Gas leak investigation with evacuation and street closure, Pittsburgh PA
Fire & ArsonEmergency responders investigated a possible gas leak at a structure near West Sycamore Street in Pittsburgh. The building was partially ventilated, and evacuation precautions were taken. A street closure was requested from Grandview to West Sycamore for safety while the issue was addressed.
Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Fire Dispatch - Channel 1
03:24
Transcript:
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No,
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(name withheld) will think so.
00:02
People who are on scene,
00:05
he's kind of pinpointing this leak from the outside,
00:09
kind of getting in. We have one side of the structure mainly vented.
00:13
The limits aren't really in the explosive range yet, so we're just kind of bent.
00:21
All right, that's received 27.
00:24
Dispatch from Battalion 4, uh,
00:28
return 26 truck and, uh, myself on that call, leave 27 unseen with Peebles.
00:36
That's received 26 truck, do you copy?
00:51
Attention,
00:52
26 truck, 26 truck only first responder detail on the filter 28, (number withheld), Velasco Avenue off the bay on Avenue for a 69-year-old female having abdominal pain.
01:07
Again,
01:08
26 truck, 26 truck, only first responder detail on that fell for 28, zone 428, (number withheld), Velasco Avenue, off of Bayonne Avenue,
01:18
69-year-old female severe abdominal pain,
01:21
and the service on EMS1,
01:25
the time is 837,
01:28
caller space, sees, the rear entrance.
01:36
This much, 27?
01:40
27.
01:44
Can you possibly get a police unit up here to block Shiloh? We have the people's guys saying that he's going to block it because they're going to need to dig up the street.
01:56
Dr. (name withheld), I'll get them started.
01:58
I have been trying to find some kind of contact for that barbershop that you told me about.
02:05
I haven't been able to find anything to try and get in touch with the business itself for an owner.
02:24
Dispatch engine 26, we'll alter the area, nothing found.
02:27
Bring back in service, you can disregard the truck on that run, we'll take it.
02:33
That's received.
02:38
Dispatch 26 truck, do you copy?
02:50
Dispatch 27 again.
02:54
Go dispatch.
02:57
How much of the street has commended to be closed off?
03:07
Probably just from Grandview to West Sycamore people's is just concerned that in case something does happen and this building happens to go up, that we're just trying to evacuate as much as we can.
03:24
Received.
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Location mentioned:
W Sycamore St, Pittsburgh, PA 15211
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