Unannounced quarry blast startles Delaware residents, Delaware OH
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, late at night, several Delaware residents reported hearing and feeling a loud explosion across multiple neighborhoods. Fire crews responded and determined the noise came from an unannounced quarry blast. No injuries or property damage were reported.
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02:6
Transcript:
00:00
We just got a call near Rock Creek Drive and also one off Park Hill Drive, and it was also heard here on Clark Street.
00:12
Advised they heard some kind of loud explosion in the middle of the night.
00:17
All units are in service.
00:18
Eleven 15.
00:21
Did y'all hear or feel an explosion or loud something? Do you mind on your way there?
00:28
That is a negative from Battalion Three One.
00:32
The quarry has not notified us that they're over there blasting.
00:38
Give any other info, I can head that way,
00:47
check it out.
00:48
Well, I don't.
00:50
It was felt here near Ten Core Street.
00:52
It was felt over by Schultz.
00:54
It was felt north of Kroger's North House.
00:57
So I got nothing.
01:03
And apparently felt at Station Three Hundred and Three as well.
01:09
Copy. I'll move over to Delcom and I'll just drive around the area.
01:14
Call radio if I see anything.
01:17
Outstanding.
01:18
I'm calling National Limestone.
01:20
They didn't notify us they were blasting, but that doesn't mean anything unless the place out of Warrensburg did.
01:36
Lift assist, medic 441 near Park Bend Drive.
01:42
Lift assist, medic 442 near Park Bend Drive.
01:48
Cross streets are Springview Drive and Center Green Drive.
01:51
Respond on EMS 1.
01:53
Time out 1116.
01:56
I got it.
02:02
Tone. They blasted it at 1113 and failed to tell anybody about it.
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Location mentioned:
Rockcreek Dr, Delaware, OH 43015
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