Home evacuated for heavy gas leak from fireplace

Heard on: Shelby County AL Fire Dispatch

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Copper Valley Fire Engine 184, (number withheld) Saddle Creek Drive, odor of gas.

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Copper Valley Fire Engine 184, (number withheld) Saddle Creek Drive, odor of gas.

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Engine 184 responding.

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Engine 184.

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North Shelby Fire Rescue 71, should you responding to (number withheld) Mark Trail, alter mental.

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68 year old male, is an alcoholic, is very confused and unable to hold his bladder.

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Was very combative yesterday.

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Patient has not drank today but has been throwing things.

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It'd be a front door entry, cross street Shelby Drive.

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Caldwell Valley Fire Battalion 188, Engine 184, should you responding (number withheld) Saddle Creek Drive, odor of gas.

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Resident has been, residence has been evacuated.

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There's a heavy leak inside the home.

2026-10-18 14:50 UTC

Fire

Saddlecreek Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews respond to a reported heavy gas leak inside a home on Saddle Creek Drive, with the residence evacuated. A separate medical call involves a confused and combative 68-year-old man at a residence near Shelby Drive.