Gas leak prompts evacuations near North Parham Rd, Richmond VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible gas leak affecting several homes near North Parham Road in Richmond. Three residences were evacuated as utility workers located the source of the leak and worked to isolate it. No additional evacuations were needed at the time of the transmission.
Audio|Heard on: Henrico County Division of Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:7
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, when you get it changed, can you give me the addresses of the houses that were evacuated so I can record them?
00:15
And then any progress with the gas company was isolating it.
00:27
MSP 309 of Battalion 31.
00:33
Those are near North Parham Road.
00:38
Several houses near North Parham Road.
00:44
All three of those residences have been evacuated.
00:48
None others have been evacuated at this time.
00:52
We're talking to the gas company right now and they're looking at options.
00:56
But it looks like we've centrally located it to one spot.
01:02
We can see gas fumes inside the manhole cover, and they're looking at a place to isolate it now.
01:08
I'll update you when we have any further information.
01:11
Command Rescue 309, I'm sulfur.
01:19
Hey (name withheld), something else for your radar.
01:23
Will you evaluate if there's any need to vent any of those houses that we evacuated and then what you would need to do that?
01:38
Yes, sir. We're looking at when they shut the gas off, reevaluating the houses.
01:43
Right now it's still going, so I'm sure the houses are still pulling whatever is coming up inside of them right now.
01:50
So whenever we get it shut off, we'll reevaluate and blow out what needs to be done.
01:59
And we get it shut off.
02:01
I'll probably pull Truck 12 up with you if we can knock that out.
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Location mentioned:
N Parham Rd 2930 3010, Richmond, VA 23294
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