Underground gas leak found near Lynnhaven Parkway demolition site, Virginia Beach VA
Fire & ArsonEmergency responders detected a strong gas smell in a neighborhood and traced it to an underground gas leak near a recently demolished orphanage between Sun Devil Drive and Cliffwood Drive close to Lynnhaven Parkway.
Audio|Source: Virginia Beach EMS
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Transcript:
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We're coming down, uh,
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Plaza Valley from Barrel.
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Do you want us to hit Palafax on the Boxford and take that part of Brattle Creek?
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Command, Ladarton, that'd be good. We're going to hit that neighborhood with Quarterway. If you guys want to check the Brow Creek right there, that'd be great.
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Scan command.
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Command, go ahead.
00:32
Yeah, we turned on a box for whatever to Honeycutt. Yeah, we got a heavy smell whatever in this direction as well.
00:39
So you are getting the smell of Boxford Honeycut?
00:45
Yeah, we made the left-up of Linhaven on the Boxley Drive.
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Yeah, it's this entire area.
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We have a netter's.
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10-4[1]. Yeah, we're not getting anything off quarterways, so we'll hit that head towards you guys.
01:02
993, do we have any other callers on this?
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Only the two callers that are listed.
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I'm on scene in the area. We're turning around heading back towards Honeycutt area now.
01:18
We've got units investigating. It is a pretty heavy smell here at the intersection of Sun Devil.
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All soon commence.
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Ten four.
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It's 220P, injured final fall at 5580, Daniel Steph Road, at Pelican Health,
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be room number 215-17-0717 hours.
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President, ma'am.
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510, go ahead.
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You up, Linhaven, and you can turn in to the neighborhood on the right.
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Stayed there out of the way.
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Right now, we've got 19, 18 of myself in the neighborhood investigating.
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I copy, Foxley.
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Copy.
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Command 2, Engine 18.
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Cut.
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What's your status in that area?
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Yeah, Chief, it seems like everything is isolated to more lane that parallel Sun Devil.
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We smell it coming in Boxley, then we made the left one around kind of that circle,
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and everything is isolated to, again, Ardmore Lane, Sun Devil drive that kind of cord.
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No day cruise, nothing that would suggest where the location might be.
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Is it night, thank you, ma'am?
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Go ahead, 19.
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They did just demo a orphanage right here between Sun Devil.
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Between Sun Devil and Cliffwood. We're going to check it out. They do have a big backer right here.
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And they just tore down within the last week.
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So we'll just verify this area.
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Copy.
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Rescue 2. If you could meet off with 19,
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investigate that area.
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Rescue. Do you just stage where you're at in the neighborhoods?
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We'll wait for 19 to rescue two to verify.
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Go ahead, 19.
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Go ahead, 19 command.
03:58
We found the source of the leak. It is going to be this orphanage. I'll get you an address in a second. We're going to drop a pen.
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Copy.
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Do we have any type of visual of potential types?
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If it's covered up, but we do have a strong smell and we can hear it under the ground.
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Not sure the distance down or the side of the line.
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Got.
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Okay. Okay, rescue chief.
04:36
Will Sabbath is a 25-foot hot zone around there.
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Copy.
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25-foot isolation zone.
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Go ahead, 19.
05:01
We're used the address of (number withheld) Linhaven Parkway.
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(number withheld), Linhaven.
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Copy.
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10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
Near Lynnhaven Pkwy, Virginia Beach, VA 23456
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