Construction Crew Strikes Gas Main Causing Leak, Roscoe IL


A construction crew struck an underground natural gas main near Purple Sage Drive and Meadow Street, causing a gas leak. Emergency crews responded and NICOR was requested for repair.
Audio|Source: Harlem Roscoe Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Potentially a light odor of sewage gases, but we do not have any natural gas at this time.
00:11
Italian 7th Amendment 1.
00:14
Go ahead.
00:17
We're at the intersection of Purple Sage and Meadow Street with a crew that is doing underground work, and we do have an odor of natural gas at this intersection.
00:32
Okay.
00:38
I'll have to do this for engine one.
00:59
It appears that the crew that's working here has struck a gas line. We're going to need NICOR on scene. You can use the address near Purple Sage Drive.
01:11
Kempore near Purple Sage Drive.
01:20
Hello, Moscow from Battalion 7.
01:25
Battalion 7, go ahead.
01:28
Yeah,
01:31
this is going to be in Rockton's district at Meadow Street and Purple Sage.
01:34
And they are a block over. I see they responded.
01:42
Ten for
01:48
And his engine one student, they're using the line here, we're going to need NICOR out here and they're going to have to bring heavy equipment out here because they struck a main line.
02:00
Okay,
02:03
and for my partner's on the line with them now.
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Location mentioned:
Near Purple Sage Dr, Roscoe, IL 61073
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