Possible gas exposure at Orchard Drive apartment

Heard on: Franklin PA Fire-Tac Group Calls

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Company One units responding.

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To (number withheld) Orchard Drive.

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Call from the resident advising they opened the door to her hot water heater and suddenly got a headache.

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There is an odor in the residence.

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They're unsure what's happening.

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Believe it may be CO.

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She did vomit and has a headache still.

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Seventeen 36 .

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Franklin ambulance one nine is on the scene.

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Ambulance 191738 .

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Engine one two is on the scene.

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Three story, middle of the row.

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Normal conditions from side alpha.

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I'll check in.

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Engine one two on scene, three story, middle of the row, nothing evident.

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Seventeen 38 .

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One two to Franklin.

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Do they advise apartment number?

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That's a negative, but they should be evacuating and outside now.

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Copy.

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Ambulance to the engine, it's apartment (number withheld) , it's down here around the corner.

7/30/2026 02:36 PM

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Orchard Dr, Mercersburg, PA 17236

Possible gas exposure at Orchard Drive apartment

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire and EMS units responded to a possible carbon monoxide or gas exposure at an apartment on Orchard Drive in Mercersburg. A resident reported an odor after opening a hot water heater door and experienced a headache and vomiting. Crews arrived to a three-story middle row residence with no obvious hazards visible from the exterior.

Possible gas exposure at Orchard Drive apartment

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