Gas leak at construction site causes home evacuation, Westfield IN
Fire & ArsonFire and EMS responded to a natural gas leak at a construction site in Westfield, Indiana. Workers heard and detected a gas leak from a sliced 2.5 to 3 inch gas service line. Nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution. Roads were shut down around the site. The utility company CenterPoint and construction company Epcon were involved. Gas levels reached 5% LEL before the hazard was controlled and safety checks confirmed no gas inside evacuated homes.
Audio|Source: Hamilton County Fire & EMS
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Transcript:
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Control from the minute.
00:03
Good.
00:05
I've located.
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I'm at home site 23.
00:08
I do have Audible leak.
00:11
I do have a hydrant right out front.
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I do have construction still happening.
00:16
I need to evacuate that house.
00:20
Clear on Audible leak.
00:23
Instruction is still happening in the area.
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Complete.
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First arriving, give me monitoring and get these workers out of here.
00:32
All right, 3D4 is entering the position now.
00:40
It's clear.
00:45
Digital 3.1 arriving first entrance.
00:48
Agent 1, can approach up this way.
00:50
The wind's out of the east.
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It's going to be directly in front of me.
00:55
Actually just a little bit west to me where the road curves.
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Agent 381, there's a hider ride at our tailboard.
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3-8 control.
01:11
Go ahead.
01:13
Do we know the construction company and I stopped there, center points asking?
01:21
I'm not sure at this time I can try to find out.
01:27
Claire.
01:32
Medic 382's on scene where do you like at the stage?
01:38
Just stay in a spot where you can get out.
01:40
I don't think we've got any patience.
01:44
Clear.
01:48
Okay from patrol.
01:51
Go ahead.
01:53
Do we even know a size on the line yet?
01:56
Negative. I've got Injord, 381, about to evaluate that.
02:01
It looks like it's going to be a service line to the home.
02:06
Clear.
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Managing 383 is arriving, second engine.
02:12
You have assignment for us?
02:15
I'll have you stayed there on that hydrant near Latter-84 once the META gets out of way.
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Click.
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Safety from command.
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Good.
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You may start with the house to the west across the street since the wind's blowing that direction.
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Command from BCAid.
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Good.
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Going from VC8.
02:56
Go ahead on 301.
03:00
Information, I'm in route and utility 381.
03:03
I'm about 5 minutes away.
03:05
Yeah,
03:09
3.3, shut the road down after that dump truck's out of the way.
03:17
Clear. Command Engine 81.
03:23
Go ahead.
03:27
Looks like we've got a 2.5-3-inch gas line sliced.
03:32
We're getting 5% LEL.
03:34
I'm having them check the house directly across,
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directly less of it.
03:44
Okay, I'm clear.
03:45
Control are you clear on the size of the line?
03:48
Affirmative.
03:51
Indian 381, do you have a point of contact of the company that hit it?
03:59
Not yet. We were getting work stopped.
04:01
I'm trying to find somebody now after making sure all the equipment's shut down.
04:06
I'm clear.
04:11
They want to confirm that this propane thing shut down?
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It hasn't been looked at yet.
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Engineering 3 from command.
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Go ahead.
04:23
Will you exit the neighborhood and go west, take some readings wherever you deem necessary?
04:33
Engineer 3 is clear.
04:36
Medicaid 2. Will you bump forward a little bit just to block this road? You can leave that cork open.
04:44
Clear?
04:46
Clear.
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...stantage in 81.
04:52
Go ahead.
04:55
The grain exposure is reading zero.
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I'm clear.
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Commandant Ladder is 384.
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Command 34, go ahead.
05:11
Our location here, they do have propane heaters going inside, but we have zero odor, zero rating.
05:17
Do you want to leave it go or set her down?
05:22
You can leave it, please.
05:28
Can engine one?
05:30
Go ahead.
05:32
The company responsible for the dig is going to be Epcon.
05:40
Okay, I'm clear, is that E-P-C-O-N?
05:44
Affirmative.
05:49
Okay, control.
05:50
Safety.
05:53
Safety, go ahead.
05:56
House across the street has been evacuated of workers.
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There's zero readings inside.
06:04
Command's clear.
06:05
Control, go ahead.
06:07
CenterPoint's finally clear.
06:09
They weren't finding that road.
06:11
I had to tell them how to get there from biking layer.
06:15
They're clear on to try and make it rush.
06:21
I'm clear. Yeah, it's a new development, but confirm me with the flags, it does say center point.
06:28
That's why I advised her.
06:30
It was a new addition, because there's not even really hardly any houses in from my map.
06:34
That's what she wouldn't find anything.
06:36
But she's clear.
06:39
Okay, I'm clear.
06:41
Okay, I'm clear.
06:46
Go ahead.
06:49
Epcon does not have a locate number, advises they weren't even supposed to be digging today.
06:55
We have hydrogen connection made and safety lines hold.
06:59
Command, there.
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Westfield, IN
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