Report of gas odor at Barker Avenue home
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Michigan City IN Fire Dispatch
03:12
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Michigan City Fire, respond for a smell of natural gas.
00:04
Seven Eleven East Barker, (number withheld) East Barker for a smell of natural gas.
00:09
County, was that Barker Ave or Barker Road?
00:13
Ave.
00:17
County Engine One's en route.
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Engine One, you're en route to (number withheld), check.
00:25
You're en route to (number withheld) Barker, (number withheld) East Barker Ave for a smell of natural gas inside the residence.
00:34
County Engine Two's en route.
00:38
Roger.
00:40
Engine two.
00:43
County ladder one's en route.
00:46
Ladder one.
00:47
Engine One, it's the house right here next to me.
00:50
Porter County, Car Ten, Engine One, we're on scene, (number withheld) East Parker Ave.
00:56
Car Ten.
00:59
It's that gray house right there.
01:03
County, this is Engine One, we're on scene and checking it out.
01:06
Engine One.
01:08
Car Ten, County.
01:11
I need a two on scene.
01:13
Engine Two.
01:15
Go ahead, county.
01:16
Engine two, there's a hydrant right here in this corner.
01:18
Go ahead, county.
01:22
Car 10, when they called this in, they advised that they were not home.
01:25
They are en route and they had an approximate ETA of 10 minutes.
01:30
That was approximately 6 min ago.
01:34
Car 10, ladder one, you can stage there down Tilden.
01:38
You don't have to come all the way up here.
01:42
County, did this come in as a smell of gas?
01:47
Affirmative, a really strong smell of gas inside the residence.
01:51
But no one was home, or they left.
01:55
They left, possibly coming from the stove.
02:00
County ladder one's on scene, staging on Fulton.
02:04
Ladder one.
02:07
Ladder, there's a hydrant right there right here in the corner.
02:11
Ladder one, copy.
02:15
Car ten, four one.
02:17
Go ahead, one.
02:21
Yeah, Chief, we came in.
02:22
We did not notice a smell of gas at all when we entered the residence.
02:26
We checked the oven and gas range with a meter.
02:31
We're getting readings of zero.
02:33
We are now going to the basement to check out the furnace area and the incoming gas valve.
02:39
I think we'll handle this, Chief.
02:42
Perfect copies. We'll stand by for a few more minutes to get the basement.
02:47
Honey, was there an indicator that this was an Airbnb or a short-term stay residence?
02:55
Negative.
02:56
It came in from the homeowner.
02:58
She left. She's showing at Aldi.
03:01
It's unknown if she's actually returning.
03:04
Copy that. It looks as though this is an Airbnb situation.
03:10
We're getting zero readings at this point.
03:12
I'll advise further.
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