Gas odor near Rock Ridge area traced to farm materials, Wilson County NC
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to reports of a possible gas leak near Rock Ridge School Road and Landrush Lane in Sims, North Carolina. The odor was initially thought to be propane, but responders discovered it was from decaying agricultural materials such as broccoli peel. The fire department confirmed a controlled burn in the area, and there was no active gas leak found.
Audio|Heard on: Wilson County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Wilson, attention Medic Two, Wilson Rescue.
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Medic Two, Wilson Rescue.
00:03
Gas leak, Rock Ridge School Road and Land Rush Road.
00:06
Rock Ridge School Road and Land Rush Road.
00:08
1946, Wilson, please.
00:10
44, Wilson.
00:12
Wilson on 44.
00:14
Correction, same is going to be Rockridge School Road and Land Rush Road.
00:18
Lane Rush Road.
00:19
1942.
00:21
She's locked.
00:23
Wilson copy.
00:24
Wilson two, copy en route.
00:26
1946.
00:28
Wilson KB4 status?
00:30
Wilson medicate status check.
00:32
Acknowledged.
00:34
Acknowledged. I see 546, acknowledged.
00:40
61 Wilson. 61.
00:43
Wilson to medicate status check?
00:50
61.
00:55
We're already at the end of 6101.
00:57
Wilson 61, go ahead.
01:01
Wilson to medic 8, medic 8 status check.
01:07
3-1 responding.
01:09
4-5.
01:10
Can you give me a tech now?
01:12
Negative, stay on main channel.
01:14
Hey (name withheld), well let's not give him a call for public service.
01:17
Copy.
01:19
Wilson copy.
01:22
Medicate, Walter.
01:24
What's Medicaid?
01:29
Medicaid would be acknowledged back in service, one patient refusal.
01:32
Anyway, what's Medicaid copy?
01:35
Twelve units en route.
01:36
It's going to be Rock Ridge School Road at ten and Landrush Lane.
01:42
Smell of propane in the area.
01:43
Caller was passed out.
01:46
Also Medic two.
01:49
Six thirty-eight move.
01:51
Go ahead, medic two.
01:53
Last unit.
01:59
638, turn around.
02:01
638, copy that.
02:03
What's up, medic two? You're responding with the fire department reference to a gas leak, Rock Ridge School Road and Land Rush Road in Sims.
02:09
Reference to an odor, smell of gas propane outside.
02:14
Fire department's been dispatched.
02:20
Sixty-one of us.
02:23
Sixty-one.
02:25
Sixty-one on scene, we're in the area trying to locate.
02:29
Copy.
02:36
Get a one to Wilson.
02:38
Get a one.
02:44
Wilson's, it is confirmed this is going to be a controlled burn.
02:48
Just smoke is crossing over Highway 264.
02:51
It's heavy.
02:52
We've talked to the homeowner.
02:53
Everything will be all clear at this location.
02:55
You go ahead and check station ten back in service.
02:58
Backing up station.
03:00
Hold the coffee. Station ten back in service.
03:06
Three out.
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Sixty-three copy around.
03:16
Two to Wilson, one C.
03:18
Also, two copy 1950.
03:20
Six 0540, you're on.
03:21
I have an updated location for the call,
03:24
but clear.
03:26
Medic two to all.
03:28
What's medic two?
03:30
Authority of Parkman will be clear back in search.
03:33
What's medic two copy 1951? We're already school road command with us.
03:39
Really see 540.
03:42
Acknowledged, go ahead.
03:47
So it's another pounding area.
03:49
There is a decaying smell from agriculture products,
03:53
but no gas leaking there.
03:55
We terminate station six shift two.
03:58
We're going to be on Mamie Road, just east of I-587 off of Lamb Road.
04:07
Copy.
04:12
KP4 to Wilson.
04:14
Wilson KP4.
04:20
Echo ten, calls were showing back at 802.
04:23
Who's a copy?
04:29
Go ahead for KP three.
04:34
Wilson KP three reopened your speak with officer call at near St Rose Church Road.
04:38
He called back.
04:39
KP three is right.
04:46
Medicaid Lawson.
04:48
Wilson Medic Two.
04:55
You can show Medic Two clear for Parkman.
04:58
Advise it wasn't a gas leak, it was a broccoli peel.
05:01
Wilson copy.
Disclaimer:
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:
Landrush Ln & Rock Ridge School Rd, North Carolina 27880
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