Backhoe hits gas line causing leak at Myrtle Beach strip mall, Myrtle Beach SC
Fire & ArsonA backhoe hit a gas line near Aspen Dental, Mattress Firm, and Chipotle at a strip mall on North Retail Court in Myrtle Beach. This caused an active gas leak. Fire crews responded by evacuating all three businesses and are monitoring gas levels. Roads near Coastal Grand Circle and North Retail Court have been closed to ensure public safety. Utility workers are on scene to shut off the gas supply and assess the situation.
Audio|Source: Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue
04:52
Transcript:
00:00
6-1 transporting south stream.
00:03
Copy.
00:05
Safety 3 is arriving on location.
00:11
We'll make this North Retail Command.
00:15
Can you send TV to help us block some of this traffic? We have a backhoe that appears to have a gas line.
00:22
104, safety 3.
00:28
Rescue One, go ahead and block Coastal Grand Circle. Let's try to start controlling some of the traffic in the area and have to move the front of the building away from the building. The back hose on the Charlie side.
00:54
Can you mark the Minion on location?
01:01
I apologize, can you repeat your traffic?
01:05
Could you mark the Midian on location?
01:08
Okay, for me.
01:13
S-U-1 command.
01:16
Gover S-E-1.
01:20
Let's go ahead and evacuate Aspen Dental and start some gas monitoring, see if we have any gas in the area.
01:33
Copy. Do you want a line on the ground as well?
01:38
That's affirmative.
01:44
Minion is going to be working to turn this off.
01:46
Obviously,
01:48
exposure protection is going to be our priority.
01:55
Rescue One, go ahead, move him back, or rescue one, move him back from that location.
02:02
Rescue 1, command.
02:06
Go ahead.
02:08
All right, I've just confirmed with Dominion.
02:10
We have enough fire protection on scene, but go ahead and evacuate mattress firm and Trapolte also.
02:22
Copy. We have a reading of 8 VOC in Aspen.
02:27
Are we, uh, we're just going to evacuate all buildings in this strip mall?
02:32
That's a permative.
02:40
Rest you want to come in. I'm sending the Dominion guy to check the levels in there to determine if we're going to secure power.
02:48
But go ahead and continue evacuation of Mattress Firm and Chipotle.
02:52
And obviously everybody out of Aspen Dental.
02:59
Asman Dental has been notified.
03:01
Mattress Firm is being notified right now in Chipotle.
03:06
Station, command.
03:09
Command.
03:11
Right now this is going to be a exposure protection situation. Can you send one more engine for water supply just to stand by in case we need it?
03:23
Then for, I'll get one going to.
03:29
Also, station, just so you're aware, we're evacuating Aspen Dental, Mattress Firm, and Chipolte,
03:36
which are half of the businesses on North Retail Court.
03:41
A-Firm, I copy, evacuating Aspen, mattress firm, and Chipotle.
03:45
And we're having MVP shut down the main entrance to Coastal Grand and this small section of Postal Graham Mall, as well as North Retail Court.
03:56
All roads will be closed.
04:03
If you have all those people that are congregating in front of the dumpsters move back
04:11
I just told them to move to their vehicle As you want to just give you an update the Dominion representative is waiting for one more person to help and bow that off
04:28
Gabi, are we going to be securing power or waiting for that?
04:34
He's going to notify us if we need to.
04:41
...station.
04:43
Go ahead.
04:45
The only engines I have available are 2 or 5 on the north end. It's pulling for truck 6. Do you want me to send 2 to you?
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Location mentioned:
Near N Retail Ct, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
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