Steam vent issue investigated near South Main St, Blacksburg VA
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Other Non-Crime EventAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to reports of steam coming from a vent or drain along the ramp from South Main Street near Yellow Sulphur Road in Blacksburg. The caller indicated a bubbling sound and visible steam, and officials investigated a possible utility issue on the roadway shoulder.
Audio|Heard on: Blacksburg, Town of Police Dispatch
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Transcript:
00:00
30 Blacksburg 383, possibly utilities.
00:06
Good.
00:12
Can you check the area of South Main Street coming northbound on South Main?
00:18
You're coming from the hospital, getting onto 460.
00:24
The caller was pinging just past the overhead sign where it splits between the westbound and eastbound ramps.
00:33
Caller advised (name withheld) pulled over on the shoulder of the ramp and there's a vent or a drain of some type on the shoulder that's blowing out steam.
00:40
And it's making a boiling and bubbling type of sound.
00:44
(Name withheld) is probably going to remain in the area, but what is Jack on?
00:50
Three three, we'll take a look.
00:54
Three three, I covered whoever was trying to get on.
00:59
We'll take a look at that.
01:03
That's all right, I'm right here at it.
01:06
Ten four.
01:09
I'm sorry, are you headed north getting on westbound coming from the hospital? So before you would cross the overpass.
01:23
We had (name withheld) call 911 so we could see the ping.
01:25
It looks like (name withheld) got onto the ramp to get on the 460 off of South Main Street just past Yellow Sulphur, and the call is pinging before the ramp splits to either get on the 460 east or west.
01:44
Ten four.
01:48
It looks like the road to the old hotel that runs parallel with South Main is still present right where (name withheld) was pinging.
01:57
If that helped.
02:01
There we go.
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Location mentioned:
S Main St, Blacksburg, VA
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