Contractors strike gas line causing minor leak in Lafayette, Lafayette IN
Fire & ArsonContractors installing fiber optic cables struck a gas line near South County Line Road East in Lafayette. The damage caused a minor gas leak with a faint odor and hissing sound. Fire and utility crews responded, closed the road, and are checking for hazards to ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Tippecanoe County Fire
03:17
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch battalion 15.
00:02
Go ahead.
00:09
I assume this line was struck by a contractor.
00:23
The time 15, unknown.
00:26
Call is taken to the county and dropped over here. Sorry, there.
00:30
Center, got a direct call from 811 there and out as well.
00:34
Awesome, thank you.
00:41
Excuse me, Roddy.
00:45
Okay.
00:50
Specialmedic one, we're out seeing.
00:53
Clear.
00:59
1503 is arriving,
01:01
our unit 74, half command,
01:04
utility contractors are on site, we'll be meeting with them.
01:09
Okay,
01:10
sir.
01:11
15022 is arrived.
01:17
Okay.
01:24
Dispatch, Medic funds in route to Iowa with one.
01:27
Clear.
01:29
Dispatch, 1-7.
01:31
We'll be out of service on a detail.
01:34
Okay. Okay.
01:39
Yeah, 15 at you go ahead and stages location you mentioned.
01:44
Appalian 15 is going to be the residential loan coming from the street up to the house.
01:50
They've just lightly nicked it.
01:52
We barely have an odor around the hole and you can hear just a white hiss.
02:00
Available minute. Stand by for him with Shephyr.
02:06
Battalion 15 is clear.
02:08
I'll go ahead and take command. I'm down here at the intersection just south of (number withheld).
02:14
I've got the road shut down.
02:16
If you want to check that residence for anything,
02:20
just to double check.
02:22
Dispatch, you can show a command transfer from 15-03 to Battalion 15.
02:27
Clear.
02:29
Available medic, Sheffield Fire, Available Medic, Sheffield Fire, beam reach to near South County Line Road East,
02:36
near South County Line Road East.
02:39
For a 68-year-old female who fell, is laying on the floor, thinks she cracked her hip and leg,
02:45
go to the back door.
02:47
First tone is 1029.
02:50
Dispatchmatic 3 from Westminster.
02:54
Clear.
02:59
Dispatch Medi 5 has arrived at IU.
03:06
In addition,
03:08
it's going to be a yellow 3 quarter or maybe 1 inch gas line.
03:12
The contractors are instilling fiber optic in the subdivision.
03:16
Command's clear.
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Location mentioned:
Near S County Line Rd E, Lafayette, IN 47905
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