Gas main struck at downtown Milwaukee high-rise
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Milwaukee WI Fire Dispatch
02:31
00:00
Engine one, rescue one, battalion ten, and responding (number withheld) east wisconsin avenue.
00:05
Wisconsin command, profile one, talk of two.
00:09
Dispatch, battalion ten on scene, this is Wisconsin command.
00:11
I got a 37 story commercial high rise structure under renovation, will be investigative cause.
00:17
Receive a call from command.
00:19
Thirty-seven-story commercial high-rise structure, investigating for cause.
00:26
Yeah,
00:29
dispatch was going to command.
00:32
Dispatch, this is Wisconsin Command.
00:34
I have a construction excavation site in the street on Water Street.
00:37
Backhoe struck the gas line.
00:39
We got active gas.
00:40
We're going to need We Energies Gas.
00:42
Also, we're going to need 53 to shut down water between 12th and Wisconsin.
00:47
This is received.
00:49
Wisconsin Command, excavator on scene struck the gas line.
00:54
We requesting We Energies Gas and 53 for traffic.
00:59
Dispatch 39 S and R.
01:02
Message received, Engine 39 S and R.
01:05
Car 300, truck 7, responding with North Shore Med 81, (number withheld) West Wabash Court.
01:13
Cross off to truck 14.
01:18
Message received, engine 39, not placed on a run.
01:20
Truck 9, stand down.
01:23
Dispatch, med 8 is available to take the run of 33s.
01:28
Dispatch, 24 is in Bostic.
01:31
Message received, med eight, stand by.
01:35
Dispatcher, truck seven, we're standing down.
01:39
Message received, Wisconsin command, we entered the grass on scene.
01:44
Dispatch, engine twelve, engine twelve is going to remain in spare 300 and thirty-seven, not going into R one.
01:51
Message received, this is 12.
01:54
This is 24, copy your availability.
01:58
Dispatch 91 responding.
02:02
Message received, 91.
02:06
Message received, Wisconsin Command, across from (number withheld) North Water.
02:12
Dispatch to Wisconsin Command, can you confirm if it was a main line that was struck?
02:19
That's correct, it was a main line that was struck at the sidewalk going into the structure.
02:22
We also have 53 on scene.
02:25
Message received,
02:27
Wisconsin Command, main line struck from the street going to the structure.