Gas leak reported in apartment building in Columbia, Columbia MD
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a natural gas leak in a four-story apartment building near Swift Stream Pl, Columbia. A resident smelled and heard gas coming from a fireplace after turning it on. Utility company BG&E was notified and secured the power possibly to the affected apartment unit. Firefighters staged on site to manage the situation.
Audio|Source: Howard County Fire Dispatch
02:15
Transcript:
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Engine 141, engine 701, engine 911, truck 7, permanent 145. Battalion 2, Safety 1, Respond, 10,000-340, System Stream Police Unit 310, 310. We're reported inside gas leak, respond and operate Bravo 1.
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4-1-145. I'm going to go ahead and give you guys rebroadcast per everybody gets back on. It's going to be 10,340 SWIFstream unit 310. Our caller was BG&E. The resident called them said they smelled gas and could hear it coming from the fireplace. They went turn on the fireplace.
00:40
BGE secured the power.
00:42
I'm not sure if they secured the power to the entire building or just the unit in question.
00:49
BG's got about a 50-minute ETA.
00:55
An engine 71991, truck 7, Italian 2 Safety 1 if you didn't catch any of that. 10,340 Swiss train place unit 310 inside the gas leak coming from the fireplace caller can hear and smell it.
01:09
The electric has possibly been secured just to the apartment.
01:15
BG.E.C. 15 minute, T.A.
01:18
1636.
01:23
1141 to 71.
01:25
We're going to stage in front of near Swift Stream Pl. If you want to sit at the plug at the south entrance, just in case we've got to lay it to me.
01:35
71 copies.
01:41
We're on Steam, four-story apartment building,
01:44
we're staged in front of near Swift Stream Pl. We do have a plug.
01:48
We got nothing evident besides Alpha.
01:50
I'll take 71 and Truck 7 back. Everyone else can stage.
01:54
Defendant from 141 is going to have the command.
02:01
Hi, sir,
02:02
141's got a forestry apartment building, got the plug at near Swift Stream Pl. Nothing happened in from Side Alpha.
02:09
7-1 and Truck 7.
02:10
Come on back, everyone else, level 1 stage.
02:13
141 is going to have command 1639.
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Location mentioned:
Near Swift Stream Pl, Columbia, MD 21044
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