Natural gas leak detected near commerce street business, Hutchinson KS
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to a natural gas leak near Commerce Street in Hutchinson, Kansas. A slight gas odor and minor leak were detected at a gas meter serving a business. Crews are working to access a fenced area to investigate and fix the leak safely. No dangerous gas levels were found.
Audio|Source: Reno and Rice County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Just about just sent forward contacting black hills now.
00:06
You've been able to locate the source yet?
00:15
Yeah, Chief, there's some piping that comes out of the ground behind this fence.
00:19
It just sounds like we're moving on high volume with a very slight odor of gas.
00:26
But we've got our gas spitter out and our four gas, and we're not picking up any readings.
00:35
Come here, go.
00:40
I have a couple of units that are blocking that I can send up personally.
00:49
Yeah,
00:51
it just sounds like they're moving a high volume.
00:54
Unable to pinpoint an exact leak.
00:57
Like I said, we're not getting anything on our sniffer.
01:04
I believe that it's that business or just a service line?
01:11
Can you repeat?
01:16
Think that it's that business that you're at or is it just a service line for Black Hills?
01:23
It's just a service line from Black Hills.
01:29
I copy.
01:34
And engine three?
01:38
Go ahead.
01:42
Are you and truck three both at Commerce?
01:47
That's negative.
01:48
Truck three is at Commerce.
01:50
Just a little bit east past the train truck.
01:57
Copy. I'm going to have you return to service at this point and I'll have truck three block from the west there.
02:09
Answer their copy.
02:13
Command truck 3, ready, 104.
02:20
Are you able to gain entry into that metal building to see if you can run your meters in there?
02:36
Samai. Just about to tell anyone.
02:40
Command, go ahead, go ahead.
02:44
Tells advice it is theirs.
02:46
They are going to send a text.
02:47
They don't have an ETA at this time, but they said they expedite.
02:51
Copy, thank you.
02:58
Agent for the command.
03:04
I believe we found the source of the leak to be the meter feeding this business at near Commerce,
03:10
round of the corner over here and could smell it more and our meter did pick a slight leak at this meter.
03:19
You can hear it coming from the meter.
03:21
The manifold over there is just moving a high amount of product causing the noise.
03:32
I copy your traffic.
03:34
Is it, is the leak coming up before or after the valve?
03:43
I'm unable to pinpoint it right now.
03:46
It's inside the fence.
03:47
We're going to have to gain access and spray it down and still be water to locate it.
03:56
And I still have engine 7 pretty close here that can walk in and assist you if you need it.
04:06
Copy, you can send them up.
04:13
Command to 7A and C,
04:15
go ahead and walk on up here and assist engine 4.
04:27
Agent 4 to command.
04:28
We might have to cut a padlock to gain access into the stated area if you're okay with that.
04:34
That's 104.
04:39
7. Ninja 4.
04:40
Do you need us to bring up bolt cutter?
04:45
That's 104 and some soapy water.
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Location mentioned:
Commerce St, Hutchinson, KS 67501
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