Gas leak detected in second floor apartment, Verona NJ
Fire & ArsonFire and command units report elevated gas readings on the building's second floor. Readings near the ceiling measured about 300 to 600 parts per million. Crews trace the source to apartment 209, check the nearby mechanical room, and notify public service; a key is needed to access the room.
Audio|Source: Verona Police, Fire, and EMS
03:59
Transcript:
Pre-3-562 the command. Commander receiving. Negative results so far on the gas use for the one. Commander received. Command receipt. Command from 2.9. Go back again, you're broken up. Fire command to 298. Fire command to 298. All right, we're getting a slight reading on the census on the second floor by apartment 211. Command received, apartment 211. We're 52 to command for proceeding to the council. 241 to 298. (name withheld), we have in the mechanical room directly adjacent to the apartment that's directly above the one that you're getting the gas reading out. Do you guys have a mechanical room? No, you can sweep. Reason 3 to come in. So far we've got negative readings throughout the apartments in the mechanical room. Free, do you have the key from the Knox Box? That's (name withheld). The door should be open. I put it on a wedge in. All right, they need the key to get the mechanical room. Command from 298. Command, receiving. All right, on the second floor, higher elevation towards the ceiling on the west side. We're getting readings at the ceiling 300 to 600 parts per million. Proceeds. (name withheld). (name withheld) Public Service[1], that's been to response to this location. Patrol 3 thinks the source comes from 209, Department 209. 3Cuit, we have fire in it, so clear. We got it isolated to Apartment 209. Race, Department 201. Correction, 209. 209. Receive, 209.
Pre-3-562 the command. Commander receiving. Negative results so far on the gas use for the one. Commander received. Command receipt. Command from 2.9. Go back again, you're broken up. Fire command to 298. Fire command to 298. All right, we're getting a slight reading on the census on the second floor by apartment 211. Command received, apartment 211. We're 52 to command for proceeding to the council. 241 to 298. (name withheld), we have in the mechanical room directly adjacent to the apartment that's directly above the one that you're getting the gas reading out. Do you guys have a mechanical room? No, you can sweep. Reason 3 to come in. So far we've got negative readings throughout the apartments in the mechanical room. Free, do you have the key from the Knox Box? That's (name withheld). The door should be open. I put it on a wedge in. All right, they need the key to get the mechanical room. Command from 298. Command, receiving. All right, on the second floor, higher elevation towards the ceiling on the west side. We're getting readings at the ceiling 300 to 600 parts per million. Proceeds. (name withheld). (name withheld) Public Service[1], that's been to response to this location. Patrol 3 thinks the source comes from 209, Department 209. 3Cuit, we have fire in it, so clear. We got it isolated to Apartment 209. Race, Department 201. Correction, 209. 209. Receive, 209.
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Public Service: Utility company response
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