Large water leak near hospice house on NE 134th St, Vancouver WA


A large water leak is occurring near a hospice house on NE 134th St, releasing several hundred gallons per minute onto the sidewalk. Fire personnel discussed the situation and planned traffic detours. Repairs will require excavation equipment to access the broken pipe under the sidewalk.
Audio|Source: Clark County Fire Districts
02:9
Transcript:
00:00
Is it coming from that hospice house there? We had a fire alarm there yesterday.
00:05
I'm just wondering if related.
00:09
I'm walking up to it now. It looks like it pushed up to the sidewalk.
00:14
North side of 134, hospice house side.
00:18
It's flowing at probably a couple 300 gallons a minute.
00:25
Do you want me to call that responsible we had yesterday for that house?
00:34
Affirmative.
00:35
I copy.
00:46
Office 51 from Italian 61.
00:49
Battalion 61.
00:54
Yeah, can we, uh, what, can you a little background on the call that came in yesterday from the hospice house?
01:00
Affirmative. It was a fire alarm called in by Central Station.
01:06
Just indicating smoke detector, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have been anything different.
01:13
They put it after hours number in there and I can certainly give it a call. It came in at 818 yesterday.
01:26
Affirmative, yeah, you can give them a call.
01:29
I sure will.
01:33
I'll see one.
01:34
65.
01:36
65. 65.
01:39
I think we're to the point. We're going to need a detour traffic. We're going to shut down all of 134s at Santa Creek has.
01:46
We're crossing almost all the way across all lanes.
01:51
I copy.
01:52
It looks like call is pending for Sheriff's Office.
01:56
I'll see if I can get an EPA for you.
02:01
I copy. Let them know they're going to need a backhoe or an excavator to cut up this sidewalk to get to the pipe.
02:09
I copy.
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NE 134th St, Washington
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