Gas leak prompts evacuation behind Quakers Way shopping center, Quakertown PA
Fire & ArsonA gas leak was detected behind the shopping center near Quakers Way. Multiple stores including Rossi's Pizza and Ciocca Chevy were evacuated. UGI workers marked gas lines and requested additional resources. The incident caused a prolonged operation with high gas readings in nearby sewer drains. Some parts of the shopping center remained open while ensuring safety.
Audio|Source: Bucks County Fire North and OPs
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Transcript:
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The notes, right behind the empty store and the Chinese place.
00:04
Storm drains reading 10, all the elves.
00:08
Anybody's been evacuated in that area at this time, or see you in the end up to 50.
00:13
Okay, that's the alley in the rear of the shopping center, correct?
00:18
Alley, but orange here at this property, behind the agent building of the store.
00:24
Okay.
00:29
Operations.
00:37
Can we have an officer come over here, see what we can do with Rossi's pizza? We have to shut those ovens down.
00:43
Okay,
00:47
give me a minute here, trying to find the UGI guy.
00:50
He's hard to map out everything on the back corner.
00:52
We're just losing them, so he's going too fast.
00:55
Operation 7.
00:57
Do you have to take that over Rossi's?
01:00
Yeah, that's fine.
01:07
operations the UGI representative is in the alleyway behind Quaker's way he's he's marking out the gas line obviously I'll be up to you in the minute here
01:21
sorry we still have just three from the sewer outside of the service case
01:31
Oppos to command? 930 6th is fire, please.
01:34
Quakers Way and 309 to keep all the traffic and possessions away from the area here.
01:42
Thank you. Thank you for progress report.
01:48
Good time, please.
01:58
Smart 18 officers in the alleyway behind on the Cope side. That inlets had almost 20% helio.
02:09
So our readings are going up. Is UTI aware of that?
02:14
Stores 15 to 29 on Quaker's way addresses have all been evacuated.
02:18
In the rear net store, UGI has a GAS leak in one of their place. They have now called a dugout company to come and get more resources from UGI.
02:29
(number withheld) West End Blvd, Ciocca Chevy is now evacuated. We have high levels in their store sewer drains.
02:36
GTI, where are that? In that building, that building is evacuated.
02:40
It is.
02:42
It will be a prolonged operation.
02:45
Operations, you come in. Come in.
02:50
WGI, at this time,
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the shopping is there can stay open. They don't have to shut down either prior to that at this time.
02:58
You still try to narrow it down.
03:00
Just no one in the building.
03:02
Okay, so our officers can keep their ovens operating?
03:06
Yeah, that shouldn't be an issue at this time, as you said.
03:10
Fire police can go to the front there, additional fire police. We have people still walking up and down there.
03:15
We just want to keep them away from this at this time.
03:18
Okay, command, Captain 17.
03:21
Okay, command, I copy draft. I'm with Rossi's right now.
03:25
So they need to evacuate, but they can keep the ovens on.
03:28
That is correct.
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Location mentioned:
Quakers Way, Quakertown, PA 18951
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