Natural gas leak reported at event center building, Mason City IA
Fire & ArsonFire crews and police responded to a natural gas leak reported at the North Iowa Events Center's All Seasons Building. Responders detected a gas odor and hissing noise near the southwest corner of the building. The building was occupied due to an event, and efforts were underway to locate and shut off the gas source. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Source: Cerro Gordo County Sheriff, Mason City Police and Fire
06:41
Transcript:
00:00
This is going to be a fire call.
00:01
Officer Mason City fire.
00:03
You're needed to the North Iowa Events Center at the Fairground, near 4th Street Southwest.
00:08
It's going to be in the all-season building.
00:11
They can smell natural gas, can also hear hissing.
00:15
It's going to be the southwest corner of the building.
00:18
There is an event going on, so the building is full of people.
00:21
Again, this is the Fairground, near 4th Street, Southwest.
00:30
13. 10-4[1].
00:37
Headquarters, 14 is going to stop and grab 41.
00:44
Do you see the results?
00:48
Go ahead.
00:49
E&E, towing will be on the way.
00:54
Two more links.
00:56
2113.
01:01
We want to not have a ban notice for Justin here, would we?
01:07
Negative.
01:09
No,
01:11
4.
01:16
3306.
01:19
You can show me in or out.
01:21
He said all seasons building, smell of gas, hissing sound, and then can you repeat the rest of that?
01:27
There is no events going on as well.
01:30
You're in-route 2114.
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2317.
01:39
2317.
01:41
You can show at 2317, 2417, in-route, midsler.
01:48
2114, if you want to move the attack one.
01:54
This match 2306.
02:02
Do you got any contacts for the fairgrounds maintenance or anything if you could give them a call?
02:10
Any employees that called it in?
02:13
So there is staff on page.
02:20
17 from 2306.
02:33
It'll be if we can find a shutoff.
02:36
If they got an event going on, yeah, no sense in waiting too long before we secure the gas.
02:42
We'll have our meters and do a 360, but if there's any odor at all, we'll look for a shutoff.
02:52
This is that's 2341.
02:56
2341?
02:59
Then we're out to the event center.
03:02
Trial and 16.
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All responding units.
03:07
It'll be all you pull in by Starbucks and then the All Seasons Building is the first really big one on your left side.
03:20
Tim Far.
03:38
Mr. Mason City ambulance, you're needed to 31 Quincy Terrace.
03:44
Again, 31 Quincy Terrace.
03:48
This is going to be for a 25-year-old female caller who believes she's in shock.
03:54
She's having some difficulty breathing.
03:56
Has some infection in her throat and unable to swallow. There is a language barrier as well.
04:04
And that's going to be 31 Quincy Terrace.
04:06
So now is 21.
04:11
Can I get a medic crew to peel off and go to that?
04:20
2417.
04:22
2417.
04:25
You're going to show us around near 31 Quincy Terrace.
04:30
Whatever.
04:37
Dispatch 2306.
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2306.
04:43
I'm on scene.
04:45
Caliando have Fairgrounds command.
04:48
I'm just driving around doing 360 right now.
04:55
1042119.
05:01
2317. When you guys get here, just go inside the north doors with a meter and see if we have anything inside the building.
05:15
30.
05:18
Thank you, Mira.
05:19
Hope you en route to that medical.
05:22
That far.
05:27
Wind is out of an hour.
05:34
Yeah, 10-4[1].
05:36
I need another crew.
05:38
I do have a,
05:40
it looks like the gas controls are on the southwest corner of the building.
05:49
And I do have a hissing.
05:51
We're going to probably secure this gas outside southwest corner.
05:58
41 I'll report to that spot with this corner either in two minutes.
06:04
10-4[1], thank you.
06:11
17, be quick to let me know if you got any level inside there.
06:16
We've got to get everybody out.
06:18
Just let me know what you got inside.
06:25
2.306, did you need us to contact Lion Energy?
06:29
Yeah, 10-4[1].
06:31
10-4[1].
06:37
Man, we made an entry.
06:40
We got zeros at the north north.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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Location mentioned:
4th St SW, Mason City, IA 50401
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