Gas line struck during street work causes leak and evacuation, Portland OR
Fire & ArsonA gas line was accidentally struck during street work near SE 7th Avenue in Portland. This caused a gas leak resulting in evacuation and monitoring by emergency responders. The gas supply has been isolated and residents were notified. Emergency services are managing the situation and waiting for a natural gas company to arrive.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
00:00
Let's go ahead and upgrade this to a gas major.
00:03
P-Bot struck a gas line in the street while taking a hole is exiting to atmosphere.
00:10
But we'll need a cruiser evacuation and monitoring.
00:14
Take that off the channel, please.
00:16
A-Firm, we'll go ahead and give you off-6.
00:22
Just step out of calling out a major gas incident near SE 7th Avenue.
00:28
We're going to be adding Engine 1, Engine 20, Truck 4, and C2 to the call.
00:33
Respond on Off 6, sign away.
00:37
to step out clear in OP6 for the gas major incident near SE 7th Avenue.
00:47
161, police sentencing you code 1 at the Vera Apartments, 2045 South River Parkway, you'll be on Ops 1.
00:53
Medic 1361, police on scene, request, you code 1 for voluntary transport at the Vera Apartments, 2045 Southbrook Parkway on Ops 1,909.
01:09
All responding companies from command.
01:12
What we have is P-Bot struck a half-inch polyline while digging in the street.
01:18
Currently, we've got everything isolated.
01:20
They've already gone to notify all residents by B-teens working on doing that as well.
01:26
We do have a line pulled.
01:42
Do you have confirmation from Off 6 that NW Natural has been notified in route.
01:47
Off 6, do you have an ETA for North as natural this so far?
01:54
Engine 4, negative, we still have an ETA being worked on as we speak.
02:05
Region 4 from Ops 6, ETA is 10 to 15 minutes.
02:17
A engine one from command.
02:20
I'll have you approach from the south.
02:23
There's going to be a hydrant, off of 7th, just north of Franklin, that'll have you take these ones around us, the one that's directly ahead of us is appears to be out of service.
02:36
Engine 1 copies.
02:38
We'll set ourselves up to do that.
02:41
All right, just meet park on the hydrant.
02:43
Don't take the hydrant.
02:46
2-1 copies.
02:47
We'll come from the south, park on that hydrant.
02:51
20, we'll be coming from the south, and that was our plan.
02:54
You want us to take that assignment.
03:00
H-20, that sounds great, thank you.
03:01
You can disregard it to 1.
03:04
2-2-1 copies, disreverting.
03:10
Can you report me from command have you been able to make it into any of these structures in any monitoring?
03:19
Command, I spoke with the resident near 3rd Street.
03:25
He was going in his house, so I've gotten him coming back out.
03:28
I'll take a look in and see if we're getting any readings in next.
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Near SE 7th Ave, Portland, OR 97202
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