Major natural gas leak reported at Portland shelter, Portland OR
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a major natural gas leak at the Transition Projects Clark Center shelter in Portland. There was a strong gas smell in the kitchen, pilot lights were off, and the breaker was tripped. Over 90 people were inside, but shelter staff preferred not to evacuate unless necessary.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
03:55
Transcript:
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Information off-6 is going to be in use for a gas major response over the transition projects near Southeast Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
00:06
Again, that's on ops,
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sorry, ops 6 at 1744.
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1, engine 23, squad 1, truck 1, and C1.
00:17
You're going to be working on Ops6. Dispatches calling a gas major incident at Transition Projects Clark Center,
00:23
near Southeast Martin Luther King for Engine 21, Engine 1, Engine 23,
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Squad 1, Truck 1, and C1, you'll be working on Opt 6 at 1744.
00:37
1555, you cancel our fire response.
00:41
1355 a copy. Looks like engine 715 is on scene, but engine 75 you can clear.
00:47
Engine 75 copies.
00:50
It's 1745.
00:54
Group will be Office 1.
00:56
Chuck 10 on the smoke investigation in the area of South McCatum Avenue and the Selwood Bridge. Your talk group is Office 1 at 1745.
01:07
This is a repeat of the reported natural gas for a major leak. Transition Project Clark Center, near Southeast Martin Luther King Jr.
01:16
Boulevard. Pell reporting a smell of gas in the kitchen. All the pilot lights are off, hood. It's not venting like it normally does.
01:22
You can see the plug out of the wall behind the oven and the breaker tripped. This is a shelter. There are 90 plus people inside that they would rather not evacuate.
01:30
This is for Engine 21, Engine 21, Engine 23, Squad 1, Trek 1, C1.
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on opt 6, it's 1746.
01:41
C1 copy.
01:44
21 copy the updates.
01:50
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02:15
Engine 21 has arrived. We have a four-story center hallway apartment. We have people stand around. Engine 21 has command. Engine 21 has command. Engine 21 B will be investigating.
02:27
Engine 21, four-story center hall apartment. People are standing around outside. Engine 21 will have command. Engine 21 will be investigating.
02:40
Command engine 21B, just in case we need it, gas shut off is right on that side of the building where we're parked.
02:48
So, copy.
02:49
Can copy, yeah, I see it here next to engine 21, thank you.
02:57
In engine 21B, I'm going to hold off on shutting this off until you guys get inside and see what you got.
03:04
That sounds good, we're sitting here right now.
03:11
It's going to be in the main building, not the annex.
03:19
Command copied main shelter area, not the annex apartment.
03:28
Region 1 from Command can you stage there on MLK.
03:44
Command copy engine one can you go in and assist my B team with our squad one can you go and assist my B team with investigations
03:51
It's a rather large open shelter space, so we'll need multiple monitors in there
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Location mentioned:
Clark Center in Portland, OR, USA, 1431 SE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97214
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