Home evacuated after residential gas leak, Easton MD
Fire & ArsonFire and emergency crews responded to a gas leak at a home near Spur Lane and Milepost Drive in Easton, Maryland. A strong odor of gas was detected inside the building. The gas supply was shut off and nearby houses were evacuated for safety.
Audio|Source: Talbot County Fire and EMS
03:29
Transcript:
00:00
Box 66. Station 80 for an engine.
00:02
I have a roof gas inside.
00:04
near Spur Ln, near Milepost Drive, running drives.
00:13
Box 66. Station 80, burn engine, burger gas inside,
00:18
near Spur Lane crossings of Milepost Drive and Brenton Drive 2041.
00:24
Spurling Command's all the 10 utilities don't think. Thank you for sure.
00:33
Test execution at the community.
00:37
Go ahead, Best case.
00:41
I do have a strong odor inside.
00:44
At zero reading,
00:46
I'm going to go in with utilities, check our heaters.
00:50
The pilot light is on for the gas fireplace.
00:58
That's good.
01:00
The utility is walking up to you now.
01:03
You're going to wait for them on the outside.
01:07
That's correct.
01:13
Investigation is 63's crew.
01:19
And then you guys all outside the building.
01:30
That's correct.
01:33
Okay, did we leave the back door porch, the porch door open?
01:42
Thank you very tossing out this stage.
01:46
Station's pretty good. Thirty-nine. Here is going to move-tarily?
01:52
No, for sure.
01:57
I'm got the case in the command.
02:02
Set.
02:04
All right, been advised from the utility, open the front door back to evacuate the building.
02:10
He is shoving the meter off.
02:16
Copy, he shoving off at the meter.
02:19
They identified the source.
02:25
At the negative one of the source,
02:28
they have a...
02:30
readings as high as 1,200 parts per million on his meter.
02:38
Okay.
02:40
Can you do me a favor? I believe the person who lived there still is staying by next to work and you just have to walk the street.
02:53
You said you want the homeowner to move back or come down to C.U?
03:02
Either way, I just don't want to stay in the front of house.
03:07
Copy, I want to move everybody back two more houses.
03:14
Agent 39, respond to the fort.
03:19
Engine 39 responding, 24-7.
03:26
If we're evacuating two houses on both sides, they're ready.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Near Spur Ln, Easton, MD 21601
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect
