Empty oxygen cylinder found strapped to stop sign, Palmer MA
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Suspicious/Unknown HazardAccording to the dispatch call, authorities responded to a report of an unknown tank on the roadway near Main and Randall streets in Palmer. Upon arrival, the tank was identified as an empty oxygen or nitrogen cylinder strapped to a stop sign. It is believed to belong to a nearby pipeline company.
Audio|Heard on: Palmer Fire, Police and EMS
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03:42
Transcript:
00:00
Attention at Palmer Fire.
00:01
Attention, Palmer Fire.
00:02
Please respond, Main and Randall for report of the unknown tank in the roadway.
00:07
Again, that's Main and Randall near Randall.
00:12
Paul, fire you tell us.
00:16
Already en route.
00:19
It's crazy.
00:22
Chief 162 to 461-1-hook.
00:26
Oh, yeah. Right, Chief, 162.
00:29
Interrote, Main and Randall.
00:34
Three, Port-upon.
00:37
Five.
00:41
You can show me back out.
00:43
Cool.
00:45
We're safe.
00:51
Engine 161 is in route.
00:59
Received engine 161 in route 1146.
01:07
Chief,
01:10
162 to 461.
01:15
Go ahead, C-162.
01:18
I'll be on scene.
01:19
See by as I have no tick on the roadway, but I do have a large O2 cylinder.
01:26
Just grabbed to a stop sign here at the intersection.
01:28
The investigator.
01:33
IP7.
01:35
We'll be out.
01:38
All right, Steve, a fire advising no tank in the roadway, but they advise of an oxygen tank strapped to a stop sign.
01:57
Command, Engine 161, you can cancel a response return.
02:02
Received, break, Engine 161, 4661.
02:06
Canceling response, return.
02:14
Received, engine 161, canceling 1147.
02:15
Received, engine 161, canceling 1147.
02:21
As 4-461.
02:25
Go ahead.
02:27
Do you have the contact information for the pipeline company that's been working in the area? I believe it might belong to that.
02:36
Affirmative, I'll give our contact a call.
02:41
Thank you much.
02:42
Empty nitrogen tank, strapped to stop sign.
02:51
And fire and I were all of us would be clear.
02:55
It's empty, it's strapped to the stop sign.
02:57
It's like somebody has purposely left it there.
03:12
Go ahead, Chief 162.
03:14
I'll be clear,
03:17
returning.
03:18
Receive, clear returning, 1149.
03:26
461S4.
03:32
461S4. Go ahead.
03:37
Tented callback for our contact, no answer, left the voice-know to call back.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Randall St & N Main St, Palmer, MA 01069
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