Gas leak prompts block evacuation near Linganore Ave, Hagerstown MD
Fire & ArsonA gas leak near Linganore Ave caused full block evacuation and street closures. Emergency teams responded, managing evacuation and assisting with gas leak control. Some residents resisted evacuation, requiring police assistance. Authorities advised sheltering in place for surrounding areas outside the evacuated block.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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Washington County from engine four per Columbia gas we are going to start evacuation near Linganore Ave going north Dr.
00:09
Dr. Washington Battalion 3 on PS1
00:16
Okay Two things, with uncertainty evacuations did you want any other resources and did you want any attack channel?
00:21
Okay, do I move it's the TAC One Office if it's available and give me a second engine.
00:25
Okay,
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correct. It's operating on Lincoln-Nor Avenue, switch your operations to TAC-1 off, 20-2.
00:30
339 Lincolnore Avenue assisting with the outside gas.
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League engine one respond 20 to three.
00:34
Well, I'm seeing Sir, Battalion 3 on the scene.
00:36
Again, established Linguar Command.
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Detain 3 is on the scene establishing the Leningenor Command 2004.
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Command, Engine 4.
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Command Engine 4.
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Enter 4. Okay, we're going to evacuate this whole block according to Columbia Gas[2].
00:47
Just confirmed with Columbia Gas[2], we're going to evaluate, evacuate the block where the leak is.
00:53
Oh, nice. Lieutenant 3, engine 1.
00:55
Okay.
00:56
Which way do you want to approach?
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Command, we can use somebody to shut off hand on.
00:59
Yeah, that's what I was just in too.
01:01
Is one you can come in McDowell to come up to Hammond, then truck right down, so they don't have a traffic come through.
01:07
Copy. Time at the McDowell.
01:09
Okay. If you start here, the battalion car of the 300 block, and work your way up and evacuate the west side of the street.
01:16
Okay.
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Engine 4th03 McDonnellan having shut down the intersection.
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Command engine four.
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Commandion four.
01:23
I don't expect what to call me.
01:28
If we have any readings in 339, or are we dealing with everything outside?
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Per Columbia Gas[2], everything is outside right now.
01:37
They pop the water meter access and they have 100% saturation in the water, so they're probing right now and inspecting more.
01:45
Command from Engine 1.
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Okay,
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one. Do you want us to send our manpower up to help with evacuations?
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That's correct, made up with the engine four once you have Hammondshire down.
02:02
You guys can work on the east side of the 300 block.
02:05
Okay. Command, engine four.
02:07
Engine four?
02:08
Where did you start and where have you gone as far as evacuation and do you have people moving back behind your engine?
02:16
Three, Ligonore.
02:18
We moved up to Marshall Street with evacuations on the west side of Lingenor.
02:24
We have the street closed down at Marshall and Lingenor.
02:29
Okay, truck four is going to evacuate the west side from 339 down to the battalion car and have people move behind us.
02:39
Engine 1 is going to have the east side of the street and have their evacuees come down here to the battalion car.
02:50
Engine 4, copy.
02:51
We're probably going to need HPD[1] because the first couple of people I've talked to are not too happy.
02:55
Okay, after doing a face-to-face, we call me a gas.
02:58
The house that we have already evacuated, we're going to leave them in check.
03:02
The Columbia Gas[2] believes that we can shelter in place from the Italian vehicle south, and everything on Hammonds, we should be good at shelter in place.
03:12
I'm working on getting the people off the streets and the vehicles that we need to move.
03:15
We're working on that now.
03:16
Okay, so we can shelter in place other than the 300 block.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
HPD: Hagerstown Police Department
[2]
Columbia Gas: Utility Company Involved
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Location mentioned:
Near Linganore Ave, Hagerstown, MD 21740
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