Natural gas leak prompts evacuation at apartment complex, Rancho Cordova CA
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to a strong natural gas odor caused by a gas leak at an apartment complex near El Mercado Dr. The gas utility was shut off, and the building was evacuated to keep residents safe.
Audio|Source: Sacramento Regional Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Soter inside, district 66,
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near El Mercado Dr, PC 14, truck 65,
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operations A6.
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Engine 13,
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operations B3
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Dispatch, Engine 19, are there BLS nutics available?
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Cover that. Can you send INJ19 to be a L.S. Medic? We're going to clear Medic19.
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Copy.
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Copy. Our dispatch is your 599-15.
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Copy.
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Copy.
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Cyan 14 is up on Alpha 6 for El Mercado.
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How Avenue number, 121, Medicaid 14, Bravo, Operations A2.
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Entent 61, flammable gas leak outside, district,
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61,
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near Mills Tower Drive, Engine 61, Action 61, Operation 83.
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NG 66 by dispatch.
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Dispatch, the time 14, I got 66 contact.
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Copy. Can you confirm the address with the apartment number of 80? I have PG&A on the line there saying there's no apartment number 8-0 for that address.
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Hi, yeah, we'll be on scene just a second here. We'll get back here.
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Copy. Six-six, I do copy your traffic on A3.
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We have an apartment 80,
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and then we have a strong odor of natural gas coming from it.
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Copy, confirm me that's near El Mercado Dr.
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Confirming near El Mercado Dr and near El Mercado Dr are both addresses of this complex. Copy.
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This time 14 is arriving. I'll have El Mercado command.
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Command posts be out here on Elmercato behind 66.
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Section 14, I'll have El Mercado Command.
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I'm Mercado, Command.
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Commander, Command,
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Indian 6-6.
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I do have a pretty good odor of natural gas trying to kind of pinpoint it now.
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Manager on site is working out with the isolation area.
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All right, let's get somebody shutting down the utilities to the building and start working on evacuating.
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We've got a bunch of people still milling around.
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Yeah, I've been working on that. We'll secure utilities and start to NACIPA.
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Okay.
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Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
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Go ahead.
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Additional caller states there's an odor outside of near Fier Crestway.
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What was the address one more time?
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near Fier Crestway.
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Copy, thank you.
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Additionally, will you start me one more code 3 engine, please?
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Copy.
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Engine 62, flammable gas odor inside, district 66,
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near Elmercato Drive, Engine 62, Operations A6
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Command engine 66,
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gas is secured to near El Mercado Dr.
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Units 80, 79,
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77,
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78.
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Work our way down.
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Location mentioned:
Near El Mercado Dr, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
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