Gas smell reported at high school but no leak found, Scranton PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/10/2025 08:39 AM

Near Luzerne St, Scranton, PA 18504

Fire units responded to West Scranton High School after a report of a gas smell inside the building. They checked the building with a gas meter but found no gas leaks. The building owner will have the gas company check again as a precaution. No danger was found.

Audio|Source: Susquehanna, Wayne, Lackawanna, Wyoming and Luzerne Counties Fire / EMS

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Transcript:

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Engine 7, near Luzerne Street, West Scranton High School, for the smell of gas inside the building.

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Repeating.

00:08

Engine 7-1-2101, near Luzerne Street, West Scranton High School for the smell of gas inside the building.

00:17

Time of this stretch, 1141.

00:20

That's there.

00:21

Sector 2, can you call back in.

00:28

Senator In77 we will be operating on Channel 1.

00:33

Copy that engine 7.

00:37

Okay.

00:39

I call them now.

00:46

Okay. Okay.

00:47

Okay.

00:52

You got 8673.

01:00

Your A-Lift, 10-831, Tayron Wallet Road.

01:04

See,

01:08

Cicure. D,

01:09

QR.

01:12

You see what you see anybody.

01:17

Yeah,

01:20

I'm not my old, they're off, so I'll just be on.

01:29

The workers here, they did not call.

01:33

Okay, like that.

01:43

Amission 7.

01:45

Engine 7.

01:46

Do you know who calls the workers here have been working on it? They did not.

01:53

Second call.

01:57

The calls came in through safe to stay, uh...

02:36

1028

02:40

1028

02:41

1028 1928 not to see to 1144

02:48

Com center from in today

02:52

adjourned adjourned

02:56

We have no smell of gas.

02:59

We went through the whole business and the apartment's upstairs with a four gas meter.

03:04

No reading.

03:06

The building owner is still going to away UGI to give it a double check.

03:10

We're going to be back in.

03:18

I copy, no readings throughout.

03:21

Homeowner's gonna wait for UGI, you're back in service.

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1145.

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