Natural gas line puncture prompts evacuation in Mesa, Mesa AZ
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a punctured natural gas line near a residence in Mesa, Arizona. They evacuated nearby workers and residents to the east and coordinated with city utility workers to clamp the leak and secure the area for safety.
Audio|Source: Mesa Fire, Gilbert Fire, Queen Creek Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Okay, we do have a two-hsline that's been punctured.
00:03
Do you have an audible here?
00:05
They see what they make work so they can be clamped.
00:09
So we'll just wait until (number withheld) and go with that game plan.
00:14
I'll start addressing any evacuation needs at the fact, do have a house that's occupied just to the north.
00:25
Tommy, you've assumed site control.
00:27
You're working on evacuation and establishing a limited access.
00:30
I've got additional resources on Steam that I can assign to assist you.
00:34
It seems to me like the best evacuation location would be to the east.
00:38
Is that accurate?
00:44
Mark, we may contact with the home, see if there's anybody at home at the residence.
00:48
Whatever.
00:49
All the workers have cleared the area.
00:55
All the workers have evacuated to the east.
00:58
We've got a two-inch line.
00:59
The city mason workers believe that it can be clamped.
01:03
Do you need additional resources?
01:09
That's negative. We'll go ahead and pull a protection line.
01:12
And we're just going to go into a 4 to assume hazard and clamp it.
01:18
That's negative.
01:19
There's a reason for you guys to pull a protection line.
01:22
We may work on a plan to shut this down with clamping.
01:26
Just work on establishing that limited access zone and again your site control.
01:31
Let me go if you need additional resources.
01:37
Ladder 214 to command?
01:40
Matt.
01:42
We're here on the north side.
01:43
We can go ahead and help assist site control with evacuation of the address near (number withheld) to the north, make sure no one's there.
01:51
And then pretty much everything should be safe from there.
01:55
Copy, I'm going to do a face-to-face with the city Mesa folks.
01:58
We'll see if we can do shelter in place for near (number withheld).
02:03
I'm just going to sign you as North Sector.
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Mesa, AZ
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