Natural gas leak with person inside home sparks evacuation, Tucson AZ
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a residential area near Veterans St in Tucson where there was a strong natural gas odor and a person inside a home. They shut off gas at the stove and began evacuating nearby houses for safety. Road closures and evacuation procedures were initiated as a precaution.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police/Fire Citywide
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Transcript:
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It does have a strong odor of natural gas coming out.
00:03
The person is still inside.
00:06
When you want to one's four, do we need to shut the neighborhood down?
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Fire permit, K-(number withheld).
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1021.
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This match copy, 851.
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Two one four and round you're responding eight seven and one.
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We went inside turn the gas off at the stove but if we're looking to see how we turn off on the upper
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Dispatch C.C.A.15.
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Dispatch copy CC815.
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Okay.
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Cool what you mean.
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One time one to one you one.
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We're en route.
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I'll help you shut off the gas.
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That's one. Let me respond.
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Co.C.
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Ten-four.
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Ten-four. Let's your T-2-2.
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When you want to see, see if we can get contact numbers for the houses in the area.
01:33
Maybe start getting in touch with them, please.
01:38
Yeah, well, I'm going to save some game the occupants of near Veterans St.
01:41
Out right now, they're attached still.
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One Tom, one, we will go to Veterans St and we will start working on evacuating the houses to the north, and we will shut down Veterans St as well.
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Location mentioned:
Veterans St, Tucson, AZ 85713
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