Gas leak detected in Arlington Heights building, Arlington Heights IL
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a gas leak in a building in Arlington Heights. They monitored gas levels in multiple units, ventilated the area, and coordinated with utility and construction companies. There was no fire or explosion reported. Residents were allowed to return once it was safe.
Audio|Source: Northwest Central Dispatch (NWCD) - FD2 and Firegrounds
04:24
Transcript:
00:00
All right, we have made it to the units that are on the far west side, right off of Valentine's Road, and we are at zero.
00:11
The interior units,
00:14
they had the higher readings towards the center of the building.
00:19
Those are at 16. We haven't made our way back. We have to see if they drop those initial readings of 15%.
00:26
Okay. And how many units were you getting those 16% readings in?
00:32
Okay.
00:34
Power 1, you still up on 6?
00:38
We're down on 4 right now.
00:40
6 doesn't have any handles on the windows, so we're trying to figure out how to open them.
00:46
Okay, I got you on 4. And what are your readings on 4, Ben?
00:50
Right now, the hallway is 0.5, a little higher in some of the units on the east side.
01:00
Come in from injured three.
01:03
Go ahead, three.
01:08
We're at three. We're at.
01:10
Okay.
01:16
What kind of reviews are you getting there now?
01:22
We're at zero right now.
01:29
Okay, just so I'd confirm,
01:32
the area that you had 17%, you're now getting zero.
01:41
Still checking. We're working our way back to that location from the furthest west location over where we were at.
01:51
Yeah, I want to level four tower one.
01:55
The highest room galas was one point, 8.8 and 1 unit. But ventilation is limited here. The windows only open up like 5 inches.
02:08
Yeah, we're looking at it. Okay.
02:11
What do you need up there, anything?
02:13
No, we're good here.
02:20
Command 2 driver.
02:22
Go ahead, Doc.
02:29
I have some representatives from the units from the building immediately to the east of the leak.
02:35
Wondering if they can start getting back in, do we feel comfortable any of them back in or want to have them hold off a little longer?
02:41
Yeah, if you can coordinate that, that'd be great.
02:44
If any of the existing buildings can go back into their units, that's fine.
02:51
Occupants of the adjacent buildings.
02:58
Ted, once we get this open up as much as we can, I think we're comfortable leaving this in the hands of NICOR and the construction company. So just let us know when we're there. Even if we've got some low reading, it's just going to take time to ventilate.
03:10
I concur.
03:12
Okay.
03:13
Do you have additional ventilation you need to perform up there?
03:20
No.
03:22
I think with all the windows open and I'm working on getting the vents open up at the top of the staircase, I think we're going to be fine, passing it on to them.
03:33
Okay,
03:34
power one.
03:35
Are you in the same boat? Do you have additional ventilation you need to complete or are you good?
03:40
No, we're good.
03:42
Okay, engine two.
03:48
So,
03:51
we find a way to take one screw off, open these windows all the way off, and just leave a screw back in the window, so that should help.
04:01
Very good.
04:03
I think we can go ahead and clear the scene.
04:05
Engine 3, prior to leaving, can you please connect with NICOR and the building superintendent advise them that they're going to need to continue natural ventilation?
04:15
And there's no further hazard here. It's just going to take time to ventilate.
04:19
You see.
04:21
Okay.
04:22
We're going to clear the scene.
04:24
You'll be the contact on Maine.
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