Gas odor detected inside building near gas meters, Geneva IL


Fire crews responded to a building in Geneva, IL, after reports of a faint gas odor inside. They suspect the gas is coming from outside near the gas meters and being drawn into the building through an intake vent. No fire or injuries were found during the search.
Audio|Source: Tri-Com Fire Departments
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Transcript:
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Manit stated when they got on the scene he noticed an odor on the exterior near the meters and then as well on the second floor.
00:09
Right when we got in the elevator we could smell it and we're on the second floor we can also have a faint odor just like the last call.
00:16
Yeah, Ryan are by the meter is now.
00:18
We had a faint whiff of it, and now I'm not to smell it.
00:20
Where are you in relation? The meters are on the weather building? Where are you in guys at?
00:23
We're currently in the central part of the building, second floor.
00:27
Okay, we're out here now.
00:28
It looks like there's an intake right above the gas meters here, and I want to have the diaphragms burping or something, and it's just sucking it into the building.
00:35
This is our intake right above the meters.
00:39
Yeah, that was my thought.
00:40
Okay. Sure, can you come to the west of the bowling?
00:41
Okay, I don't know like.
00:42
I'm off here from command.
00:43
This is Ottawa Central dispatchman.
00:45
This is Idaho Central Dispatch Bay.
00:46
This is a 25 to all locals.
00:47
This is Maryland fire department requesting box.
00:49
Are you any chance to the rough with you, we have keys to all the vacant area down here?
00:54
He believes he does. He's going to hit. He's going to beat you. Okay. For the structure, fire, he's going to forward west to Erie Street. I'll say it was in 25. We'll close with the single-lates department requesting box alarm 101 to the box alarm. We searched one of the units in the center of the hallway, found no reunions, and then we're going to search one of the end units.
01:23
just to make sure, but we're unable to pinpoint. It's very faint, though. Sure, fire saving will be one block from the scene on Erie Street. Volunt colors, Los Al and Standard with engines, Princeton with a truck, Cherry, and the school of squads, Hurston and Los Angeles. Yeah, the Wessai is kind of weird, and now I'm between, what, 260 and the building to the north.
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Geneva, IL
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