Natural gas odor prompts evacuation at apartment complex, Rancho Cordova CA
Fire & ArsonA strong odor of natural gas was detected at a residential complex near El Mercado Dr. Authorities evacuated residents and shut off gas utilities to secure the area and prevent danger. Multiple addresses were affected by the gas smell.
Audio|Source: Sacramento Regional Fire and EMS
06:19
Transcript:
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Confirming near El Mercado Dr are both addresses of this complex. Copy.
00:13
This time 14 is arriving. I'll have El Mercado command.
00:16
Command posts be out here near El Mercado behind 66.
00:25
Section 14, I'll have El Mercado Command.
00:29
I'm Mercado, Command.
00:31
Commander, Command,
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Indian 6-6.
00:37
I do have a pretty good odor of natural gas trying to kind of pinpoint it now.
00:42
Manager on site is working out with the isolation area.
00:48
All right, let's get somebody shutting down the utilities to the building and start working on evacuating.
00:54
We've got a bunch of people still milling around.
00:58
Yeah, I've been working on that. We'll secure utilities and start to NACIPA.
01:02
Okay.
01:09
Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
01:12
Go ahead.
01:15
Additional caller states there's an odor outside of near Fier Crestway.
01:26
What was the address one more time?
01:31
Near Fier Crestway.
01:35
Copy, thank you.
01:37
Additionally, will you start me one more code 3 engine, please?
01:41
Copy.
01:48
Engine 62, flammable gas odor inside, district 66,
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Near El Mercado Dr, Engine 62, Operations A6
02:04
Command engine 66,
02:07
gas is secured near El Mercado Dr.
02:11
Units 80, 79,
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77,
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78.
02:17
Work our way down.
02:25
Engine 11, Medic 111, Mediolate, District 11,
02:31
Near Curved Bridge Road, Engine 11, Medic 11, Operation A2.
02:45
Truck 65 on scene, we'll bring up the 4 gas meter.
02:52
Shot from command. If, uh,
02:54
in addition to that, if you guys can check the Charlie side, there's units,
02:58
uh, probably 81 through 88 on the other side of the building, make sure they're evacuated if you got any code over there.
03:08
We have a very strong outer inside unit 74. I've got gas secured to 74,
03:16
76, 86, 88,
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73, 75, 8583. Yes.
03:25
Copy. Are you fairly confident it originated there in 74?
03:30
Negative's still working on that.
03:35
Yeah, truck, same assignment, checking that side forming, please.
03:41
Got me.
03:44
Command Truck 6-5, confirming we're evacuating the entire building and having them congregate out on the alpha side?
03:53
I need to check whatever.
03:55
Hey firm,
03:56
I don't really have a specific place where they need longer gate. Seems like we got people everywhere. Let's just get them out of the building and at least maybe 100 yards away.
04:08
Okay.
04:15
Engine 37, Medic.
04:17
37, Vehicle Accident, District 37, Caterline Way and List How Drive, Engine 37, Medic 37, Operations A2.
04:31
Command Engine 6-6-5-firefire.
04:36
Go ahead.
04:38
Command Engine 66 Nozzles. Residents are also reporting smell of natural gas in apartment south.
04:44
In the apartment with (number withheld), (number withheld) are all reporting natural gas smell as well.
04:54
All right,
04:56
from the pre-plan, it looks like that gas main is going to be over on the west and there, so what would be the Delta side.
05:03
Let's go ahead and shut that off to that building, the building number four as well.
05:10
6-6 copy.
05:13
We've got gas secured to the building directly in front of the engine. We'll work our way to the west, secure it to the rest of the buildings.
05:27
And just be advised, we also had a report of an odor from one of the residences on the north side of El Mercado.
05:35
But I think it's probably drifting from the apartment complex.
05:40
Go see.
05:47
Engine 76, Public Assistance, District 76, (number withheld), Engine 76, Operations A3.
06:02
I'm just in front of you here.
06:05
Gas has been secured.
06:06
I need to check the Charlie side, which is going to be the opposite side here,
06:11
and make sure that we've got the building evacuated and everybody cleared out and away from it.
06:17
I mean we spoke to them.
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Location mentioned:
El Mercado Dr, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
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