Gas leak found in building wall, crews ventilate area, Manassas VA
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews discovered a gas leak caused by multiple nail punctures in gas lines inside a building wall. The gas company is working to isolate the leak. Ventilation fans are being used to clear the gas, and parts of the building were evacuated and monitored until the area was deemed safe.
Audio|Source: Prince William County Police and Fire
06:42
Transcript:
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He's had an increase in the LEL reading up to 50% inside the wall.
00:05
He's currently working with the gas company trying to isolate it, but he says he has multiple nail strikes on the gas lines.
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You can clear fire.
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It's just going to be the county's the meteor monitoring equipment.
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Okay, they're trying to run on.
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A dysphoria pass speak to Rick.
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I'll come back away, 15.
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I'm Greg. Okay.
00:24
The other subject is not there.
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Okay.
00:27
Okay. Okay. 10-7-9, I'm direct.
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Can you help you the traffic? Correct.
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Okay. Virginia Tag, Uniform upload Charlie, 7-939, University, and Wilton.
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Man, from engine 516.
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Go ahead.
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We're down by the pool, we have the exterior door open to the stairwell.
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If you can send that firefighter down from, I believe, the engine with the fan, we'll get that fan going.
00:50
It's right. We'll get into you.
00:51
Since I own to Engine 510, PD said that you can clear.
00:55
It's going to be one of the bug propellants.
00:57
1825 long feet.
00:59
Okay 1825.
01:00
Okay, 1825. I work. Engine 519-16 from engine 509.
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Go ahead. What's your location?
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Okay.
01:08
Just making sure you were direct of my traffic.
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Affirmative Ray-O-R.
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I'm 16 and 509.
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I didn't copy as the answer.
01:15
You got another firefighter coming to find him right now.
01:18
You have the gas for a PVV fan.
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I have that on the way.
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He's just unsure of your location.
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We are on side, Bravo, between the pool and the building, where the bank of the gas meters are.
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Okay, so you're on the wing with the pool.
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We'll get them headed that way.
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Griff.
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He's not driver officer, I got him now.
01:37
He's with me. C-24-9-9-6 at call.
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Okay, 0-9-26.
01:41
Dispricious person? No. (number withheld), if you come back, it's going to be a 10-834 Sudley Manor Drive near the 5 and below store.
01:46
Callers, 5's in the same homeless subject as back, stumbling and dancing around the parking lot.
01:52
It's a white male with gray long flee shirt and grayer black pants.
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Okay, 94421.
01:57
You can hold me in the area of that call.
01:59
Okay. 13.5.7 units okay?
02:00
13.5.7 units okay?
02:02
13.5.7. That's Russ Roker.
02:03
Okay.
02:04
Mark 040 on 5 Bravo for an outside gas leak.
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(number withheld), Crestine, Chapel Court, Inger 504-0927.
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204-02927.
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44863, I'll be at the Academy for the remainder.
02:18
Okay. 1825, switching to admin.
02:19
Okay.
02:20
Did you want from command?
02:21
Good. Situation up there.
02:22
We have the affected wing cleared.
02:24
I'm waiting on the maintenance guy to come back some keys to finish the floor.
02:27
To confirm everyone's out.
02:28
Command is correct.
02:29
Command from it, Genan.
02:30
Go ahead.
02:31
We believe we have isolated the source of the leak.
02:34
It's going to be a nail in one of the gas supply lines in the exterior wall of 242.
02:43
We shut gas down to the meters and are continuing to open up to confirm.
02:47
I believe that's going to be it.
02:49
Commit is wreck. If we can, let's start getting fans set up to ventilate the structure.
02:53
Once the readings are down, we can turn it over Columbia Gas and clear the scene.
02:56
Okay.
02:57
Ranger 501, with that recommendation there, is it okay to stop evacuating the second floor?
03:02
Yeah, just ensure that we don't have any LEL readings.
03:06
If there's zero, go ahead and leave people in place and just begin ventilation of the structure.
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Manassas, VA
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