Propane tank leak prompts evacuations in Eastville
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Accomack County Public Safety
06:35
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EMS on scene, command.
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Dispatch, a little update.
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All adjacent houses next to the property and behind the property have been removed of occupants.
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We have made contact with the homeowner, they're on site.
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Everyone's at least
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500 yards away from the tank.
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We have.
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Firefighters on scene, and the tank is still putting off the same amount of gas as it has been.
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10-4.
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Command.
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Command to G14, go ahead.
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Okay, what's the best way for our units to come in, off the highway or through Eastville?
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Fire response,
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(number withheld) Willow Oak Road, Eastville.
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Gas leak, propane tank.
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Area evacuated.
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Alpha four.
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Hey Willow, you guys want to go ahead? The true property is (number withheld) Willow Oak, which is adjacent to the original.
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You guys just want to go ahead and block off the street.
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We'll keep traffic from coming through here.
01:26
Okay, you want to block it off right at the highway.
01:29
Where is this? Is this in Eastville itself?
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Intersection right here.
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If you turn in, forget the name of the road, it's a circle there.
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It'll allow traffic to go ahead and just keep going around.
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So turn in left on the Willow Road and then sit there at the right after the church, please.
01:51
Copy that.
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EMS Five to Captain Seventeen, just a heads up.
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Eastville PD has both sides of Willow Oak Road blocked.
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We
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have to turn the tank off for now.
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Give me a moment, reassess situation.
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All other units can hold.
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10-4.
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19-1's all seen.
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19-1 seen.
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This is.
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Okay, that out to station 20.
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91 clear.
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Right.
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Just we all agree there's no active danger.
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The area is still flooded with a little bit of propane here, waiting for that to dissipate.
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We can cancel all units that have not responded, and we'll let you know when we're cleaning up here in a little bit.
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2-4.
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May respond with one.
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Tanker 14-8, responding with one.
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Per captain 14.
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Or captain 17.
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No response.
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Copy, stand by.
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DPS two to Willow Oak Road command, fire out four.
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DPS two command, go ahead.
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Okay, just for all purposes for hazmat response, can you advise more specific of what you have? They're in a size tank, and whether or not this was a levee or if it's just an active leak.
04:09
Can you advise more specific so we know what we're responding on down there and what resources we're going to need?
04:17
Copy that. I got 1748 is going to go respond to you for that.
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Copy.
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We got a 500 gallon tank.
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Been filled to about 95%, I believe it just built up too much pressure and was blowing out of the vent.
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Tapped the vent a couple times, seems to seal itself back up, but we're going to notify the propane company and see what they advise for their next step.
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Copy.
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EMS 713.
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TAC 2 to DPS 2.
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Good.
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Do you want us to continue response?
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Stand by. Command, do you still need a response from us given that updated information?
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What's your request for hazmat?
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717 command.
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717 dispatch.
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15.
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Dispatch, we're pretty confident that we're under control here.
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We can go ahead and cancel the hazmat response.
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We're going to advise the homeowner, go ahead and contact the propane company now.
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It appears that the propane might have been overfilled.
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DPS2, dispatch, I copy that.
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I'll be clear.
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Hazmat2, you can clear.
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DPS3, same traffic.
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Task two, clear.
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DPS 3, TAC 2, clear.
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Dispatch.
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Come in.
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Homeowner advises the company will be here in 20 minutes.
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