Gas leak in West Homestead home, West Homestead PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported gas odor at a residence near Forest Avenue in West Homestead. Residents were safely evacuated, and the source was traced to a leaking water heater. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Allegheny County Fire - East
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03:19
Transcript:
00:00
For a smell of gas in a home, no injuries or sickness reported near Forest Avenue, West Homestead.
00:06
That's near Forest Avenue and West Homestead.
00:09
292 truck, 292 engine, 171 truck, 171 engine.
00:13
Second activation coming on East Fire 4, 1757th.
00:46
Copy, chief.
00:47
No response out of 171.
00:48
You should follow with your station.
00:56
293 Chief to County.
01:00
Good.
01:03
Situation done.
01:04
Nothing out of 171, do you advise to hold it for your company along?
01:10
Yes, but I was telling you the doors are going up.
01:14
Small gas in the other water heater and it's the water heater leaking as well.
01:42
Residents and medics are on the outside.
01:45
Maybe not safe here in this situation.
01:47
Two people out of it.
01:50
Copy, two ninety-two chief at the command.
01:52
Two-story residential.
01:54
Residents evacuated outside with EMS.
01:56
Eighteen hundred.
02:10
Continuous command, we're good.
02:12
No readings on the water tank did go.
02:23
Copy that. He said the main location was down by the hot water tank.
02:27
Also at his residence, tell him it was upstairs as well.
02:30
So up to you.
02:41
Yeah, we're good, (name withheld).
02:43
I'd like to get this drain open if I could before I'm draining the water out.
02:51
Okay, you need somebody else in there? You got a crew out here.
03:02
Yeah, I saw somebody over there.
03:04
He was driving his coolant cooler off.
03:05
I see if I can get these drains.
03:11
And they put that in a while back when I had trouble with this trick overflowing.
03:16
That could actually be it as well.
03:18
I'll send two guys.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Forest Ave, West Homestead, PA 15120
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