Gas line punctured during digging near Bonney Rd, Virginia Beach VA
Road ClosureA gas line was accidentally punctured during digging near Bonney Road at the Mews at Town Center apartments. The leak caused gas to bubble from an approximately one-inch pipe. Emergency crews established a 25-foot safety zone and stopped traffic. No nearby buildings were immediately at risk.
Audio|Source: Virginia Beach EMS
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Transcript:
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Virginia Beach copies, ambulance 422P, Ladder 7, PD[1] for a medical alarm, near Bonney Road, Apartment 128, Mews at Town Center,
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going to be for a known patient at (number withheld).
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The 101-term roll call for 129 Sykes Avenue, engine 11.
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Angel 11. Angel 11.
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Pager 14.
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Manager 14.
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Ladder 11?
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Ladder.
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And we're a rescue too.
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Rescue two.
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I have a second one copies.
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I've always find use on a tech channel.
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Chief, based on comments and the fact that Verizon is out there, do you want to insert B&G?
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Are we on the Alpha side of the building or the Bravo side?
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Bravo. Step 4.
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It's going up now.
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The second one for Gene Beach.
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The sign one.
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You can go ahead and notify VNG as well.
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1240.
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EMS one or New Beach.
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EMS1. We have Ross.
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Mayn have a time, please.
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12.4.2.
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This is going to be down past the joint card.
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It'll be passed up just before the junkyard.
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All right, cop.
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14 if you can, we'll stop traffic right there at you.
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See, if we got a confirmed leak,
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it's bubbling out on the ground.
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It looks approximately an inch pipe.
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Let's see a one inch.
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All right, Bobby.
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And this is due to digging.
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It's just not in the ground, correct?
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It is due to digging.
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It looks like they drilled a small hole into it and not severed the pipe completely.
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It's where they're boring a line.
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It looks like it bore the line straight into the ENG pipe.
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It's down at the urine down towards the junkyard.
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We can do it with cones.
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When virus you do arise, they could come from southern and shut down with the truck.
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That would be best.
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Roscoe, too, you copy.
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Rescute, you copy.
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The engine driver's plug cone.
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Our hot zone will be 25 feet diameter.
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No business just need to be evacuated right now.
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I copy.
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25-foot diameter hot zone around the leak.
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As far as any structures around it, no exposure issues?
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That's correct.
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On the outside, we have no exposure issues.
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Can we clear the rescue?
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Now, get them to continue in for a little bit.
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Location mentioned:
Near Bonney Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
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