Vehicle damages gas meter causing leak and sparking wires, Wayne County OH
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Fire & ArsonA vehicle struck a gas meter near 5 Points Rd, causing an active gas leak and sparking wires near a tree. Fire and utility units are responding to secure the area and address the leak.
Audio|Heard on: Wayne County Sheriff and Fire, Wooster, Rittman, Doylestown Police, Rittamn EMS
Listen to dispatch call
03:29
Transcript:
00:00
They have (number withheld).
00:05
6-5-100. They said that they hit a gas meter.
00:15
Sounds like there's gas pouring out of the ground here.
00:21
Is anything on fire?
00:24
Not that I see, but I could see it looks like gas coming out of the ground.
00:35
Quiet.
00:37
The A.0685-400.
00:39
You could smell it, too.
00:40
It's definitely gas can go on.
00:46
It's 6.5-500.
00:47
There's a wire against the tree that's sparking.
00:51
Here where the gas comes from.
01:02
8,08500. I'll be out with 806.
01:04
806, why don't you come back here a little bit? We'll wait for FP to get out, check the area.
01:14
8509 to 510.
01:17
Good.
01:18
Smithville unit on scene advising that it's like they hit some type of gas pump, gas is leaking.
01:25
But this time the wires are sparking.
01:30
Copy.
01:33
629.
01:37
No one throughout the application.
01:40
I don't want to route to rack, 629.
01:46
500 engine 91's en route engine 91 responding 629 8,500 all responding central unit to Five Points Road per PDE it is icy
02:07
8,510 is on scene,
02:11
bull is broke at the bottom and line is touching a tree right now.
02:17
Clear, 9510 on scene, all broken at the bottom,
02:22
touching the tree right now.
02:30
Gas meter has snapped off.
02:33
We do have an active gas leak right below where the tree's on are.
02:52
Engine 91 on scene, 635.
02:58
Engine 91, same traffic.
03:02
Engine 91 on scene, 635.
03:09
So that residential gas meters at the Red, Dominion, or whoever's area this is, will need to respond.
03:19
That's there on 19 with Power Company.
03:21
Currently,
03:22
we are trying to figure out which gas company it was.
03:24
We're tended to contact them also.
03:27
Out by the road that says Commerce Gas Company.
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Location mentioned:
Points Rd, Green Township, OH
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