Gas odor near fraternity house traced to skunk, Ithaca NY
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a strong gas odor near the front entrance of a large fraternity house near Ridgewood Road. They used gas meters and checked inside but found nothing. The faint odor was likely caused by a skunk outside.
Audio|Source: Tompkins County Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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963 is on seeing nothing showing 963 we command.
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Hopkins from 963.
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963. Can you have a gas fitter sent up to this address to near Ridgewood Road?
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Racing, we'll notify 96.
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Engine one, engine two, opt nine.
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Call out engine two.
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You're likely going to be first two, engine two and the truck are delayed in college town traffic.
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Receive.
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9-01-6-3. I'm with one of the workers who were going in the kitchen and the basement.
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They reported the smell was out front, right by the front entrance and not in the building.
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Copy that 963, the engine one's on scene, got a crew of three.
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We'll be in a two-and-a-half-story,
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large frat house.
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NG1 will be investigating meters fired up.
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In 963.
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If I get notified, they're going to get a crew en route to you.
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Pretty good.
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Strimsburg, email 621, say you're at 227.
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For a 58-year-old male,
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the headache, lost vision in his right eye, 18 alpha-1.
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Sturmanberg email, 6621, Cedar 227, Cross streets, Boytail Road, Serene Road.
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58-year-old male, lost vision is his right eye, also going to have a headache, 18 alpha-1, 1420.
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on the Delta Charlie Corner.
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Charlie Delta Corner, strong odor is constant.
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Copy.
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10492. The other one, we found a gas.
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It's on its site D.
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26 Charlie 1.
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Things ambulance respond to 654 on Myra Road, the roadway in Ithaca for 40-year-old female lethargic in the lobby, 26 Charlie 1, 1422.
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Flutter Chasman is going to hit the gas range in the kitchen just for a piece mine.
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We've got nothing on two meters, nothing on the nose.
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I'm going to give the base in a once over just for a good and pass.
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And I say we're good here.
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10-4[1]. I'm on the CD corner with Firefighter Christensen and I got a whiff a skunk over here.
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Throwing the pavement in that general direction and I have a faint condoder as well.
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Ten-four.
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Location mentioned:
Ridgewood Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850
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