Gas leak in elevator shaft traced to apartment stove valve, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonGas odor was reported in the elevator shaft on the seventh floor of the Boxwood building near W Marshall St. Gas utility responded and found the source at an apartment stove valve left on. Ventilation efforts were underway to clear the gas.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
03:55
Transcript:
00:00
All right, if we can have the truck three respond up, this system was an investigation.
00:06
We do have a smell of gas from the 7th floor in the elevator shaft.
00:11
Need DPU to respond as well.
00:17
All right, truck three is heading up to you.
00:24
Mr. Battalion 3 is only seen at the Boxwood building.
00:27
I'll go ahead and take command.
00:28
Engine 10, Truck 3 might be my investigation group.
00:32
Engine 17s, I'm sorry, engine 10 is reporting odor of gas and elevator shaft, confirming that DPU is responding out.
00:44
Engine 1 from Battalion 1.
00:48
Engine 1.
00:51
Engine 1.
00:55
At Channel 3,
00:59
1750 hours.
01:05
TENS reporting an odor of gas and elevator shaft on the seventh floor.
01:10
I'd like to confirm that gas utilities is responding up.
01:15
Battalion, I copy you taking command there at 1715 bottom the Boxwood building. DUPU has been notified and en route since 1731.
01:25
And I copy the investigative group. You give them a call back and make sure they got an update on the address to 1717.
01:33
Copy, we'll notify them of 1715 as the address changed.
01:36
1751.
01:44
Bill of the command from the investigative group.
01:47
Right now we don't have anything in the meter.
01:50
Still have a slight smell of gas.
01:53
Spoke with a caller and said it's been like this all day.
02:01
I have engine 10 reporting nothing on the meters, but you do have an odor on the floor.
02:06
Huxman's been reporting that it's been like that all day.
02:13
Stand for engine five.
02:17
Engine 5. Engine 5.
02:21
DPU just turned into something closer now.
02:26
Copy, thank you for that update. In Engine 5, you guys can just stay out there where you're at for right now.
02:32
We're on scene.
02:34
It appears to be a single vehicle in the No.
02:36
3 lane of 195 just after the Carey Street exit.
02:41
Indy 6 will be investigating and have commands.
02:49
Ingen 6 will see 195, correction northbound.
02:54
It's a single vehicle that number 3, 6 S command investigating at 7054.
03:02
Three,
03:03
gas utilities on scene.
03:06
Ten, three, I covered gas utilities on scene, 1754.
03:11
Command Engine, Ten, can you send someone down to meet the gas utilities right in the lobby?
03:16
One.
03:20
Command from Investigative Group.
03:22
We've located the source.
03:24
Apartment 703.
03:27
We found the gas sov left on.
03:30
15% LEL.
03:32
We're working on ventilation.
03:40
Command of Investigation Group, do you need truck six to assist with ventilation?
03:46
Just need one truck.
03:51
Receive, and I'm sending gates, utilities up to 7.3 now.
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Location mentioned:
W Marshall St, Richmond, VA 23230
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