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Gas leak traced to rooftop units at Gainesville storeGainesville VA

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Trading Sq, Gainesville, VA 20169

Fire units responded to a strong odor at the Mattress Firm store near Trading Square, Gainesville. They found a gas leak traced to rooftop HVAC units RTU1 and RTU2. Power and gas to these units were shut off, and the building was ventilated. The situation was contained and no further danger was reported.

Audio|Source: Prince William County Police and Fire
03:25
Transcript:
00:00
Please, let me have this just check-a-tagged, please.
00:04
Okay, 16-22.
00:10
(name withheld) from Truck 5-04.
00:15
Good.
00:19
Still all normal readings,
00:22
but we have a strong odor still in the mattress firm, not in the pizzeria.
00:27
We're trying to isolate that A-TRAX system because we believe that's where it's coming from.
00:35
It's from Ancient 504.
00:38
It's going to be RTU1 and RTU2 for the mattress firm.
00:44
Okay on RTU 1 and 2.
00:52
A103 okay?
00:55
I'm okay.
01:01
1585, you know it's okay.
01:04
We're okay, they.
01:10
(name withheld) 501 from Inter 504.
01:13
Good.
01:17
Power and gas is being secured to RTU 1 and 2 for mattress firm.
01:21
We're getting checking for readings throughout the plenum space right now.
01:25
Once we get in off clear of that, we're going to go ahead and ventilate mattress firm.
01:34
Okay, copy.
01:36
Shut down RTU 1 and 2.
01:40
And you're continuing to investigate.
01:50
Fox 044 on five bravo for a fire alarm near Haythrop Court, cross-read, Hiddington Place, engine 522, rescue 522, 1028.
02:02
Thank you, 501 for engine, 0404.
02:09
Good.
02:16
We have all normal readings within the mattress store and within the plenum space above the mattress warehouse here.
02:23
I believe we got it contained to RTU1 and RTU2 as the source of the odor.
02:29
We've secured gas to that and power to both of those units.
02:32
We're going to ventilate mattress firm.
02:35
I believe we can scale this back and hold with company for all the units can go on service.
02:41
Okay, Prince William from Trading Square Command.
02:49
Company four units advise they believe they've got the source of the odor isolated to some HVAC units.
02:56
They're going to be continued to investigate.
02:58
We're going to hold with company four units.
03:01
They're both going to go on service, you can terminate command and release the channel.
03:11
Attention all units on scene of the inside gas leak on Trading Square, folding engine 5404, truck 504, all other units have been placing service, Battalion 501, terminating command and releasing the channel.
03:24
All units switch your traffic back to 5, Bravo.

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