Gas leak detected near 4th Street and South Saginaw, Flint MI
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a gas leak at approximately 4th Street and South Saginaw may involve the sewer system. Emergency crews were requested due to gas concentration levels and conditions in the area, which has a high homeless population. The source of the gas is suspected to be a four-inch cast iron main running through Buckingham Alley near local landmarks.
Audio|Heard on: Wexford MI Utilities Group Calls
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02:37
Transcript:
00:00
339. I got 2.9% gas in the sewer on 4th Street, and I got this 800 South Saginaw that I got the outsider for.
00:14
So I need a crew.
00:16
Okay, what's the address?
00:19
You get reeds in the sewer?
00:22
Yes, sir.
00:26
So it's going to be that lot, but you're saying the gas is coming from the Fort West 4th Street sewer?
00:33
Yeah, that's all you're going to read that is on the sewer and the storm manhole on 4th Street.
00:43
Okay, I just want to, looking at the map right now.
00:49
Yeah, I'm gonna wait till the crew gets here to start doing any drilling.
00:54
There's a high homeless population in this area, so it would be a full sit for if I had more than one person in one there.
01:03
Okay.
01:07
Yeah, I'm kind of showing a...
01:12
Some kind of main or something going on over there on 4th Street isn't really sit at all.
01:24
There's a four-inch cast iron that runs down Buckingham Alley that feed both of the church and that 800 South.
01:36
I think it's probably coming from that.
01:38
It runs down the alley across 4th Street and goes by the church.
01:45
Oh yeah, I'm showing that.
01:48
Mine shows the one that's retired is the one that goes up full street.
01:52
The live one is on, what is it, Buckingham Alley?
01:58
Okay, so the Alley's heads, where you are on? Okay.
02:02
So I can do this dig, I just want to make sure what I'm going to show them.
02:06
Yeah, it's going to be an alley all the way probably from the 8-hunt south to the 746 South Saginaw Street, but on the Buckingham Alley's part of it.
02:20
Are you on Google Maps?
02:24
I am. I'm looking at right now.
02:27
You see how the big church building,
02:30
and then the building, the other side of the 4th Street, it's basically there's a main that runs down that alley behind the two of all.
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Location mentioned:
W 4th St & S Saginaw St, Flint, MI 48502
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
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