Gas leak detected near stairwell at Quincy address, Quincy MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/2/2025 06:57 AM

Near Brackett St, Quincy, MA 02169

A possible gas leak was reported near the stairwell at a Quincy address. Fire crews found elevated gas levels reaching up to 700 parts per million and requested a response from National Grid to investigate and address the leak.

Audio|Source: Quincy Police & Fire Dispatch

02:57

Transcript:

00:00

It was called in by management.

00:02

They said right outside of Unit 609 and the stairwell.

00:07

You could swallow it.

00:11

609. Okay on the message.

00:21

X-ray 6 to control X-ray 6 we're on the team fratley.

00:29

S.R. 2?

00:32

Good.

00:34

Let me out up Brad Meadows for safety bills.

00:38

Yeah, there's no point.

00:51

So, just like you have, it's a 53-feet truck. I'm going to have to block off the hotel inspection if you got the thing out here.

00:56

All right.

01:03

Fire Alarm, Engine 3 is on the road.

01:06

Mission 3 on the road.

01:09

Double 7.

01:13

So, check.

01:15

Your hand over there, Pete.

01:19

I sure do good though, thank you.

01:23

Correct.

01:26

Ladder 1 to come in.

01:29

Standabite.

01:32

We're in that stairwell and we are getting readings of 140 plus per million. It's going up as we go down so we're going to make our way down and see if we can find the source.

01:44

Okay,

01:46

we'll start in the lobby area here and we'll head to the stairwell.

01:51

Engine 1 calling fire alarm?

01:55

Answering engine 1.

01:57

You start National Grid Gas for 99 Brackett, please.

02:04

We have it starting National Grid Gas, 99 Brackett, calling now.

02:14

Engine one, two, Lada1, Lada1, we're in the basement, okay.

02:20

The Lada 1 has the highest we got was 260.

02:24

That's what we do it.

02:29

Okay.

02:37

One to NJ1, if you can find the main fire riser, that's for the highest reexhaired, shooting up to about 700.

02:48

That's that.

02:54

Security 6 control,

02:56

one to the shore.

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