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Gas odor traced to gas lamp near 709 Columbia Ave, Cape May NJ

Fire & Arson

Reported: 09/15/2025 08:40 AM (PDT)

Near Columbia Ave, Cape May, NJ 08204

Fire units responded to a report of a strong smell of gas outside a residence near Columbia Avenue. They found a problem with a gas lamp in front of the building and asked the gas company to shut off the service at the curb.

Audio|Source: Cape May County Public Safety

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Transcript:

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County Station 51, near Columbia Avenue for an exterior road of gas.

00:06

County Station 51, near Columbia Avenue for an exterior road of gas, 1141.

00:19

Engine 51 and VLF 51 respond to odor of gas near Columbia Avenue.

00:31

Engine 51.

00:35

Engine 51, G51, and 51 want to respond.

00:40

I see call reporting exterior odor.

00:47

Copy.

00:52

All right, John, G-51.

00:57

G-51.

00:59

Be arriving in the area.

01:01

I'll call on the Avenue Command Command. There's speed intersection.

01:05

Front of 715, Columbia.

01:06

We'll be on Packport.

01:08

I'll be on top for it.

01:13

Okay, yeah, engine 51, and it's only one arriving.

01:18

We're going to have an issue here with the gas lamp near Columbia Avenue.

01:34

Could you notify stop through the gas, please? We're going to have to shut this off at the curb stop.

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