Propane leak investigated at empty building on North Street, Bennington VT
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders were dispatched to an empty building near North Street, Bennington, Vermont, for a suspected propane or fuel leak. Units investigated, confirmed the leak's source, and shut off the propane supply.
Audio|Heard on: Bennington Fire / EMS / Police
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06:2
Transcript:
00:00
Kington from 322, I'll be arriving.
00:02
Establishing North Street command.
00:06
Sub for you, B17.
00:09
Initial engine 36 in service.
00:20
Engine 36.
00:23
Three hundred and twenty-two.
00:26
Is that going to be towards Dunkin' Donuts side of North Street?
00:31
Negative, it's going to be just down from the Blue Benn by where the antique place used to be.
00:40
Great game.
00:49
Three hundred and twenty-one.
00:52
Three twenty-two.
00:55
What do you got, Jeffrey?
00:58
Checking now.
01:03
Three twenty-two.
01:14
Go ahead, sir.
01:17
So it's going to be a leak from some unit inside the building.
01:23
He doesn't know if there is a tank to shut off, and there are no residents.
01:28
The building's empty.
01:33
Ten four.
01:35
I'll be arriving.
01:37
Yeah, maybe they're going.
01:40
Let me see.
01:43
Bennington, showing to three six arrived on scene.
01:47
Eight 19. Anything car two arriving?
02:01
Ten 4019.
02:10
From Engine Three Five, show me in service.
02:18
Bennington County has Bennington PD has contacted for that moment check.
02:31
The line and come into the driveway.
02:39
Behind three stick, where I'm standing.
02:42
Please stop in front of the building.
02:46
18.
02:49
All units from 322, car one is now command.
02:52
Car one is now commanding.
02:57
Car one is not listening to me.
03:06
It's going to be this building right in the front.
03:08
I've got his motion to the rear of a yellow building up top.
03:15
3B, that's 3.2.
03:19
This yellow building right by tree five.
03:22
He is motioned towards the back, but it's just front one.
03:26
We have had an issue here before.
03:29
Was not an actual propane leak.
03:32
This is fuel oil, if I'm not mistaken.
03:37
But let's just double check our bases to make sure.
03:42
Received. I just shut off the underground propane tank over there in the yard.
03:48
Ten four, that's for the cooking.
03:53
Not sure, it's at 50%.
03:54
10-4[1]. Has contact with me to school companies at all? Do we know?
04:02
Not sure.
04:10
Fort Bend, can you count any motor vehicle stops?
04:15
Go ahead.
04:20
On US Route Seven near Umla Lake with Colorado,
04:24
Frank Robert Zero Sam Tom Young Four on a white Dodge Ram.
04:37
Car one.
04:39
Got a meter inside the door, no reading Judd.
04:41
Is there someone else coming with me?
04:45
Yes, ten four.
04:46
I have a crew getting ready.
04:47
Car two, can you go with 3.2 , please?
04:52
You see it's up my way.
05:01
So my translation about propane and fuel oil might have been backward,
05:05
but just double check that basement again for me.
05:10
Received.
05:18
County six four, Bennington County license check.
05:28
Gonna be by Colorado PID (number withheld).
05:38
Could you come back to it Tyler?
05:46
Ten four. Can you also go get one of the plates? I've got nothing showing on that caller plate provided.
05:51
Ground space, find myself in car two.
05:55
There are protein heaters, no readings.
06:01
Ten four. Do we know how this got called in?
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10-4: Acknowledgment/affirmative
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Location mentioned:
North St, Bennington, VT 05257
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