Demolition work damages gas meter causing leak at residence, San Jose CA
Fire crews responded to a gas leak at a residence near Willow Street caused by demolition work that damaged a gas meter. The incident caused a structural collapse and an active gas leak. Nearby residents were evacuated as a precaution.
Audio|Source: San Jose Fire
04:22
Transcript:
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Engine 6, engine 37, truck 9, battalion 10, gas investigation.
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The command channel is Command 21[1], near Willow Street, near Grace Avenue and Phantom Avenue.
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Station 6 is area.
00:14
The command channel is Command 21[1].
00:27
Telling 10s in route.
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What's that in 10 in route?
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6.21.
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Engine 6 in route.
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Engine 37 is in route with 3 on command 21.
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Engine 37 in route with 3.
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Are you on command to anyone?
01:04
Trenchen, too, C-o Cefiore.
01:07
Go for engine two.
01:09
Engine 2, all for response, 77-year-old female with catheter issues.
01:16
Engine 2 comes.
01:21
Second 9, are you on Command 21[1]?
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Engine 12, Medical, 5635.
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9, then Command 21[1].
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North Court, near Comanche Drive.
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Station 12-0.
01:35
The doctor, too.
01:39
Your structure response is in route.
01:41
Truck 9 has not came up and the hit 29 is monitoring.
01:45
Engine 6 is almost on scene.
01:47
We got reports of demolition on a house.
01:49
They hit the meter of the house and now there's gas leaking.
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PG&E has been started.
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They're going to call back with an ETA.
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2241 Ringwood Avenue near Concourse Drive and 14 Drive.
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Station 23 area. Additional truck until we find truck 9.
02:07
Let's sign, sign, copy, send an additional truck until we can get truck nine.
02:15
Sign, sign, Command 21[1].
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Truck 9 is now in route.
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21 from engine 6.
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Engine 6.
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Italian, sign copies.
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You can cancel the second truck.
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With sign, sign, engine 6.
02:30
Engine 6 is that saying we've got construction.
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Looks like the house is completely demolished.
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We'll be setting up Willow Street, I see.
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Closest hydrant is going to be Grace if we need it.
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We'll be investigating.
02:49
Engine 6 copy, half construction on the house, demolition, the closest hydrant is at Grace.
02:55
We'll investigate and let us know.
02:56
Setting you up is Willow Street, IC.
03:05
Truck 9 is on command 21.
03:07
Truck 9 and out.
03:13
Inns, we'll stay as a fire.
03:16
Command from IC.
03:19
Willow Street, IC?
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This is going to be an exterior.
03:24
We do have one exposure, near 1841.
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I'll be seeing if anyone's there.
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We're going to have our shelter in place.
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We are dropping an inch and three-quarter.
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If you just want to stand by the hydrant for a minute.
03:41
Willow Street, IC copy.
03:45
Willow Street, IC copy exterior, one exposure near 1841, seeing if anyone is there, shelter in place, dropping engine three-quarter.
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An engine 37 stage.
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From IC.
04:02
Willow Street, IC.
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The exposure, near 1841, they're evacuating right now.
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Send back.
04:18
Willow Street, IC.
04:19
Copy, exposure near 1841.
04:21
Evacuates.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Command 21: Assigned command radio channel 21 for coordination and communication among responding units.
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Location mentioned:
Near Willow St, San Jose, CA 95125
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