Gas leak sparks evacuation at Durham Hilton hotel, Durham NC
Fire & ArsonBeing investigated at a Durham Hilton, a gas leak detected in room 143 from a cracked laboratory gas line triggered evacuation and ventilation efforts.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
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Transcript:
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Command from 13.
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So we're going to be a room in 143.
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I am eating a 1% LEL in room 143.
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I would say go ahead and conchambridge.
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Step outside and try to end your breaking up and I don't think I've got a repeater on this truck.
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Fire alarm.
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Hilton, 3800 Hillsborough Road.
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3800 Hillsborough Road, engine 10, ladder, 2.
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In room 143, we're getting 1% LEL.
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It's up high.
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We're grabbing a ladder to try to get into the drop ceiling.
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Go ahead and get in bridge and route.
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Okay.
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Communications are you direct on that request.
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10-4[1].
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four from command or 13.
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Go ahead for four.
01:33
You still got a couple of students, looks like, going in and out of the building.
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Do y'all need to evacuate?
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Yeah,
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let's go ahead and keep everybody out of the building.
01:48
All right.
01:51
It looks like...
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It's just y'all, so one of y'all's companies is going to have to start that.
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Temple.
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Okay, I've got security taken care of evacuating the building, securing it.
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Okay.
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I've got those details, please.
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Intent's on scene, six-story hotel structure, nothing visible to inside,
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be out investigating.
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Hi, Culleson.
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Inns 10, latitude, you can clear the call.
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Okay.
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Or city from engine four.
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Are you not getting any readings down there?
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No readings this far.
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You may have mentioned four.
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I'm pretty sure we located the stores.
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One of the gas lines and one of the laboratories was cracked open.
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So we've gone around and checked all of them, got them all shut.
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We're going to double check in the drop ceiling and then ventilate afterwards.
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Okay.
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Communication is 51.
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And Bridge has been notified.
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They're given a 15-20 minute ETA.
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John, that's.
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I'm confident we found the source of this gas league it's been taken care of at this time.
04:42
We're just going to have to let it naturally ventilate.
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I'm good with clearing Hazmat 13 and yourself and also 4-1 remain on scene until Inbridge gets here.
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Okay.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / OK
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Location mentioned:
Hillsborough Rd, Durham, NC 27705
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