Gas leak near shopping complex triggers evacuation, Troy MI
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a gas leak from a six-inch main line near a shopping complex close to John R Rd and Larchwood Ave. A strong gas odor prompted evacuations and road closures. The gas line was partially underground and nearby equipment was turned off. Authorities set up a perimeter and advised businesses, which could remain open if no gas was detected inside. No fire or explosion occurred, and emergency teams monitored the area for safety.
Audio|Source: Oakland County Fire/EMS MABAS 3201 (North) - Dispatch/Tac/Talk (P25)
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Transcript:
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Station four and wind directions are 15 miles per hour.
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The direction is east-south-east.
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Good-South-East.
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Copy Hedge, 4-N-R.
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Station 4 is Chon-Co2 for RASLing.
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(number withheld) JohnR.
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Defive, Woodside, N.R.
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Later foreign route.
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Welcome latter foreign route.
00:33
Yeah, after one from engine two.
00:34
Where exactly where you guys are?
00:41
It's going to be in the shopping complex just west of retail sandwich shop.
00:46
The park where the evening is.
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We're going to keep you upwinds.
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Got.
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G4 from 806.
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Go ahead. Go ahead.
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Michael Bellingham and Lartre.
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Do you want me to continue to tell her?
01:06
Do you say Samud Shop?
01:10
Okay.
01:15
Either one I think is working.
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I just came up telling him quickly.
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All ties, but everything was already open over here, so...
01:25
Okay, so you have no need to shut down traffic this way then?
01:29
I don't know yet, just we'll have C now.
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Now. Copy.
01:35
C4 from Cantor.
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Go ahead.
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Just be advised to have south on John R shutdown shutdown at dispatch.
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Dispatch two forth.
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I'm engine two, but I'll need to dispatch.
01:56
Go ahead.
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Aventage arrival.
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I'm seeing John R.
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I'll have John R. I'll have John R command.
02:03
We'll be operating on fire room for us.
02:06
Copy. Okay.
02:12
Let me start stage Marchville and just be advised you do have a heavy order of that I'd have the area down Marchville.
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Sorry, cut your off.
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On the other side of the engine,
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just back on the line, everyone.
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Please advise consumer that this line is partially underground.
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I'll be evacuating this top, like this thing.
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Sergeant for arrival.
02:42
message received message received message on March wood and you do have a heavy order of petrol gas in the area down here
02:56
copy left for about uh uh dropping stopping step i'm going to send the ladder over to you
03:03
Tabby, did you have some road barricades out here that I can move and shut down Larchwood if you need it to be the shutdown just to avoid traffic trying to come down here to get back to John R.
03:13
Seems like just quite a few cars down here.
03:16
Great, you want me to send a letter to Brinsston over there or Larchwood?
03:22
I'm on Larchwood right now.
03:24
That seems to be what dumps into the gas nation.
03:26
Stop barricades, I can set them up.
03:30
I will take number four just so we can get some readings and do you want us to start checking some of these buildings just to make sure that we don't have anything else going on?
03:50
You can confirm the contract this on site, he's sitting on top that line with Dozer.
03:55
They said all the equipment in the hole currently is turned off.
04:00
Okay, so all machinery near the hole is currently off, correct?
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Paper.
04:08
Okay. Okay.
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Angel Force.
04:16
Go ahead.
04:19
Why don't you grab a muted?
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We'll start walking around the area.
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Take this bill in here to our west.
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Just make sure that there's the one in there.
04:35
Okay.
04:41
Command 6.
04:43
Go ahead.
04:48
Largewood is closed at Bellingham now.
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We have some road barriers in the way.
04:53
No.
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Okay.
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How close do you want us to get up to this league to start tuck in this building?
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Which building area yet?
05:14
We're currently halfway between Bellingham and John R.
05:19
Staged. But we do have a lot of people out, so I'm not sure if you want to do some evacuation or you just kind of have them stay in place.
05:28
As long as there's no gas readings inside these businesses, they can remain open.
05:35
It sounds like it's just me to odor.
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It's pretty confident, bending up into the atmosphere.
05:43
Just that's online, Captain 1.
05:45
Were you able to notify consumers a priority response?
05:48
Gas is underground?
05:51
You can leave it up to the business.
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Businesses themselves, if they want to close, they can close.
05:57
But we're not going to do any mandatory evacuations yet until we're at least consumers here.
06:03
A firm. I'm on the phone with them and I'm on the phone.
06:06
I'm actually underground.
06:09
Okay, copy.
06:10
We'll start making contact with everybody that's on the road then and I'll just advise them.
06:15
Copy, thank you.
06:17
We set a perimeter.
06:20
We don't be in past that.
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The business is our shutdown on.
06:25
Goodman. Pass.
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Pass.
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Pat. Yes.
06:29
Go ahead. Good.
06:31
As opposed to the back to the concrete front is, we're close to the actual lane.
06:44
Copy.
06:46
They didn't know by chance,
06:48
is this a main for a service?
06:53
It's a six inch main.
06:56
I'm sorry, that was a sixth inch main.
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Paper.
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Fabry. Okay.
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Hey, Raydale.
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Alpha One, Transporting.
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Carolina Valley.
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Hey, Apple One, and Robbie.
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Location mentioned:
Larchwood Ave & John R Rd, Troy, MI 48083
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