Gas line breaks near White Oak place causing evacuation, Escondido CA


A gas line broke and was leaking behind a building near White Oak place close to flood control. Emergency units coordinated with the gas company to create isolation zones and evacuate nearby residents. Air monitoring was conducted on nearby streets to ensure safety. The leak was near a transformer and close to a vacant second floor apartment with an open window.
Audio|Source: North Comm Dispatch and LE Interop
03:29
Transcript:
00:00
Oncoming units, Engine 131 has been assigned to coordinate with SDGE and start creating isolation distances.
00:07
Truck 131, bring your personnel, come into the scene, bring any forecast monitors that you have, and I'm going to assign you to evacuations.
00:15
We're developing a plan with EPD right now.
00:17
truck 131 copies coming to the scene, coordinated evacuations with DPD.
00:21
For situational awareness for all staged and incoming units, this is a broken and blowing gas line behind (number withheld) White Oak, it's next to the flood control.
00:28
Engine 135 from Oak IC.
00:31
Go for Inj 135.
00:34
Engine 135, reposition to, I believe it's Trovia court off of Washington and evaluate for gas readings on Trovea.
00:35
And if that's negative,
00:49
then I'm going to have you move to the next street over, which would be Veronica.
00:50
Edge 135 copies.
00:53
We'll be air monitoring after Trovia and Veronica.
00:55
I see RA131, Sage.
00:57
I copy that you're in staging.
01:03
Call set, allergies, engine 106, and RA106 at (number withheld) Corincia Street.
01:05
Okay, I see. Okay, C.
01:15
The SDG&E personnel on scene have already requested a emergency response from SDG&E in there en route.
01:24
This one copy is a SDG&E emergency response.
01:29
Vincinnitus, ALS response, chest pain, truck 235, and medic 261, at (number withheld) Trailview Road.
01:39
Escondito, ALS response, breathing problems, RA144, and E141R at (number withheld) La Cedroes Lane.
01:49
E from Andrew 131.
01:51
Go Fracey.
01:52
The broken and blowing is right next to the transformer.
01:56
We got all the way up to the hole before we had a one parts per million reading, so we're fairly close.
02:03
The immediate concern would be the second floor apartment that is currently vacant.
02:09
There is a window open, so we are not able to get any readings inside that structure.
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Location mentioned:
Near White Oak Pl, Escondido, CA 92027
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