High gas readings found near Main St and 11th St, Quakertown PA
Fire & ArsonFire crews confirmed high gas levels at test holes near South Main St and 11th St. Nearby homes reported a strong gas odor. Utility company UGI was notified to manage the situation.
Audio|Source: Bucks County Fire North and OPs
03:22
Transcript:
00:00
Hey guys, do you have an order over here?
00:06
Ladder 18 officer, that'd be it down.
00:09
Go ahead.
00:14
The order seems to be stronger over by Ladder 18.
00:17
Will you have a note coming out of these holes?
00:21
Both mark the gas points.
00:29
Can you bring up your gas meter? So we'll check up here by the ladder.
00:34
Are you getting readings or just a odor?
00:38
It's a strong odor.
00:44
We're talking to one of the homeowners down here.
00:46
She said she smells it in the closet everybody's at every single day
00:50
and nothing's ever really come of it, but we're making our way down now.
00:59
Deputy, we're going to reelope the ladder to reset forecast.
01:02
We've got a generic group on double-check reachments.
01:05
There's some fresh burr holes in the street, like everywhere in each island.
01:09
Thank you.
01:16
17. 17.
01:17
Did you have one fire footer come up with your gas meter double-check?
01:23
Interior to poppin 18.
01:25
Okay. Okay.
01:29
There's no gas into this house and we do not have any rent-up.
01:33
Okay,
01:35
okay. You work your way out and you probably have to be protein on the side.
01:38
See, probably.
01:40
And you can have a position on that right now in the station.
01:44
All right. The only one is here to tell us that the neighbor next door does have gas.
01:49
Okay, if you want to check out that meter a while, that would be fine as well.
01:52
Captain 17, we're sending one member from engine 17, one up with a meter.
01:57
Freezing.
02:01
Okay, for the books.
02:06
Yeah. Deputy Ethan.
02:08
Yeah,
02:12
sir. The deputy didn't pull out for you guys from Ottawa.
02:15
Is that what transfer testable to do, you know where you're at?
02:22
If you guys in the UGI, I responded out to South Main and 11th Street, we've got several test holes that they drilled in the street, and that's where the predominance of the KSO is coming from.
02:36
See, see. I just thought to know if I am.
02:38
Yeah, we're getting definitely high readings coming out of the test holes, so it's going to be something that they need to take care of.
02:45
Okay.
02:46
Yeah, the one that starts with the one that's allowed to add on.
02:51
Affirmative, we're into the percentile, so we're above 500 parts per minute.
02:56
Okay. Yeah, we copy that time.
03:03
Stephanie, Tien, I have two members coming with me.
03:06
We want to check out the house next door.
03:12
All right.
03:17
Kenny 587 UGI advised no EPS.
03:21
Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
S Main St & S 11th St, Quakertown, PA 18951
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