Strong natural gas odor leads to apartment evacuations, Folsom CA
Fire & ArsonResponders received multiple reports of a strong natural gas odor inside and outside an apartment complex near Sierra Crestway in Folsom, CA. The odor was verified, leading to evacuation of the building and securing of gas supplies. The fire department requested PG&E to check for damage and coordinated evacuation areas to keep residents safe. The gas leak origin was traced to units within the complex. No personal names or exact apartment numbers were disclosed for privacy.
Audio|Source: Sacramento Regional Fire/EMS Communications Center (SRFECC)
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Transcript:
00:00
Copy. Can you confirm the address with the apartment number of 8-0? I have PG&E on the line there saying there's no apartment number 8-0 for that address.
00:14
Engine 46, flammable gas leak outside, District 6-949, Control Way, Engine 46, Operations A3.
00:26
Yeah, we'll be on Tanger in a second here. We'll get back to you.
00:32
Copy.
00:33
6-6, I do copy your traffic on A3. We have an apartment 8-0, and then we have a strong-order natural gas coming from it.
00:41
Copy, confirming this one zero four six zero.
00:45
Confirming one zero four eight zero and one zero four six zero are both addresses of this complex.
00:52
Tommy.
00:56
I'm starting 14's arriving. I'll have El Mercado command command post be able on Elmercato by 966.
01:07
Special Patan 14, we'll have Elmericado command.
01:10
Commander Command Command Indian 6-6.
01:18
I do have a pretty good odor of natural gas trying to kind of fence. Now,
01:23
Commander, you're on site.
01:25
It's working out of the size leased area.
01:27
All right, but let's get somebody shutting down the utility to the building and start working on the vatting.
01:34
Looks like we got a bunch of people still milling around.
01:37
Yeah, I've been working on that. We'll, uh, security utilities, we'll start to need to be lights.
01:46
Day 4 in 27, 29, will my number out of Washington, advise it if you want the number.
01:56
You have four, you want to go ahead.
02:02
Do you want the number or do you want a verbal?
02:04
If you have both, go ahead with both.
02:07
It's going to be William, David, Lincoln, 57,
02:15
2 Tom, 37,
02:17
2 Sam Boy.
02:19
It'll be Lassiz Smith.
02:21
Anna first.
02:24
It's going to be Shia, Sam Henry, Ida Hama,
02:28
26, 96, female.
02:30
Um, we're Codder Command, Tarters, Beth.
02:34
Go ahead.
02:37
Additional caller states there's an odor outside of near Sierra Crestway.
02:45
What if I address one more time?
02:49
Near Sierra Crestway.
02:52
T.41 return.
02:54
Go ahead.
02:56
She's known clear ballot out of Washington.
03:00
Copy, thank you.
03:01
Additionally, we start me one more code 3 engine, please.
03:05
Go forth.
03:07
Copy.
03:09
Copy, go for.
03:10
At 31 K9 for a 20,001 just occurred.
03:14
Blisto and Caroline Way.
03:19
So suspect vehicle is going to be a black Teflah 8 X-ray Adam Lincoln 517, driven by
03:27
A 16-year-old juvenile that lives in Otto Hills.
03:35
Engine 62, flammable gas odor inside, District 66,
03:40
Near AmeriCato Drive, Engine 62, Operations A6.
03:47
The Tesla ran over one of the RPs for feet.
03:53
Sounds like they do need medical.
03:55
Still on counterline, working on a DOT for that vehicle.
03:58
Okay, I want to go.
04:01
Command engine 6-6, gas cured to 1-480, unit 80, 79,
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77,
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78,
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work away down.
04:16
And only DOT is going to be, it took a left on list, though, from Little Catterline.
04:22
Cut it.
04:27
Engine 11,
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Medic 111, Mediolate, District 11,
04:33
6721,
04:34
Curve Bridge Road, Engine 11, Engine 11, Medic 111, Operations A2.
04:44
6-on scene we'll bring up the 4 gas meter.
04:50
Truck from command, if you guys can check the Charlie side, so it's going to be units probably 81 through 88 on the other side. Let me make sure they're evacuated if we've got any decoder of it.
05:06
Command 66, we have a very strong order inside unit 74. I've got gas secured to 74,
05:13
76, 86, 88,
05:15
73, 75, 85, 83.
05:19
Fairly confident at origin to there in 74.
05:23
Fire dispatch engine 46.
05:27
Negative's still working on that.
05:29
All right, bye.
05:32
Got me.
05:34
We got shut off here.
05:37
We need PGE to come out and check up the computer damaged.
05:41
Commander 65, confirming we're evacuating the entire thing and having them congregate out on the alpha side.
05:50
We can't shut off, requesting PG&E to check for damage.
05:55
You just check for damage.
05:57
Hey firm,
05:58
I don't really have a specific place where they need to conquer. It's like we got people everywhere. Let's just get them out of the building and at least maybe 100 yards away.
06:08
7.
06:09
The 21-RP, no the driver.
06:14
It sounds like it. They knew his first name and age.
06:24
Engine 37, Medic 37, Vehicle Accident, District 37, Caterline Way and List Cow Drive, Engine 37, Medic 37, Operation 2.
06:40
Command, Engine 665, Fire.
06:43
Go ahead.
06:49
An engine 6 nozzle, reports are also reporting smell of natural gas in apartments south.
06:56
In the apartment with 55, 6, 545, 5,
07:00
5, 3 are all reporting natural gas smell as well.
07:03
The vehicle comes back registered off of Latrobe, south of Rock and Alderado Hills.
07:08
All right,
07:10
from the pre-plan, looks like FASME is going to be over on the west hand there, so what would be the Delta side.
07:16
Let's go ahead and shut that off to that building, the building number four as well.
07:21
1031.
07:23
Go ahead.
07:25
We're 97. What's the 20 there?
07:28
Choose size, Listo and counterline.
07:31
6x copy we've got cast secured to the building directly front of the engine we'll work our way to the west secure to the rest of the building.
07:44
Everyone copy.
07:47
And per rapid she's mapping on counterline right at Listo.
07:54
And just be advised, we also had a report of an odor from one of the residences on the north side of El Mercado, but I think it's probably dressing from the apartment complex.
08:05
Okay.
08:07
Okay. Okay.
08:09
Okay.
08:14
Six to you guys up on time.
08:16
Hey, Ben, we're just a writer in the same.
08:24
Engine Set 6, public assistance, District 76, 8607, MRI, Engine 76, Operations 80.
08:35
As 31.
08:36
Yes, 31, go ahead.
08:39
We're going to be out with the RPs.
08:41
Looks like just a possible bruise too.
08:44
All right, we got an odor of gas in two of these buildings. Not sure which one I'm generating from, but building six, building four, if you've got three planned up.
08:53
Building four is this one just in front of you here.
08:57
Gas has been secured and you check the Charlie side, which is going to be the opposite side here, and make sure that we've got the building evacuated and everybody cleared out and away from it.
09:07
Okay.
09:08
We'll commit them.
09:11
Okay, 41, 28.
09:13
Okay, 41, go ahead.
09:16
Medic, into the driveway, right behind eight.
09:20
Truck 65, engineer, are you securing gas to the building that you're currently at?
09:28
I'm not going to return on this plate, but it's Victor, Adam Lincoln, Zebra, 3.00 on a crisis.
09:36
Yeah,
09:39
shutting down building 4 right now.
09:42
Redic 1-11 into that driveway. It's coming back not on file.
09:46
Could it be 3 Ocean Ocean Ocean? God be command. That should be gas secured to building 4, 5, and 6, and we'll work on getting more evacuations off the charge.
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