Gas leak prompts evacuation near W 8th St in Vancouver, Vancouver WA


Fire crews responded to a reported gas leak near W 8th St in Vancouver. They blocked off the area, evacuated workers nearby, and awaited the gas company's arrival to investigate the leak.
Audio|Source: Clark County Fire Districts
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Transcript:
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Here's the only way to make access to the north is going to be crossing through the intersection of 31st and 8th.
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Received.
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Go ahead and level one in the area when you get here. We're still trying to locate. We're at the dispatch location and where do you deal right now?
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Next list.
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Received.
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All right, all units responding. Engine 38 is located the leak.
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Go ahead and proceed to the dispatch location. We'll be able to block out the area from one direction and we'll investigate.
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We'll be staging here,
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be investigating.
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Engine one is going to be 37th command.
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Copy.
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Actually, I'm at your 25 from Mention 38.
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Go ahead.
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Go ahead and go west, not 31st straight there.
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and then move around to 32nd Street.
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And just block from that end. There's no houses down there, but just block from the west and get those workers evacuated.
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Good 300 feet back.
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Copy that. We'll block from west.
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And into 38 will assume 8th Avenue Command.
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Right now the plan is just a block off the area.
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We got to block from both directions, evacuate the workers,
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and wait for Northwest Natural.
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Page 35 from command.
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Go ahead.
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