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False fire alarm triggered by flat top grill gas leak, Manassas VA

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Manassas, VA

A false fire alarm and gas odor were investigated at a business near Manassas, VA. The source was traced to a flat top grill in suite 105 causing gas leak alarms. Sprinklers were triggered in another room. The gas appliance was shut off and odor dissipated.

Audio|Source: Prince William County Police and Fire
02:22
Transcript:
00:00
And from engine 516, all readings are normal at the gas meters.
00:03
We do have an active alarm at the panel here on site Charlie.
00:10
(name withheld)
00:14
can you advise what the alarms for?
00:20
This is in trouble.
00:24
However, I do hear, I'm not sure what unit this is, but I do hear another alarm going out appears to be in one of these businesses.
00:36
Is it denied from command?
00:43
Go ahead? Do you have an active alarm in 105 or 106?
00:51
There's a negative, no alarm.
00:53
I do believe I might have isolated the source to a flat top grill in 105.
01:02
Use the sniffer, we get up to the .1 LEL and the increased tick rate.
01:07
We're trying to secure the gas to it now.
01:15
That's right.
01:18
From engine 516,
01:20
it appears there was a second sprinkler room that was also having an alarm activation for a very similar reason.
01:29
We found that one too, we're going to see our, we reset it, we're going to see if it activates again.
01:42
Now from engine 509B.
01:45
The appliance is confirmed shut off at this point.
01:52
Do you need any ventilation in that's right?
01:58
I don't think so.
02:00
Readings are zero unless you get right up on top of the appliance.
02:04
The hood system fan is ventilating.
02:06
I think that's good enough.
02:09
Can you confirm odors are dissipating or gone from 106?
02:20
Yep, give me a second.

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