Strong gas odor in apartment building, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonRadio traffic shows fire crews responding to a strong gas smell in an apartment on Park Avenue. They report the stove was left on, are checking nearby units for gas spread, and ventilated the apartment. A unit reported a zero parts per million gas reading. Crews held units until ventilation and the gas company could monitor. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
05:3
Transcript:
Battalion 2 is on scene. Stating 2 on scene on Park Avenue near. 31st Street Command from Battalion 3. Good night. Give me an update on what you got. Any parts of me in the CEO, we're still investigating. I'll even have an update here shorter. All right. I'll go ahead and assume command while you investigate. Bring copy. 3 has command. We're in front 15. Any updates on RPD? We're in the rear of the building. Richmond from Park Avenue, command. Park Avenue, go ahead. We have motor gas in the apartment. The occupants says that the stove was left on. We're checking the adjacent apartments to see if the gas migrated. We're going to hold all companies until we conduct that investigation. We're going to ventilate the apartment. Commissioner (name withheld) is investigating other apartments near Park Avenue. Engine 21. Chest, pain. near Green Bay Road, apartment. Engine 21. Chest, pain. near Green Bay Road, apartment. Cross streets or Hopkins Road in Borodale Lane. On Tap Channel 2. Time out, near Park Avenue. NUA at this time. Okay, receive. Just let them know I'm out here doing traffic control, north and southbound on Richmond and RICO. Copy. N-17 will have command. 31st Street, all others on 31st Street may return to service 17, 14 hours. Engine 14. Abdominal pain. near Delaware Avenue. Engine 14. Abdominal pain. near Delaware Avenue. Cross streets are Pollock Street and Milton Street. On-Tack Channel 2. Time out. near Park Avenue. Go ahead. We're going to continue to hold companies just until we get ventilation started. We were unable to make contact with the occupants of the upstairs apartment. We're going to keep DPPU coming. Our gasworks. Just see if they can monitor around the windows. No contact with other residents, ventilating all other companies to hold currently, 17-15 hours. We're from Park Avenue Command. Truck 7's initial gas reading was 0% or 0 parts per million on an air meter. We started ventilation. There was a heavy odor of gas. We're going to give it one more minute and then we're going to start returning coming. Ventilating after heavy odor of gas, 17-18-h-hunterment. Park Avenue Command. Park Avenue. Engine 10, truck seven, the handle. All the units can return service. We can copy the engine 10 and truck seven to handle. All of those return, 21 hours. We're going to release truck 10. We're going to remain unseen and await city gas works. (name withheld), 17 to handle choice. 10 to return, 1722 hours.
Battalion 2 is on scene. Stating 2 on scene on Park Avenue near. 31st Street Command from Battalion 3. Good night. Give me an update on what you got. Any parts of me in the CEO, we're still investigating. I'll even have an update here shorter. All right. I'll go ahead and assume command while you investigate. Bring copy. 3 has command. We're in front 15. Any updates on RPD? We're in the rear of the building. Richmond from Park Avenue, command. Park Avenue, go ahead. We have motor gas in the apartment. The occupants says that the stove was left on. We're checking the adjacent apartments to see if the gas migrated. We're going to hold all companies until we conduct that investigation. We're going to ventilate the apartment. Commissioner (name withheld) is investigating other apartments near Park Avenue. Engine 21. Chest, pain. near Green Bay Road, apartment. Engine 21. Chest, pain. near Green Bay Road, apartment. Cross streets or Hopkins Road in Borodale Lane. On Tap Channel 2. Time out, near Park Avenue. NUA at this time. Okay, receive. Just let them know I'm out here doing traffic control, north and southbound on Richmond and RICO. Copy. N-17 will have command. 31st Street, all others on 31st Street may return to service 17, 14 hours. Engine 14. Abdominal pain. near Delaware Avenue. Engine 14. Abdominal pain. near Delaware Avenue. Cross streets are Pollock Street and Milton Street. On-Tack Channel 2. Time out. near Park Avenue. Go ahead. We're going to continue to hold companies just until we get ventilation started. We were unable to make contact with the occupants of the upstairs apartment. We're going to keep DPPU coming. Our gasworks. Just see if they can monitor around the windows. No contact with other residents, ventilating all other companies to hold currently, 17-15 hours. We're from Park Avenue Command. Truck 7's initial gas reading was 0% or 0 parts per million on an air meter. We started ventilation. There was a heavy odor of gas. We're going to give it one more minute and then we're going to start returning coming. Ventilating after heavy odor of gas, 17-18-h-hunterment. Park Avenue Command. Park Avenue. Engine 10, truck seven, the handle. All the units can return service. We can copy the engine 10 and truck seven to handle. All of those return, 21 hours. We're going to release truck 10. We're going to remain unseen and await city gas works. (name withheld), 17 to handle choice. 10 to return, 1722 hours.
Disclaimer:
This was transcribed by AI and may contain errors. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Park Ave, Richmond, VA
Correct
Incorrect
