Strong smoke odor detected in Los Angeles underground metro tunnel, Los Angeles CA
Fire & ArsonFire crews are investigating a strong smoke odor in an underground metro tunnel in Los Angeles. The smell started early in the morning near MacArthur Park and Pershing Square stations and has been worsening. Units are checking the tunnel and considering shutting off power for safety to locate the source.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles City Fire - Grounds
08:54
Transcript:
00:00
They have no visual on anything yet.
00:02
A conductor on the train on AL checked from Biggs all the way to Westl and did not see anything.
00:09
Alignment left.
00:15
Fire attack, I copy that.
00:17
We'll wait for our three to get down to our west once on through our west and give us a report.
00:29
7th Street IC from Task Force 3.
00:31
It's down like 11 is going to go back to their district to MacArthur Park.
00:39
Okay, Coddy out Levin, are you in a better position to take your tunnel back there? Roger Levin's a load along left late.
00:51
Dr. Levin, 3s, I'm going to hold you here.
00:57
4-3s on scene with you.
01:04
I see you from lobbies.
01:08
Heavy Rescue 3.
01:09
I got you on team.
01:10
Stand by. Go ahead, Bryce.
01:14
Yeah, I see this is Lobby.
01:15
I'm still on the phone with Metro right now.
01:17
They have a train coming in to AL from Westlake that we could take back, or I could have them to shut the power up if you want to walk in.
01:25
There is a train that we could use to travel back and forth between AAL between Seventh and Fig and the West Lake Station if we want to do that to get eyes on it.
01:34
Or do you want me to have them shut the power down?
01:41
One second, let me check with Matchelor Battalion 13 if we have any additional from Rock.
01:51
Okay, Roger, I'm also on the phone with Rock.
01:58
Battian 13 from 7th Street, I see.
02:08
7th Street, I see.
02:10
I'm about five minutes out.
02:12
You know, I'm seeing that rock.
02:13
I have no additional information.
02:31
Truck 9 from truck 3, do you want us to take tunnel division and make our way down there?
02:43
Yeah, truck 3, stand by one second.
02:44
I'm trying to get some more info here.
02:46
That's the next plan here.
02:48
The battalion just pulled up.
02:53
I see fire attack.
02:58
Fire attack, go Pricie.
03:02
I see fire attack.
03:04
The state from the Metro Supervisor is that a worker was starting to smell what they're describing about 615 this morning and that the smell was coming from the alignment right tunnel coming from the direction of the Pershing Square Station.
03:27
Okay, copy.
03:28
Confirming that smell with it 615 this morning.
03:35
Described that it's updated.
03:37
Engine you to get worse throughout the case.
03:43
I copy that.
03:45
Truck three, go ahead and take the station division.
03:47
You got engine 9, engine 209 down that work for you.
03:53
Copy truck three tunnel division on tack 15 on track 15 on your way down you may have to start up a relay it's getting scratchy.
04:20
Corrections.
04:21
Task Force 11.
04:26
Go for Task Force 11.
04:28
If you copy all that last transmission, the smell was about two hours ago.
04:36
Let me know what you get down there.
04:38
We'll see if we should shut down power or if we need to go take a train and go take a look down the tunnel.
04:45
Yeah, I see, I can take, I think I should take my truck down there and then maybe it might not be a bad idea to send engine three since they're on scene, send them over to Pershing Square.
04:58
Copy, you do not have your engine with you there.
05:01
Your task, your truck is only at the division.
05:05
No, our task force is on scene, but the light force can handle a ton of divisions.
05:14
Correct. Yeah, let's move V-engine 3 up to Pershing Square.
05:21
Hey, truck 9, you're from Battalion, I'm unseen.
05:26
Battalion, you copy all the placements.
05:31
You go ahead give me a rundown.
05:36
Okay, chief, I got truck 9 at the EMP here with engine 9 as fire attack, engine 209 backup,
05:45
truck 3 is coming over to takeover station division, engine 3 went up to Pershing Square,
05:51
and truck 11 went over to the MacArthur Park Station down there.
05:55
Right now we have a smell that was strong this morning at 615.
05:59
It's continuous,
06:01
nothing back from rock and nothing back from Battalion 13.
06:05
Regarding any more information from Brock.
06:10
Okay, give me the location of track 11.
06:18
Track 11 is back all right from further Park Station.
06:23
McCarthy Park Station.
06:26
McCarthy Park Station.
06:32
So it sounds like right now we have an invest for a odor.
06:38
Correct. We have nothing on cameras.
06:41
The Metro Rail soup has nothing other than a smell that was reported this morning that seems beginning worse.
06:47
That's it.
06:51
Pressure. Lobby.
06:59
I-Speed from lobby.
07:06
Go ahead, lobby.
07:09
Yeah, so new additional information I copied into 9's report that they smelled it starting this morning on 615, although Rock just said that they talked to the person that called it in most recently, which was about 20 minutes ago.
07:22
He said he saw smoke and there was a strong odor of smoke at Mile Marker 3, which is halfway in between where we are at Seventh and Fig and the Alvarado Station.
07:31
We're at Mile Marker 2.3 right here in Alvarado is 3.4.
07:34
He saw that smoke at Mile Marker 3.0, about 6.
07:38
Was in 20 minutes ago in alignment left.
07:44
Copy, power market's free visible smoke.
07:53
Truck 9, you can go ahead join your county.
08:07
Has about 21 on the team.
08:10
Okay.
08:32
I see where engine I go ahead.
08:38
For your fire attack at the person square.
08:44
Hi Cyan Nine, yes I copy.
08:48
Fire attack just makes a piece of truck three right now.
08:53
Roger.
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Location mentioned:
Westlake / MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, CA 90057
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