Hydrogen sulfide gas leak causes fire near County Line Rd, Jasper County IN
Fire & ArsonA hydrogen sulfide gas leak occurred near barns close to County Line Road, causing a fire. Emergency responders confirmed the presence of the deadly gas and required use of breathing apparatus. Multiple vehicles evacuated the area, and officials advised people to stay upwind because the gas is low-lying and dangerous with one breath. Fire and hazardous materials teams responded to contain the incident and evacuate those nearby.
Audio|Source: Jasper County Sheriff, Indiana State Police Districts 13 & 14
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Transcript:
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It's probably hydrogen sulfide gas, which is going to be deadly to anybody without a breathing apparatus on 1043.
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6302, 601, will you click?
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I have a return TX to a nurse down at Sainey in reference to helpful sexual assault.
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Clear. Stand by.
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County Rockmire's Clear. Rockmire's Clearing in route. Inchance of Sin 54, three on-four.
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754 and around with 3, would you clear the hydrogen gas for 302?
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County Brockler's care of the gas. This correction, 4 on board.
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4 on board, and it has been confirmed this is a hydrogen sulfide gas.
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Jasper County, 3143 and Nile was 2.
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Clear 3123 with 2.
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566-0-190.000.
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Quick.
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30105, Jasper, Tony.
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County. County, go for the 3125.
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My weather at this time is showing wind is northeast at 25 miles per hour.
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Clear, thank you.
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Back for a second, they're going into the barn.
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They're able to contain them in there.
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to help him use some of my tools to get the tire off.
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10-4.
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County 302 further.
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666303-0-2. Standby-1, 56601. Continue.
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Newton County advised it is hydrogen sulfide gas. You need briefing apparatus on.
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Lake County District 1 has been notified and is en route.
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They need to stay upwind,
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and that is a low-lying gas. So after it comes out of the roof of that, it's going to be hitting the ground, and it is deadly with one breath.
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Everybody needs to take caution.
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56302, Frank, 56601 were you clear?
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Say out.
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That's...
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Yeah,
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go ahead.
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Yeah, I'd be advised the fire is down here on the county line west of US 35.
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31-1-31-3.
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Okay.
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Career 1043, with the wind speed direction, we're going to go north of the incident so that we're not in wind of this, so we'll be coming in from the north. We're going to go county line road up to 400 north. Jasper County's 400 north.
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I'm meeting the breathing apparatus.
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Yep, I can feel it.
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I'm south against it, about five miles out.
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Claire, we're getting off on the State Road 14 now, so we're going to go north on the county line and come across to the west.
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Hi, affirmative.
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I'm on the county line road now. I can see a haze out to the west.
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Clear.
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3143, 3103.
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Go ahead, 3103.
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Are you clear that you need to go north of this incident on the county line road and go west on our county road 400 to stay on their right side of the wind direction?
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So get off on 14, turn right on county line and go down that way.
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City County line.
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3143, Clear.
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County, 3101, sit 23 to the area.
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All fire units advise.
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It looks like evacuation is taking place. There's multiple vehicles exiting the facility.
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Okay, so forth.
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Southern Pride Stables,
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Southern Pride Stables should be a female with the last female across the king.
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It's safe to do so.
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Claire.
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I'm not sure if you can come across 400 all the way to it.
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If you can try to do that, I got multiple vehicles heading south out of this county line road.
06:21
So we're trying to push them into that field just to the east here.
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3101 fire station.
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Go ahead.
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Would you rather have a second taker or the rescue?
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I'll load us up with air packs and head this direction with something.
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Ten, four.
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3 again 3
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5611 is inquiring if all the units were downwind have been moved in account of 4
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Location mentioned:
County Rd 400 N & County Line Rd, Union Township, IN 47943
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