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Gas smell prompts emergency response near Phillips Rd, New Bedford MA

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Phillips Rd, New Bedford, MA 02745

According to the dispatch call, emergency units responded to a reported gas smell near Phillips Road after a passerby noticed the odor. Investigation found a leaking gas meter, and the utility company was contacted for repair.

Audio|Heard on: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
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02:7
Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm dispatching ladder four, engine five, unit one.
00:03
Near Phillips Road with the smell of gas in the air called in by a passerby.
00:09
Ladder four, engine five, unit one.
00:11
Near Phillips Road.
00:15
Where is the smell of gas? In the area called in by a passerby.
00:18
Crosses Essex Street more now.
00:24
Three seven two.
00:34
OC 15, sure.
00:37
OC 15. Okay.
00:40
Clear it out of station issued.
00:43
Acknowledged.
00:46
AC3 to control.
00:49
AC3,
00:51
Clear me on 4th, please.
00:54
Acknowledged.
01:01
Fire alarm, Engine 5 on scene investigating.
01:04
Do you have any further information on the call?
01:11
Negative, negative five.
01:14
I got you on scene. A woman called, stated that she's walking her dog.
01:17
She got smell of gas.
01:22
Acknowledged.
01:26
Fire alarm unit one on scene.
01:41
Engine five and ladder four from unit one.
01:44
I'm gonna take a ride around the median area.
01:50
Unit one from portable engine five, I think we've got the source.
01:54
It's this gas meter here on the corner of the house.
02:00
Fire alarm from unit one.
02:01
Could you dispatch Eversource to this location?
02:06
Copy that, one already on it.

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Phillips Rd, New Bedford, MA 02745

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