Investigation of gas leak odor near Leonardtown Elementary, Leonardtown MD
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire department investigated a gas leak and burning rubber odor near Leonardtown Elementary. The smell came from outside, traced to a gas hot water heater. The heater was shut off and the gas secured to prevent danger. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: St. Mary's County Fire and EMS
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05:41
Transcript:
00:00
Action south of the station.
00:06
Any investigations?
00:10
Go ahead.
00:14
Have you made entry and do you have anything on injury?
00:17
We have nothing on entry.
00:19
We're smelling a lot of rubber outside though, so we're thinking it has something to do with outside.
00:24
We're going to run another set of meters to do here and just knock it down to find out where you can find our...
00:33
Copy. It's your first 7 meters have any readings at all.
00:38
Negative.
00:42
Okay, zero two, hold on.
00:49
Investigation.
00:50
You're at your reading normal.
00:52
That's correct.
00:53
If you're reading is normal.
00:57
I got it.
01:01
Same here. Is this man?
01:05
You got it, same here.
01:07
Is Shirk what all team?
01:09
That's correct.
01:11
Direct, just that you're aware, their AVL is showing them in the woods over by Leonardtown Elementary School.
01:18
Okay.
01:24
Pension 11th, command.
01:28
Okay.
01:30
We're in a second set of meters through here and we're not getting much readings.
01:35
Everything's more and more right now.
01:37
We're going to do a little bit more than that's obligation and I'll get back with it.
01:42
Okay. Say not getting much reading.
01:44
What are the readings you're getting?
01:48
We got 0020.9 on O2, CO0-0-0-0.
01:59
Okay.
02:01
And is your rubber odor inside the fire or inside the building or outside the building?
02:07
It's all coming from outside the building.
02:11
Okay.
02:18
Do you have any odors inside the building at all?
02:26
We have a very small hint of an odor when you walk in.
02:30
But once you get back to the kitchen...
02:36
Her guard.
02:39
We're giving a couple different readings out of this hot water heater.
02:45
And it's coming off with a sensor we're getting to some room.
02:54
It's how water heater, electric.
02:59
It's gas,
03:01
tankless though.
03:04
Okay, you can advise us since it taking reset that?
03:09
Yeah, that's correct.
03:13
Okay, if we need to go ahead and secure.
03:20
Um, I would, I would get the gas company in here to get it secure just in case, because I don't want to fall back on us.
03:31
There should be any shut off at the gas water.
03:33
Hot water heater, we can start off where we can shut the tanks off to the building.
03:37
But before we leave, I want that shutdown and then you can tell the establishment they can do contact with their gas going.
03:47
Hot water heater is shut off at the water heater.
03:50
We're looking for the main gas right now and we'll get that shut off too and talk to the manager here.
03:57
As long as the leak was coming from the hot water heater, there's no need to shut down the main.
04:02
Just make sure that you're scented, whatever we need you're ready on that.
04:07
We're at the hot water heater, after the shuttle, not before the shuttle.
04:13
Stopping it's secure.
04:19
The investigation since you've secured in the hot water here, is the sent to still picking up.
04:29
Engine 11, the command.
04:31
We have recessed this heater, we've shut it off at the heater and we're getting very little readings.
04:39
We'll talk to the manager and get them in here to talk to the gas something.
04:47
Okay.
04:49
Is the scented tick still increasing at the gas hot water heater?
04:53
It is.
04:56
You advise that it is? Negative, it is not.
05:03
Okay, so I believe we've isolated the problem then.
05:09
So... ...to seemers.
05:16
Still.
05:19
You can investigate the establishment.
05:22
Got an increased ticket to the hot water heater.
05:25
The gas has been secured to the hot water heater.
05:28
Commanders will be terminated.
05:30
The rescue server center ready.
05:34
Coming on I'm direct.
05:36
Investing the establishment with recid the water heater gas secure.
05:39
Commenced Terminator, I'll use the snow available when ready you think I'd be...
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Location mentioned:
Duke St, Leonardtown, MD 20650
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