Gas leak prompts evacuation near South Carpenter St, Chicago IL


Emergency crews responded to a gas leak near South Carpenter Street. A breached gas service line was venting gas into the air. The building near West 87th Street was evacuated as a precaution. People's Gas company was expected to arrive in 20 minutes to fix the leak.
Audio|Source: Chicago Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
00:00
121, it's 8716 Carvernervers hop on the gas leak, but truck 50.
00:07
Thank you, Chairman.
00:08
Can you get the able to come on Cormac? It would be easier, uh, or access this way.
00:17
Stay on, Sir MEC, just west of Marshall.
00:21
This should be able to do it.
00:24
All right, right to the LAM come on off, Sir Mac.
00:26
Dr. 5-2 and good, what ambulance are we getting?
00:28
Truck 52, you get an ambulance 19.
00:31
Number 19. Number 19, truck 5-2.
00:36
Number 19, truck 5-2.
00:38
Indian 44 to May, CVDV, 123 is in handle.
00:41
The Sunset AMBO will be in service return.
00:43
44, okay. Sir, sign the air from his special division.
00:45
Okay, at the time, five.
00:46
Okay, at the time in fact. This man, oh, no.
00:48
Truck three fires, one-one-six-five, two, Zincerey Ranch, southern show-un, southbound.
00:54
Okay, 245.
00:55
Tadion 21, Zingwood.
00:56
Cylane 21? Yeah,
00:57
we got a service line that was breached in the, uh, in the parkway here.
01:01
It's venting into the atmosphere.
01:02
We're going to have a 121 lead out, two and a half, and we're going to start monitoring the adjacent buildings.
01:07
Matt, I think this 1921.
01:08
Engine 992, Eaglewood, we're going to be a service return here.
01:12
We have drywall dust, snuff the alarm, put us back on hydards, please.
01:15
Okay, 90. Okay, 19.
01:16
21, Eaglewood, you got an Atee on a gas company.
01:18
The time 21, we'll get to the ETA for the gas company.
01:21
Okay, message received.
01:22
At this time, we're going to start evacuating the building at near West 87th Street.
01:25
West 87 Street.
01:27
The Tying 21. The Tying 21, the Tying 21, there's a 20-minute ETA for people's gas, 20 minutes.
01:36
20-minute ETMS received.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Carpenter St 1015 w 87th, Chicago, IL 60620
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