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Fire crew responds to strong gas odor in building on Massachusetts St, Lawrence KS

Fire & Arson

Reported: 08/28/2025 09:38 AM (PDT)

Near Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044

Fire department responds to a strong natural gas smell reported in a building on Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas. Occupants are evacuated while firefighters check the area for gas presence. No immediate gas readings detected, but safety measures are ongoing.

Audio|Source: Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical

04:38

Transcript:

00:00

Quint to Mass, Command. Mass, man. No reading or odor in 716, Mass. Okay, can you face-to-face? Dispatch to Mass Command. Dispatch to Mass, Command.

00:29

ETA's five minutes. I understand. RP for Logie, five minutes. Quinn to Mass command. 717 Mass advice. She unlocked her front door and there's a strong odor of gas[3] on the main floor.

00:58

Monitor 4. Battalion 2 on City Fire. Battalion 2 on City Fire. Battalion 2. Our problems, non-emergent, going to await for medical?

01:26

inside the AT&T building. Medic 5, MassFrand, we're still in the library. Mass brand, medic one.

01:49

Quint two, Mass, command. Confirming strong odor of gas[3] in the basement and the rear of the occupancy is 717 masks, with no readings[2]. No readings. No readings. It's time to you to dispatch.

02:12

to the east side of masks. And two masks, man. In contact with an octoclin of the upstairs portion of 719 masks. They buy a strong odor and there's people in there, so we're going to go ahead and evacuate[1] them. They show me to turn that over to engine one that I'm face to face with.

02:37

Let me turn that over to NG1. Dispatch to Mass Command. So we'll contact an urgency maintenance for Crescent Moon Winery, still working on Guitarmah. Still working on contact, Crescent Moon.

03:02

for me and Quint two, you face-to-face. Quint two is made as face-to-face with anyone. We're headed back to the east side. 29. ...toe, heart problems, LMH, going to Olathe Medical, requesting a non-emergent response at 1146.

03:28

Commandant, Quint 2. Can you face-to face with me at 8th and Mass? Face-to face, 8th and Mass. We're getting access to Loki's. Kevin. Quint 2, Officer, to Quint 2, Novel.

03:51

Logie's basement. We'll be facing with the command over on the west side of mass. Stand by your location.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

evacuate: Evacuation of building

[2]

no readings: No gas readings detected

[3]

strong odor of gas: Possible gas leak

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Near Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044

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Gas smell reported near AT&T building in Lawrence

08/28/2025 09:27 AM (PDT)

Near Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044

No readings, slide odor of gas.Mask command dispatch.Mass command.So I'm going to need an RP[4] to respond to the, for the AT&T building on Vermont Street.Do you understand AT&T building?Engine 1[2], engineer to Mass Command[1].I just got off the phone with AP&T.He is getting someone down here, as we speak.I understand RAPN round.Five, Mass-Command.That's for me.By the library, we have a slight smell of gas, but no readings, basement, and main floor.I understand.It's light odor.No readings.Once you stand by and continuously monitor the library.Like five will stand by.Mask, man, Quint[3] you.Went to 736, no order, no readings.736, no order, no readings.Engine 1 Engineer to Mass Command.Engine 1, Engineer to Mass Command.Engine 1, Engineer to Mass Command.Engine 1, Engineer to Mass Command.Both with RP inside AC&T, he said that they have a very strong odor of gas.I understand strong odor of gas, AT&T building.Mass command, engine one.Inge 1.Edge 1, we're at 729 masks.AlphaZone. A medic one.I'm going to have you guys monitor the AT&T building.Monitor the AT&T building. Could you let the Lawrence Transit know that we have the 700 block in Vermont shut down? Dismatch to Mass Command. For a response for 728 RP, can you confirm the business at 730 mess? business name of 728 and 730. Simba. Mask, man, engine one. Have you got any readings at all on while you're out? We haven't got any readings, but we are, we do have odors from 723.5 to the south to 7333 mass. We've cleared all. The address, the business at 732 Mass is Crescent Moon Winery. Crescent Moon Winery, 728 Mass is also locked. It's Lugies on Mass. And Guitar Man is located at 726 Mass. It is locked. And delicious deli subs is open is at 724 masks and they are locked as well. I understand. Mass, command, dispatch. Did you get your office names? Command, I'm sorry, I was on the phone. Can you repeat?