping center, Portland OR
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a report of a possible gas leak or furnace issue at a single-story PetSmart in a large commercial strip mall in Portland. Command was established at the front door (alpha side). Crews investigated the building and surrounding gas meters but found no hazardous gas levels. A slight mercaptan odor was detected near a gas unit, likely from a furnace, causing concern. Adjacent SNAP Fitness was evacuated as a precaution during the investigation. All gas meters were checked, and some were shut off. No gas leak was confirmed, and the situation was monitored until deemed safe.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
06:17
Transcript:
00:00
Heater and AC units, this is for Engine 71, Engine 72, Engine 73, Engine 31, Truck 71, and C7, we're on out 6.
00:12
C7's arrived at a single-story, ordinary constructed PetSmart, part of a large commercial strip mall.
00:18
C-7 is going to assume command.
00:20
Command's going to be located on the alpha side of the building, which is the front door.
00:24
And we're going to be investigating.
00:28
C-7 copy arrived at a single-story ordinary construction Petsmart in a large commercial strip mall.
00:34
You have command, command is alpha-side at the front door.
00:37
Investigating.
00:39
Key 7th1 from engine 71 engine 71 and engine 72 let's have one of you guys staged on a hydrant and engine 72 go in for investigation on site.
00:57
Copies hydrants are actually yep we got a hydrant in front of the Ross unless you'd like me go around back and check the meter.
01:07
If I can go around and stand by on the meter, it'd be good too.
01:12
Copy something.
01:16
6-7-2 is sitting right out of hydrant here, and truck 7-1's arrived.
01:22
Command copies.
01:24
Trucks 71, I'm going to give you evacuation.
01:29
Trucks 7-1 copy, evacuation.
01:36
Again from 8-1 looks like the SNAP fitness is open 24-7 and there might be people inside when we drove by.
01:45
I copy, thanks.
01:51
Truck 8, Medic 1302, Priority 2 Delta Chesa, 2022 North East Blue Heron Drive.
01:57
Talking on Ops 1.
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Truck 8, Medic 1302, Priority 2 Delta Chespain, 2022 Northeast Blue Heron Drive.
02:04
Talk of his ops 1, stand by for time now.
02:11
1307, priority four alpha-sainting, St.
02:13
John's courtyard condos, near North New York Avenue.
02:17
Dr. 1501,
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Friday 4, Alpha, Fainting,
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St. John's, courtyard, condos,
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near North New York Avenue.
02:27
Talk-up's Alps 1 at 722.
02:33
Two from E. 71.
02:37
There's command, go ahead.
02:41
All the gas meters from the back here seem to be a normal operation with will free close on any of them.
02:51
I copy. In inj 72 from command.
03:01
Can you let me know if you've got any readings there?
03:08
Clearly, we don't have any readings.
03:09
It smells like possibly the furnace you're kicked on.
03:14
I copy, so no smell of them or captain so far.
03:19
Negative, no smell them or captain?
03:25
I think 310, unseen.
03:29
310 on scene, 724.
03:35
I'm trying to implement in September 1.
03:38
Yes, command, go ahead.
03:41
Then an additional gas unit that seems to be in free flow, probably contact North West Natural and we have a slight mercaptan back here.
03:53
Copy and dispatch from Command, go ahead and start meeting Northwest Natural.
03:57
Just hatch copies.
04:01
Agent 73's arrived.
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Andrew 73 from Command.
04:07
I'm going to give you evacuation of SNAP Fitness.
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Ingen 73 copy evacuation SNAP Fitness.
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Agent 73 copy evacuation SNAP Fitness.
04:18
After truck 71.
04:21
This command, go ahead.
04:25
Yeah, just no smell more captain, just dusty furnace.
04:28
We are standing right below a gas furnace.
04:31
It's on a loading dock.
04:33
No smell here though.
04:35
And it's a normal outbreak.
04:40
Engine 71 from command, can you isolate the gas flow that's back there?
04:50
If we have command 71 that's permanent, we will shut off gas to the meter that's flowing.
05:00
Dr. Seventy-1 from command.
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Dr. Sevent one, go ahead.
05:07
Yeah.
05:08
Is the Bravo exposure open where you can get in to any one of the Bravo exposures?
05:17
I'm not sure, but we can check.
05:23
NH31, we're on a hydrant just to go ahead of the south.
05:29
Yeah, I copy.
05:30
Stand by on the Hydrant.
05:36
Engine 71 from command.
05:43
Man, N7-1's,000 meters are both shut off.
05:50
I copy and is that the location you were you were smelling that smell?
06:01
72 from command?
06:07
72.
06:08
71 is located in the far Bravo Charlie Corner is where they had located that smell.
06:15
Can you just assure there's no...
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Location mentioned:
Near SE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR 97086
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