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Strong gas odor reported at 522 West Hill Avenue North near Calvary Baptist Church; fire units investigating possible leak across West Hillsborough and nearby Brownville Avenue; odor noted strongest south of the 1100 building, possibly from street behind the property.Hillsborough NC

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Hillsborough, NC 27278

Strong gas odor reported at 522 West Hill Avenue North near Calvary Baptist Church; fire units investigating possible leak across West Hillsborough and nearby Brownville Avenue; odor noted strongest south of the 1100 building, possibly from street behind the property.

Audio|Heard on: Orange County Fire and EMS
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01:29
Transcript:
00:00
Just information. We're taking a call at 522 West Hill Avenue North at Calvary Baptist Church as well, reference a strong gas smell.
00:10
Okay. I'll write down there and check it out.
00:14
Copy.
00:26
The 1100 building has been in a half foot every 20 seconds, but we still haven't found anything inside where outside yet.
00:36
Okay.
00:38
This is your report from communications.
00:47
Go ahead.
00:48
We're receiving another call at the 208 Brownville Avenue area.
00:54
Yeah,
00:58
you're probably going to receive a lot.
00:59
We're trying to find the source of it now.
01:02
It's all throughout West Hillsborough.
01:04
Communications, 30-minute hospital reminder.
01:16
Go ahead.
01:19
The odor is strongest south of the 1,100 building the further way you get from the property.
01:26
We're thinking it could be coming from the street behind this property.

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Hillsborough, NC 27278

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Incident Timeline

  1. Odor Source Narrowed Down
  2. Additional Gas Odor Reports Across Town
  3. Knoxbox Located and Meter Observations
  4. Further Search for Gas Source
  5. Evacuation and Meter Checks
  6. Initial Gas Odor Detected and Investigation Begins

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