Multiple roads closed due to gas leak emergency, Frederick County VA
Road ClosureMultiple roads near E Cork St including South Eastwood Avenue and Folk Street are closed due to a gas leak emergency. A two-inch gas line has ruptured, prompting evacuations and traffic shutdowns in the area. Authorities are assisting with road closures and house checks near the affected locations.
Audio|Source: Frederick County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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We're going to shut Westbound traffic on foot.
00:10
We are going to shut Westbound traffic on Folk Street down.
00:16
Go forth.
00:17
Apologize for that.
00:18
EGAPD to assist us with shutting down traffic to be down one cork street at the intersection.
00:23
Your wind direction is going to be approximately two miles per hour west.
00:28
Okay. 170 status check.
00:29
170, that's for me.
00:30
I'm getting full.
00:31
That's ten-four.
00:32
I want you guys to assist with checking those houses right there.
00:35
Going to evacuate, suddenly we have about a two-inch line that's been ruptured.
00:38
Okay, we're just getting the smell of it now, plus the valley.
00:40
If PD has a manpower like to have East Corp shutdown, I'd also like to have the northbound lane, Southwestern Valley shutdown.
00:47
They can stop it back to the intersection of Lowry or somewhere back to the Middlewood.
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Location mentioned:
E Cork St, Virginia
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