Natural gas line rupture closes highway near Hood River, Hood River OR
Road ClosureEmergency responders are managing a ruptured natural gas or propane line near Dee Highway in Hood River, Oregon. The incident caused a full closure of Dee Highway and officials are preparing for possible evacuations in the area. Support agencies and fire departments are coordinating traffic shutdown and safety measures. A utility company expects to arrive in about 45 to 60 minutes to repair the leak.
Audio|Source: Hood River Police-Fire-ODOT-ODF
06:50
Transcript:
00:00
Did you say he's running the natural gas line north of you?
00:08
Negative. There is a ruptured natural gas line north of the sea.
00:12
So if you're approaching from the north, caution.
00:17
Copy, thank you.
00:19
I am headed to you,
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headed south.
00:37
Dispatch, medicry.
00:39
Medicree.
00:41
Medicree.
00:45
There is no patient officers.
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We are going to return to quarter.
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In service.
00:52
Copy no patients for returning in service for service.
01:03
17th from 24th.
01:07
17.
01:11
If you can shut down the highway,
01:15
approximately a quarter mile north of the scene,
01:17
just to have vehicle drove to that catchlet.
01:25
Affirm, I am just at the train tracks that passed by on my post 8.
01:30
You want me to shut it down here or come closer to you?
01:36
All right, that would be perfect.
01:40
I'll post up here.
01:47
And if they could expedite, that would be great.
01:49
We might have to start evacuating this area.
01:58
24.
02:02
I'm gonna have the highway down and you know how far.
02:09
I copy the highway getting shut down meet the last part of your transmission.
02:18
If you could notify ODOT.
02:22
Copy, notifying ODOT 4.5.
02:39
Go ahead.
02:43
Northwest Natural is calling somebody out of the DALs.
02:47
So it'll be a 45 to 60 minute ETA.
02:52
Okay,
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coming out. Thank you.
03:00
406. This batch 3.
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321.
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321.
03:25
Can you tell out Parkdale to help on this incident on the south end shutdown D highway due to the propane leak?
03:41
Copy.
03:44
Requesting Parkdale to shut down south end of the highway.
03:52
Yeah,
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fair.
03:55
I'll give you a location, or once they get en route, I'll give them a location of where that's at, though.
04:03
Copy. 4-0-7.
04:05
The highway, Gail is still in federal.
04:13
Parkdale standby for agency assists.
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Parkdale.
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Fire,
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respond, agency assist.
04:45
for shutting down the highway, repeating for Parkdale Fire, respond agency assist to near Dee Highway,
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south end of the highway for a propane natural gas leak, 408.
05:20
14 from 1.
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24. 24.
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OSPs on the line requesting information if they need to do a call-out.
05:39
They have no troopers on currently or if you're going to handle the crash.
05:46
I can take the crash.
05:48
We can call out ODOT for traffic control, that'd be appreciated.
05:52
Copy. You're working on ODOT now, 409.
06:01
Copy. Dispatch, 401.
06:07
Dispatch, 401.
06:15
Show me responding to the highway,
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natural gas leak.
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Copy 401 responding.
06:25
The gas leak is going to be near near Dee highway.
06:27
They're going to shut down Dee highway.
06:30
They wanted to know if you guys could shut down the south end.
06:37
Copy that, 401.
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4-0.
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4-1.
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PEOPLEE-E-M-BOR.
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Location mentioned:
Dee Hwy, Hood River, OR 97031
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