Gas line break prompts evacuation near South Lakewood, Cerritos CA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a major gas line break near South Lakewood. They detected a strong gas smell and began evacuating nearby residents while waiting for the gas company to arrive and shut off the leak.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles County Fire - LAC C-21
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Transcript:
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from squad. Engine 98, uh,
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from squad. We have a main gas line brake at the back of the park.
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We're looking for a shutoff, just have all units stage out on Lakewood.
00:19
Engine 115. Engine 98. Can you go ahead and come in? I'm going to try to find somewhere to shut this off.
00:24
Break. L.A., just confirm we have gas company responding.
00:30
Idea, copy.
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Went 31, stage.
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LA, battalion 9, I'm on scene.
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Break,
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engine 98, battalion 9, command.
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Webber into 98.
00:54
Yeah,
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are we going to have to consider evacuations if you have a pretty strong smell and confirm gas leak?
01:04
Oh,
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that's a part of the work on on that right now.
01:08
I don't think we're going to be able to shut this off quickly, so we're working on evacuating the nearby units.
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All right, copy that. I'm going to make my way down.
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Location mentioned:
Near South St, Cerritos, CA 90703
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