Gas leak contained near Sparrow Professional Building, Lansing MI


Fire crews responded to a gas leak near Sparrow Professional Building on E Michigan Ave. The leak was confirmed, contained, and the gas supply was shut off by Consumers Energy. Evacuation was carried out and monitoring found no further hazards. A bus was requested for patients evacuated who could not stand for long periods.
Audio|Source: Ingham County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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P-48 down, pender 48 go ahead.
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Negative on the key access, let me know where you want me to meet you.
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Meet us.
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Northeast corner of the parking structure we were just in.
00:15
Grabbing all the parking structure.
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Man from engine 48.
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Enter 48, go ahead.
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So we walked the parking structure to the professional building on the southeast corner.
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That's all clear.
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Regim me the location you want us to head to please.
00:29
You've walked the whole parking ramp on the southeast corner.
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I want you on the northeast corner of the building where the main was broken.
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We've got the wind coming out of the south pushing that way.
00:39
Just want you to go monitor, see if you're picking up anything over in that direction.
00:43
The northeast corner of Sparrow Professional Building.
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Copy that. We'll head that way.
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Engineer Norris, meet us in that corner.
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E48, clear on that.
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Truck Cole.
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Go ahead. No calls for alarm.
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It's been reset.
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We're clear. Okay. Agent 48.
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To command.
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Enter 48, go ahead. Go ahead.
00:57
I spoke to consumers' gas has been shut off.
00:59
The leak is enough.
01:00
I'm sorry, I cut you off.
01:01
You said the gas has been shut off for consumers?
01:03
Yes, the gas leak has been crimped and shut off.
01:05
No longer leaking.
01:06
Copy. If you guys could go across the street over there, I can see you from here.
01:10
If you can make your way across the street...
01:13
headed towards the Everhood to the northeast of the building and see if you're picking up any readings for me, please.
01:18
No, 4-91.
01:19
You can show some route to Holmes.
01:21
I think 491 engine 4090, still available by radio.
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491, you can show some route.
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4901 you want to be engine I you still on radio
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For Medicare 41 engine 49, (number withheld) West Holmes,
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at the Plasma Center, 48-year-old female who is unconscious, she is breathing.
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For Medicare 49-(number withheld) West Homes, (number withheld) West Holmes, (number withheld) West Holmes at the Plasma Center, 48-year-old female who is unconscious, she is breathing.
01:42
Genu-49's en route.
01:43
Commandant Hezman 44, let's delay that.
01:45
because we've consolidated the leak.
01:46
There's potential we could be able to use stairwells if they can put it under negative pressure and pull whatever's in the basement level up and out of the building.
01:56
Copy if they can control that HVAC to put it in a negative to pull whatever's inside out.
02:01
Yeah, I'm not sure their capabilities as far as like which stairwells they have capability to do that in.
02:06
But it would...
02:08
moves in the right direction and the basin level at least.
02:10
Copy, I'm going to check on that now and see if they can control the direction of the intake.
02:14
Command engine 48.
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Go ahead, engine 48.
02:17
Zero reading, zero smell by the neighborhood.
02:19
Copy zero readings and zero smell.
02:21
You guys can go ahead and return.
02:25
Dispatch from Sparrow Command.
02:26
Right.
02:27
Can you have CAD us in a bus this direction for some of the patients that have been evacuated,
02:33
unable to stand for an extended period of time?
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Location mentioned:
Near E Michigan Ave, Lansing, MI 48912
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