Gas leak found at apartment water heater on Market St, Reston VA
Fire & ArsonA gas odor was detected in the hallway outside an apartment on Market Street. Fire responders investigated all apartments and common areas. The strongest gas smell was found in apartment 204, traced to the water heater. The water heater was shut down, and gas company personnel confirmed a gas leak at the regulator. Repairs will be needed, but no further fire department help is required after initial mitigation.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Police, Fire and EMS
03:15
Transcript:
00:00
Needway. Command from engine 405.
00:11
Good.
00:15
The original caller articulated that he smelled an odor in the hallway outside of his apartment, which was Apartment 301.
00:23
We've assessed the common hallways, as well as all the apartments, gained access to all of them.
00:30
With the exception of apartment 303,
00:33
we did a doorway assessment of 303.
00:36
No hazardous readings inside the interior of the building.
00:40
We do have the strongest odor in apartment 204 which is the Bravo Quadrant on the ground level from side alpha that may be coming from the water heater we're in the process of shutting that down now no hazardous readings in apartment 204 once we get that shutdown we can scale down to engine 5 Tower 5 and we'll coordinate transfer of the situation of the gas company
01:11
I got a copy. Clear floor number three.
01:14
Worked your way down to floor number two, working in Department 204 at the water heater.
01:19
Got isolated at the appliance.
01:28
Rescue 408 from command.
01:31
Any updates from the exterior onside Charlie?
01:36
Onside, Charlie, with the gas company representative, definitely got a leak at the regulator.
01:42
He's working on that now.
01:49
Okay, copy. Okay, copy.
01:58
Okay. There, any other evening in the street guard?
02:05
We got the ping coming back.
02:09
It's showing near 8208 Briar Creek Drive on the west side of 495.5, but it has over a 1200 meter range.
02:47
Command from engine 405.
02:52
Go ahead.
02:55
Controlled the water heater and apartment 204, did a face-to-face with Washington gas.
03:01
They're going to have some expensive repairs on the meter on the exterior. However, he's not going to need any additional fire department personnel.
03:09
We can send everybody in service for the exception of engine 5, tower 5, and then we'll go in service when we're ready.
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Location mentioned:
Market St, Reston, VA 20190
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