Gas line leak investigated near South Commerce Boulevard, Charlotte NC
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According to the dispatch call, a gas line was accidentally hit near South Commerce Boulevard, causing a leak about 75 feet from a building. Fire crews and hazardous materials teams are investigating the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Mecklenburg NC Fire-Tac Group Calls
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01:19
Transcript:
00:00
Alarm to companies responding to South Commerce Boulevard.
00:02
The exact address again, near South Commerce Boulevard.
00:08
Advise they hit a gas line with a backhoe.
00:10
It is under grass.
00:11
The line is hissing and it's around 75 ft from the building.
00:20
Agent 26 is on scene.
00:23
A shift has command, investigate.
00:26
Ten 400 and twenty-six on the scene.
00:31
Yeah, I was arriving.
00:33
Command alarm.
00:35
Go ahead, command.
00:39
We do have a cut gas line we're trying to investigate right now.
00:42
Just want to make sure Piedmont's en route.
00:45
10-4, I'm making a notification to them right now.
00:50
Command alarm.
00:52
Command alarm.
00:55
Go ahead command.
00:57
We parked the unit by the gas line, requesting Hazmat.
01:05
Ten four, command.
01:08
Battalion five.
01:14
Alarm to command, you got hazmat 13.
01:18
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
S Commerce Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28273
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