Natural gas leak fills apartments after stove flame goes out, Verona PA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a residential building near Seltzer Road in Penn Hills after reports of a strong natural gas smell in multiple apartments. The source was a stove whose flame had gone out, causing gas to fill the upper floor apartments.
Audio|Source: Allegheny County Fire - East
03:24
Transcript:
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Smell of natural gas, the zone of the structure, near Seltzer Road in Penn Hills.
00:06
222 and 223, second activation.
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Use fire, ops 3 at 7.30.
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Kai,
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two, two, three engine one responding.
00:25
223 engine one responding, 732.
00:40
Cellular gas inside of the structure,
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near Seltzer Road at Penn Hills.
00:47
233 added to the assignment for the rescue, east fire off free at 732.
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County 22, 22, acknowledge.
01:08
227 Rescue is on scene.
01:15
227 rescue on scene.
01:17
2.23.0.5.
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Copy 2.23 engine on scene, 735.
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3.0. Calling.
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2.23, you got some, just bringing another meter.
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Connie, 222 rescue in Route 2.22 rescue in Route 27737.
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Go ahead,
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T227, Chief.
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Dominion people with this location,
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please.
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Please, 737.
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227, Chief County.
02:47
Good.
02:50
Just for clarification for people, any location of the smell, anything we can additionally tell us.
02:59
The individual here was trying to keep his apartment with the stove, allegedly the flame went out a few hours ago.
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We have a main apartment that has a strong odor of gas.
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We have three other vacant apartments.
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We still have to check as well.
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The whole top floor of this building will be three to four apartments or full of gas.
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All right.
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Copy that.
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Penn Hills Township, PA
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