Fire alarm triggered by gas smell from broken pipe, Palo Alto CA


A fire alarm was triggered at North County Mental Health in Palo Alto due to a broken pipe in the garage that smelled like gas. There was initial suspicion it was caused by the sprinkler system leaking water, and a gas investigation and utility checks were requested.
Audio|Source: Palo Alto Fire
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Transcript:
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62, respond to fire alarm.
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At 231 Grand Avenue, North County Mental Health, Palo Alto Cross Streets are Park Boulevard and Birch Street.
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At 62, we've had two residents' call from your target address.
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Advising that a pipe in the garage broke, it smells like gas. Do you want me to start utilities? And do you want a gas investigation for this?
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Yeah, let's go out of study utilities.
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Keep a single engine for now.
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The pipe, it's possibly sprinkler system, which has sneaky water.
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Lowishmont truck degree and update.
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