Gas leak found in apartment stove at Fairfax County building, Fairfax County VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a gas leak in an apartment stove at a Fairfax County building. The leak was isolated and controlled by shutting off valves and opening windows. There was no fire or injuries reported.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Correct. We just have the truck, I believe, is the Tower 436.
00:04
Just check the floor above.
00:06
We're in the affected unit, which is 2.08.
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We're investigating.
00:09
I'll give you a situation shortly.
00:12
Copy. Tower 436, you direct.
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Ski 401 is on scene.
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9-5-436.
00:25
Copy. Page 404.
00:28
Just confirmed the stairwell you accessed.
00:30
We're going to call that side alpha.
00:32
That goes all the way through to the back.
00:34
The delta, the stairwell does not access it.
00:40
It's going to be correct, Chief.
00:41
We'll go ahead and label the dispatch address, side alpha.
00:45
Stairwell does not go all the way through.
00:48
You're going to have a total of two units per floor.
00:52
And again, we'll label the floor as one, two, three.
00:59
Ski, 401,
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4-1, under 202.
01:09
Rescue line, guys, 4-1, did you say under 208 or 201?
01:18
Agent 404, confirm the apartment number here.
01:22
Command from engine 404 is going to be unit 208.
01:28
Copy Rescue Director.
01:32
Yes, sir.
01:37
Command from engine 404 go see we believe we uh go ahead and isolated it to the stove in unit 208 in the process of just shutting it off on the shuttle route and we're going to start some natural validation readings are pretty low we do have a leak at the fitting in the back of that stove in the story.
02:06
Copy.
02:07
We can control it.
02:08
You can get the fitting.
02:10
Tower 436 will get us readings from 308.
02:19
F-403 on Channel 440302, cardiac arrest, N-716, Joyce Drive, Cross Street, Joan Street.
02:29
Home Engine 403, Medic 403, ALF403, on Channel 4, Bravo, Box 440302, cardiac arrest, (number withheld), Joyce, Joyce Drive, Cross Street, Jones Street.
02:46
So you have a unit that backs up to this so that you have a unit that someone just checked the second floor on the coinciding address right behind this 2250.
03:01
Copy. Rescue 401.
03:03
Split your crew.
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Direct with engine 404.
03:06
They'll play exactly what unit to check.
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Pension 4, Rescue 401.
03:18
Do you want us in 2,200?
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Rescue 401 will repeat.
03:29
Do you want us in building 2,200?
03:37
2250. It's going to be the address right parallel to engine 4.
03:50
It's going to be a right, it should be the stairwell right in front of the Tower 436.
03:54
I'm looking out to the window.
04:00
Good after the Tower 36.
04:02
No answer at Department 308.
04:05
I have no readings in the hallway or no readings around the door.
04:12
Correct.
04:17
information 404.
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Go.
04:25
The readings drop significantly.
04:28
Once we shut off the valves, we're just going to start with natural ventilation.
04:32
Pretty confident it's going to be isolated to this unit,
04:35
which is a 208.
04:37
Recommending just going ahead and scaling this back.
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Fairfax County, VA
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