Firefighters handle propane leak near West Cornwallis Road, Durham NC
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a report of a propane cylinder leak near West Cornwallis Road in an apartment building. Crews forced entry into one unit to remove the leaking cylinder, performed ventilation, and confirmed a small leak with sprinkler activation. The area was safely cleared after the propane was removed.
Audio|Heard on: Durham City Fire
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05:18
Transcript:
00:00
Near West Cornwallis Road.
00:03
Refer to MECC for incident type.
00:09
Near West Cornwallis Road, cross of McDowell Road and DeKalb Street.
00:16
Engine five, refer to MECC for incident type.
00:23
Two off two.
00:30
Coming up.
00:35
Hey, we're getting another call for West Cornwallis.
00:39
It's still saying apartment 521, so I think this might be a duplicate of your location.
00:44
If you arrive on scene and you don't find anything, let me know.
00:50
Okay.
00:57
Propane cylinder in here that's leaking.
01:00
We're removing it from the building.
01:03
That's going to be it.
01:10
Then we'll copy that so we don't need to force anything or get anywhere else.
01:14
You are good with that cylinder.
01:18
Yes, sir. We did have to force the door.
01:20
We had to force one door into this little kitchen area; that should not be a problem now.
01:32
Yeah, well,
01:33
I'll find out about that.
01:35
Let me know if you need help with evacuation or ventilation or whatever you need.
01:48
We're good on that. It's already ventilated itself pretty well.
01:51
It was a really small leak.
01:55
Copy that, thank you.
02:00
Communications from Cobb Street Command.
02:03
Go ahead, Chief.
02:06
I'm not sure if this is DHA property.
02:09
Could you check that and if it is,
02:13
contact someone? We had to force our door over here.
02:17
Yeah, so far I'll work on it.
02:20
Thank you.
02:33
Communications from Engine One.
02:35
Are we going to East Cornwallis or West Cornwallis?
02:42
It's east, and then it was just upgraded to west.
02:46
Got Engine Four going to check, but the updated address is looking like West Cornwallis.
02:56
We know West Cornwallis is apartments that would have unit 521.
03:07
Yeah, ten four.
03:08
That's why we got Engine Four and Ladder Twelve going to East just to verify because that's where the original call came from.
03:12
But the structure fire response is going to West.
03:20
Fire coming up from Engine Four on Second Street, apartment building number three five.
03:25
It's not out of the parking lot.
03:42
Engine Five reporting in.
03:50
There's no,
03:51
I don't know if you can go to the west.
03:53
It smells like it's over West Cornwallis Road or more.
04:10
Engine Four from communications.
04:16
Confirm you had nothing visible but that you did have audible alarms at your location, correct?
04:24
Yeah, we're in apartment 521.
04:27
We do have a sprinkler activation.
04:32
Ten four. There was a structure fire response sent to West Cornwallis.
04:34
Do you want me to redirect that to your location?
04:45
We can leave it with you and ladder eleven.
04:48
Is that correct?
04:50
Sorry, go ahead.
04:59
Battalion three, did you copy direct?
05:02
Copy direct.
05:03
We saw unit six clear with the exception of engine four and ladder twelve.
05:13
I was checking to see if this is DHA or not.
05:16
I haven't made contact.
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W Cornwallis Rd, Durham, NC 27705
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