Gas line hit during manhole replacement on Osage St, St Paul MN


A construction crew accidentally struck a two-inch plastic gas line while replacing a manhole in a residential driveway near Osage Street in Saint Paul. Emergency crews are on scene monitoring the natural gas leak and staging at the nearby intersection of Victoria and Osage.
Audio|Source: Saint Paul Fire
03:59
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch Chief Two is en route.
00:03
Chief Two in route, one, two, five, seven, Osage Street.
00:07
For a gas line struck that we're replacing a manhole, struck a two-inch plastic gas line in the driveway,
00:15
40 foot from any structure, four foot below ground, it is blowing Xcel gas in 30, and your winds are north of three.
00:24
Chief two captains.
00:26
End of three is arriving at Osage.
00:30
There is nothing showing Alpha and Bravo.
00:32
We will be staging here at Victoria and Osage.
00:37
Ten, ten. Finalization, ma'am.
00:39
Copy that. Ten.
00:40
Ten. There are twenty-three from Enter three.
00:41
Go ahead.
00:42
The construction workers report is the two-inch gas line that's going to be right in front of the address there.
00:48
He said it's right behind the yellow back hole.
00:50
Copy that. We're going to go around the block and access it from the left.
00:56
Copy.
00:57
Osage Command, Chief 2.
01:01
Go for Osage Command.
01:02
I've arrived on scene.
01:04
Looks like you got ladder 23 going around to the west.
01:07
They're going to come in and monitor from that direction.
01:09
And I can see the yellow back hole.
01:12
I'll assume command.
01:13
Copy Chief 2 as for Mampum.
01:14
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01:36
Squad 1 command,
01:37
I'm going to have you move up,
01:38
be with the construction workers and monitor the area.
01:42
Give me an assessment.
01:43
Engine 18, level 1 at I.
01:44
Vision 18, command, you can open up Victoria.
01:46
Engine 18 command, let's actually have you move up to Orange and Victoria on this hydrant here.
01:52
Virginia key copies.
01:54
This is engine 20 on scene.
01:55
She's aging reporting this man.
01:57
Engine 20.
01:58
I want you to move up next to Squad 1.
02:02
There's a hydrant right there.
02:03
Once Squad 1 gives us an update, we'll determine what our course of action is.
02:08
1020 copies.
02:09
Command, this Squad 1GCXL, arrived unseen.
02:12
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
Near Osage St, St Paul, MN 55117
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