Gas leak causes road closure and evacuation on Walkers Brook Dr, Reading MA
Road ClosureA major gas leak was detected on Walkers Brook Drive, Reading, leading to an emergency closure of the road and evacuation of traffic to keep people safe. The utility company was called to handle the leak, and police coordinated to block traffic and assist with the situation.
Audio|Source: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
06:25
Transcript:
00:00
Sarged, F-D is want to take both lanes going towards the center of town and keep all the traffic off of this gas line for right now, because they're getting 100% readings.
00:11
I don't know if you want to send another police unit down here.
00:14
We're relocating the RML detail out of the way.
00:22
Right. I'm going to send somebody down and then I'm just going to fill two details if they're getting reading.
00:27
The National Grid team will be coming out.
00:29
Correct.
00:37
Correct. National Grid is 100% coming out.
00:41
Right.
00:47
6-1 are you headed to walkiesburg right i can head down there
00:56
thanks sir
01:00
one oh seven is out of walkiesburg copy that one oh seven seven is a corn nozzle for mention four
01:14
Thank you, Pornado.
01:15
Go ahead.
01:19
How you make it out over there?
01:25
Portuguese is closed.
01:27
Everything else is clear.
01:30
All Rishi, thank you.
01:31
You make your way back over here.
01:40
I'll think we're going to walk with this.
01:41
80 are ready?
01:44
Answering 80.
01:47
You see if the DPW will bring out probably 50 cones.
01:52
We need to split Walker's Brook Drive traffic going either direction.
01:57
Right, calling them now.
02:04
887.
02:07
Good.
02:08
Hey, for the FDA, we got a shot Walker's Brook Drive down the whole thing.
02:14
Thank you. Thank you.
02:21
80 to running.
02:25
80.
02:27
We see if Wakefield can assist, shut down Walker's Brook at the town line there.
02:34
So nothing comes into town.
02:37
Roger that, we'll call them now.
02:44
870.
02:46
Go ahead.
02:48
Right now I've got 8.9 coming in for the detail.
02:51
I'm going to try hiring one more and then I'll head out there as well.
02:55
Received. 6-1.
02:57
Can you go back, send them down John Street?
03:02
Richard.
03:11
8-7, can you make an announcement in the building? We need probably every specialist we have to come out.
03:17
There are thousands of cars down here.
03:19
We need to keep off this road.
03:22
We're doing it now.
03:24
MSP has been notified, too.
03:25
They're going to close down the reps.
03:29
Reed. ...mendee to 8-7 and 80.
03:32
I can handle that.
03:33
I'll get everybody out.
03:34
Just let me know where you need them.
03:37
Jeff, we're just going to need as many police years as we can because we have all the businesses exiting on to Walker's Brook that we need to send in the opposite directions, basically.
03:49
Pretty safe, they have that.
03:52
7-2-87.
03:57
You're calling 8-7.
03:59
All right, 7-2, I'm coming up in a second if you want to head out there.
04:04
Thank you.
04:07
9-0s and root from high school.
04:12
Reading at the...
04:14
Reagan to 80.
04:16
80 to Redding.
04:22
If you didn't already cancel the DPW, you can cancel them.
04:25
We're not going to need cones.
04:26
We need police units to close down the road.
04:29
Recy will notify them also just be advised Wakefields on the way to shut down North Ave and state police have been notified they're going to shut down the off ramps.
04:38
Precy. Precinct.
04:45
One hundred things going out.
04:49
Sleep.
04:54
One hundred five, baby.
04:57
Right. I can load the pickup truck with stanchions and A-frames and needed it.
05:05
That won't hurt.
05:06
That won't hurt. Bring them down.
05:12
That's 6180.
05:15
Okay.
05:20
Right, for DPW, do you want me to let them go into their garage, but just advise each one that they won't be coming back out or turn them around also?
05:30
DPW can go in the garage.
05:31
Basically, they can go down New Crossing.
05:33
That's not a problem.
05:34
But anybody coming out of New Crossing or out of the businesses up across the street are going to have to go the other way towards the center of towns.
05:42
We see.
05:45
80 to running in all the units, just so we're all aware, the shutdown is basically going to be from a new crossing to the main entrance up to Jordan's furniture and Home Depot there.
05:59
Reading is.
06:01
Copy that.
06:13
Right, let me know where you are and I'll come meet you and we can start a comment post and get this, make sure we get everything covered.
06:22
Right, I just handed everything over to 7-2.
06:24
I'll move in the station a minute.
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Walkers Brook Dr, Reading, MA
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