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Gas leak investigated near 1154 Western AvenueAlbany NY

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audio iconFire & Arson
Western Ave, Albany, NY 12203

According to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a reported gas leak near 1154 Western Avenue. Forced entry was necessary to investigate the odor and low gas levels inside the apartment. Law enforcement was requested due to concerns about a person of interest being at the location.

Audio|Heard on: Albany NY Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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02:32
Transcript:
00:00
Rescue 1643.
00:04
Two hundred and three dispatch, can I have APD to Western Ave please?
00:10
Truck three received.
00:13
Can I have a specific reason so I can tell them over the radio?
00:19
Yeah, we're going to need a forced entry.
00:21
And we also think that someone who's caused issues for us before is here and is the source of it after I've been evicted.
00:33
Truck three received, 646.
00:36
Battalion two to truck three, do you need me to continue out there?
00:42
Uh, no, that's right.
00:43
We're still investigating this point.
00:45
We have low levels and an odor,
00:48
but we're going to need to get it out of the apartment.
00:51
Received, Patrick 22-6 service.
00:55
Rescue 1 to truck 2, can you have someone buzz us in?
01:00
I'll just prop the door open.
01:02
Is this the 2nd door that you can't get through?
01:06
That's correct, yes.
01:08
Oh, outside one's locked as well.
01:15
County 264.
01:18
Small Hawk Five arriving at State Street.
01:22
Small Hawk Five, six forty-five.
01:25
Rescue One, Truck Two, we're inside.
01:28
Repeat that.
01:31
Dispatch, we're returning Rescue Two to service.
01:34
Rescue Two, six forty-six.
01:38
Joe Three, dispatch, you can cancel the rescue squad.
01:42
Truck three received, rescue squad, you can cancel.
01:48
15 arriving on North Pearl.
01:52
Box 15-640.
01:56
Engine 5 to dispatcher, we're in service.
01:59
Patient went up to the PDR.
02:03
Engine 5639.
02:06
203 dispatch, you can cancel PD coming to Western, but can you start me up by you?
02:11
Two hundred and three received 600 and forty-nine.
02:15
Car 500 and fifty-one.
02:18
Car 500 and 505.
02:21
Truck three is requesting you at eleven fifty-four Western Ave to Gas Leak over there.
02:29
Eleven fifty-four Western Avenue.

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Western Ave, Albany, NY 12203

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