Gas leak sparks urgent lockdown near North Sheridan Avenue, Tacoma WA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a residential gas leak near North 5th Street and North Sheridan Avenue, establishing an isolation perimeter with residents advised to shelter in place or evacuate, and ventilating smoke from bedrooms.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire
04:45
Transcript:
00:00
There you say M Street and 5th? We're going to try the director of media there to discuss the situation.
00:09
The homeowners are out of the house.
00:14
They just left their dog in there,
00:16
and they're trying to reach them by phone,
00:18
the contractor.
00:23
Near 5th and M Street.
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Commit, comma,
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P-O-C-E-T-A-T-A-T-A, 20 minutes.
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20 minutes.
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All 20-5.
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Great.
00:43
The bedrooms.
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Receive.
00:50
Fans already in play.
00:51
Do you need personnel?
00:55
Affirmative, if we need personnel, I'll come up with a plan to just clear out the rooms one out of time and just get a flow path through each bedroom and get the smoke out.
01:05
Receive on our way.
01:12
Cosmast 6 from Housmat 12.
01:13
Are you ready to depart?
01:19
Asmat 6, positioning for best accident, egress.
01:27
Hasnett from Sheridan Companion.
01:29
You need to come in from the M Street side.
01:33
I'm smelling gas all the way down to Cushman, so it's going to be upwind over by engine two.
01:40
So we need to keep this probably two blocks to the west and one block to the east isolated,
01:48
one block north and south.
01:50
There's not a lot of traffic in the area.
01:56
Hasman received, have men around.
02:02
Engine two, identify hydrant for yourself over there.
02:09
Agent 2, we got a hydrant at 5th and M.
02:16
I now have engine 5.
02:18
Engine 5. Engine 5.
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Engine 5, Channel 8.4, Small Gas Leak, North District and North Sheridan Avenue.
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Engine 5, Channel 84, Small Gas Leak, North District and North Sheridan Avenue.
02:40
Time 1227.
02:46
8.4 is not seen.
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84 from Engine 4, we'll take your gurney upstairs.
02:58
during upstairs.
03:04
I'm not seeing them around their vehicles either.
03:11
I was unable to stop that Amazon truck.
03:16
Yeah, we're stopping up a pedestrian right now, too.
03:34
Yeah,
03:35
we need a little help with the incident isolation here.
03:38
When you pull through,
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try to isolate the Sheridan at North 6th and North 4.
03:46
Just put up cones at both those intersections.
03:49
We're unable to stop all the traffic coming through, even though it's light.
04:05
I'm sure you can't.
04:10
Sharing command, coma.
04:14
Are you able to reverse dial some of these homes?
04:18
I don't want to block just to let them know to shelter in place or evacuate to the north?
04:30
I use for shared command.
04:31
The command post is going to be at 5th in Cushman.
04:34
I'll just stay here and block traffic.
04:40
Engine 5 from Engine 2, how long until you've got 4th and shared and shut down? Are you close to on scene?
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Location mentioned:
N Sheridan Ave & N 5th St, Tacoma, WA 98403
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