Gas odor prompts evacuation at Carmel condominium, Carmel IN


Emergency responders are checking a garage at a condominium for a gas odor. Residents were evacuated, and they are trying to find out if a water heater or furnace is the cause. Some units show high gas levels.
Audio|Source: Hamilton County Fire & EMS
04:33
Transcript:
There's just four units, I believe two on each side, north and south. Okay, I believe there might be two in the middle that goes over the top of that. We're investigating that right now. Okay. Two's you can assist if need be. Thank you. Set off the gas here inside the garage. I've got a water heater and a furnace. Not sure which is the culprit at the moment. All units are (name withheld) on the same turn. ...cicle running in the garage as of yet, correct? Can you repeat? We do not have a vehicle that's running in a garage. Okay. Command Control. Perfect for Control. Command. Can you see if you can get a building rep or somebody from the apartment complex? We're going to need them on the scene. Clear. Command Control. Gas Company rep will be arriving as soon as possible. Thank you. Man, then it takes. Go ahead. We do have high ratings in one of these units down here. We've talked to the occupant. They're out. We'll need some ventilation started here shortly. We'll work on that. We do have another unit here that we're still trying to get clear. There's no answer. I'm still working on seeing if we can make contact. Apparently, there's some people on the back balcony. We're going to see if that's them. Okay. Dispatch trying to get a building rep here too. Okay, 10-4[1]. Just for information, these are condos, so I'm not sure what services they're going to receive from anybody. Okay. Control car 875. Go ahead. Can you mark me on a community health care visit at 604 South? Last unit with traffic? Car 872. Can you show me a route from car 875? Okay. If you can pull the emergency handle and get into that garage, I'm just concerned there may be a car running in that garage. Yeah, I thought about that too. We don't have the hook for that on the ladder currently. We're going to try to get in on the balcony on the other side. Garage door is cool to the touch at this point. If we need to, we'll go ahead and force it. I just want to take one more step before we get to that. Okay. Okay, control. Go ahead. Can you start a CPD unit to my location, please? Clear. 246, Schofer, if you would, go ahead and get set of irons, just standby. That's 1088 door. Clear. Do any of these neighbors have contact info for the... Carmel. And Latter, 45. Go ahead, Laird. What? You cut out, Latter. It may be a tankless water heater. Okay. All units at (address withheld) on scene 20.
There's just four units, I believe two on each side, north and south. Okay, I believe there might be two in the middle that goes over the top of that. We're investigating that right now. Okay. Two's you can assist if need be. Thank you. Set off the gas here inside the garage. I've got a water heater and a furnace. Not sure which is the culprit at the moment. All units are (name withheld) on the same turn. ...cicle running in the garage as of yet, correct? Can you repeat? We do not have a vehicle that's running in a garage. Okay. Command Control. Perfect for Control. Command. Can you see if you can get a building rep or somebody from the apartment complex? We're going to need them on the scene. Clear. Command Control. Gas Company rep will be arriving as soon as possible. Thank you. Man, then it takes. Go ahead. We do have high ratings in one of these units down here. We've talked to the occupant. They're out. We'll need some ventilation started here shortly. We'll work on that. We do have another unit here that we're still trying to get clear. There's no answer. I'm still working on seeing if we can make contact. Apparently, there's some people on the back balcony. We're going to see if that's them. Okay. Dispatch trying to get a building rep here too. Okay, 10-4[1]. Just for information, these are condos, so I'm not sure what services they're going to receive from anybody. Okay. Control car 875. Go ahead. Can you mark me on a community health care visit at 604 South? Last unit with traffic? Car 872. Can you show me a route from car 875? Okay. If you can pull the emergency handle and get into that garage, I'm just concerned there may be a car running in that garage. Yeah, I thought about that too. We don't have the hook for that on the ladder currently. We're going to try to get in on the balcony on the other side. Garage door is cool to the touch at this point. If we need to, we'll go ahead and force it. I just want to take one more step before we get to that. Okay. Okay, control. Go ahead. Can you start a CPD unit to my location, please? Clear. 246, Schofer, if you would, go ahead and get set of irons, just standby. That's 1088 door. Clear. Do any of these neighbors have contact info for the... Carmel. And Latter, 45. Go ahead, Laird. What? You cut out, Latter. It may be a tankless water heater. Okay. All units at (address withheld) on scene 20.
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Falcon Ridge, Carmel, IN 46280
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