Gas odor investigated at building on State Street, Portland ME
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported gas odor at a multi-story building near State Street in Portland. The structure was evacuated as a precaution while crews checked the storage area and basement. Metering indicated no hazardous gas levels, and the scene was cleared.
Audio|Heard on: Portland Fire
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02:40
Transcript:
00:00
Portland Engine 5, that's near State Street on prime investigating.
00:04
Careful.
00:11
Parlium Engine 9.
00:13
Go ahead, (name withheld).
00:17
We gave you a telephone call as well, just in case they're going to have someone head out.
00:22
Excellent, thank you.
00:29
Also, they're stating the odor is in the storage room area.
00:38
29, file on.
00:40
Copy that.
00:41
We're on scene.
00:43
We've got a three-story,
00:46
school-like building, nothing showing.
00:49
I'm all community investigating.
00:50
The building is evacuated.
00:53
10409.
00:55
Stand's life or still around.
01:08
Engine 6, Ladder 3, Ladder 1.
01:11
Near Christie Road.
01:13
It's going to be for the odor of rotten eggs in the basement.
01:15
It would be a gas odor.
01:17
Our channel is 4.
01:18
It's Engine 6, Ladder 3, Ladder 1,
01:21
Near Christie Road.
01:23
We believe it would be odor of gas in the basement, Channel 4.
01:32
Prowellum, C-5?
01:35
See, God.
01:38
Not sure if you were scanning, but yet another odor of gas in the basement, near Christie Road there on Channel 4.
01:48
That's where I copy, thank you.
01:55
Ladder 4, command.
02:00
Go ahead, Ladder 4.
02:03
Close the daycare entrance, where do you need us?
02:10
Stand by right here.
02:13
Receive.
02:21
All the command, silence.
02:32
We have zero reading throughout the building, doing a second metering.
02:38
We're all set with the union company now.
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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:
State St, Portland, ME 04101
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