Excavator leaking gas investigated near Laurel Street overpass, Worcester MA
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a report of an excavator leaking gas underneath the Laurel Street overpass on highway I-290 westbound. Upon inspection, no active hazard or leak was found. The situation was monitored and determined to be safe.
Audio|Source: Worcester City Fire and EMS
05:11
Transcript:
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290 westbound bikes at 290 westbound bike's at 21.
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There's going to be a report of an accident with a possible gas container breach on a truck transporting an excavator.
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Here you, Florida, Val.
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Fort 12 Queen Street.
00:28
First floor, 56-year-old male difficulty breathing.
00:32
And iron cocaine.
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Four hazard.
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Safety free to fire alarm.
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The person who responds to 290.
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Thank you.
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Andrew Alderman fire alarm.
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11-101 Berry Road.
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Room 19, Delta, 85-year-old male with having some sort of diabetic issue.
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Proceed.
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Engineering final.
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Hello. Hello.
01:30
Yeah, what? This was at, uh, I think it's at 20.
01:33
Is that what you got it out?
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290 westbound,
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possibly the Laurel Street underpass.
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Okay, we didn't see any vehicles.
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We're down to exit 18.
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Can you give them a call back and verify that location?
02:07
Yeah, I don't know if it was an accident.
02:09
I guess it was just a possible breach on an excavator that a truck was transporting.
02:22
Okay, so this isn't on the roadway, it's gonna be underneath the bridge.
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We're trying to get more information, hold on.
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Okay.
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Andrew Ford is my own.
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5.
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The engine 4 is on arrival.
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748.
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Engine 8 to engine 3.
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Three answering engine eight.
03:03
Yeah, what we're thinking, it might be that construction equipment underneath the overpass.
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If you want to just snob and check there, we got off at Eggton 18, we didn't see anything and nobody flagged us down, so.
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Breezy sounds good, we're going to come up to this shortly, I want you know.
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Okay.
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Engine 3 to engine 8.
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8 to answering 3.
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Yeah, we drove by, we didn't see anything going on there.
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Okay, yeah, we drove all the way down to exit 18, got off and looped around.
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We're not seeing anything.
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Engine 8, filing.
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File alarm.
04:03
Yeah, did we get any more information on us? We went all the way down to exit 18 and not finding anything.
04:13
Negative. Carthrie called it into us and wanted us to check it out.
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We're going to try and get more information from him.
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Okay,
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we're going to return on admin.
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Obviously, if you get anything different,
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let us know.
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Let's see. We'll do.
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Safety to Engine 8 and engine 3?
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Three answering safety.
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Yeah, I was going to call on my cell phone.
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This is going to be an excavator that was parked by itself under the Laurel Street overpass.
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Somebody off-duty said it was off-gassing.
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They're not sure what's in there.
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So if one of you guys can stop, check that out, the other block, and I'll be looping around to join you.
05:04
Received. Engine 3 has it.
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We're on arrival at that location.
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That was what we checked out previously.
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We didn't see anything happening.
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We'll get eyes on it again.
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Laurel St, Worcester, MA
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