Gas odor prompts evacuation on Magnolia Drive, Stafford VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire and rescue units responded to a reported indoor gas odor at a residence near Magnolia Drive in Stafford, Virginia. Residents had evacuated after returning home and smelling gas, possibly from a heater left on earlier in the day. Crews investigated and secured the area.
Audio|Heard on: Stafford County and Fredericksburg Fire and EMS
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02:23
Transcript:
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Box 1409,
00:02
inside gas leak near Magnolia Drive,
00:05
Magnolia Drive.
00:06
Engine 1514, tower 1504U, engine tanker 1508, ambulance 1509, battalion chief 1502 operating on 15 alpha 3.
00:20
Magnolia Drive, Engine 1514, Tower 1504U, Engine Tanker 1508, Ambulance 1509, Battalion Chief 1502.
00:38
Tower Ladder 1504, Ambulance 1509 from Stafford, are you responding?
00:44
Go over to 1504, just spotter.
00:48
(name withheld), over to 15 off at 0320 fifty-one.
00:55
Sixteen, do a nine in a row.
00:58
(name withheld), 15 off at 0320 fifty-one.
01:05
To the inside gas odor near Magnolia Drive.
01:10
Caller reported they were out and about all day.
01:13
They left the gas on to the heater in the basement and returned home.
01:18
There was no gas left in the tank, and the whole house smells like gas.
01:23
They're all evacuated.
01:26
Battalion Chief 1502.
01:30
Yeah, I copy. Thank you.
01:32
Twenty-two fifty-two.
01:38
Ten 1702 on the scene.
01:42
Twenty-two fifty-five.
01:48
Units and teams are not from staff. Are you responding?
01:55
1514, we're on the scene.
01:58
Water supply is going to be the hydrant at the end of the driveway.
02:03
Driveway's about 450-500 feet.
02:05
We're going to proceed about.
02:07
Come on our feet up.
02:08
Be out there.
02:14
Attention, 1514 on the scene.
02:16
Water supply at the end of the driveway.
02:19
One hundred fifty-five hundred foot driveway.
02:21
I am investigating twenty-two fifty-six.
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Location mentioned:
Magnolia Dr, Stafford, VA 22556
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