Fire crews respond to gas leak near Whitaker St, Clayton NC
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible residential gas leak near Whitaker Street in Clayton. Units reported a broken gas line caused by someone working in the area. Police assisted by closing nearby roads and moving people to safety while fire personnel established command and initiated containment efforts.
Audio|Heard on: Johnston County Fire
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03:7
Transcript:
00:00
Central Battalion, Central Battalion Chief One, gas leak.
00:03
Gas leak residential, near Whitaker Street, crossing of North Amherst Street and KD Street.
00:12
Please respond to a broken gas line.
00:14
Code three up (number withheld).
00:20
Central Battalion ones are out.
00:31
Did you want to run around?
00:33
Did you copy that as well?
00:41
Are units en route to Whitaker Street? Just be advised,
00:44
We have an additional caller advised that someone was working out there and hit a substantial size gas line.
00:56
Roger, one copy.
01:02
Engine One from Tower, are you going in on North and Mill?
01:07
Copy.
01:10
Copy. We're going to circle around Solomons and come in from North Kildee.
01:16
Central Battalion One's on the scene, near Whitaker Street.
01:21
I've got an active gas leak.
01:22
Battalion One be establishing command.
01:24
Central copy on scene,
01:26
Active gas leak.
01:33
Central, go ahead and talk to people.
01:36
Careful, people.
01:41
Engine One, Tower One,
01:43
Police on the scene already assisting with shutting the road down.
01:49
Engine One, if you can ramp that side and try and get a police unit over there.
01:56
Central Clinton Engine One on scene.
01:57
We're going to be needing a hydrant at O'Neill and where is that?
02:03
Central Coffee on scene.
02:10
Tower One's on scene,
02:12
Shutting down Whitaker at Kildee.
02:16
All right, one other had that police move his vehicle if you want to commit.
02:25
Copy, there's room for him to squeeze by.
02:30
Engine One, I'm sending an additional police unit.
02:34
Put an open third unit on.
02:35
We've occurred to shut that side down.
02:40
Stand by, we're going to drop a line.
02:47
Engine One and Tower One, I got police removing the people in immediate area until across the road by the command post.
02:55
We'll just have everyone that was shut up here in place until they get the readings.
03:04
Copy. And you're on driver, go ahead and charge our front jump line.
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Location mentioned:
W Whitaker St, Clayton, NC 27520
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