Gas leak prompts evacuation at Carroll Plaza shopping center, Westminster MD
Fire & ArsonA strong gas odor was detected at the Carroll Plaza Shopping Center near Carroll Street in Westminster, Maryland. Emergency responders evacuated suite 5 and adjacent suites at the I-Care Center and requested utility company BG&E to shut off gas meters. Firefighters conducted a gas leak investigation and monitored readings while ensuring the area was cleared and safe.
Audio|Source: Carroll County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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31 command we're entering with 3 it is Carroll eyes enter
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I'll be entering with 3 is that's one
00:11
You have a strong odor in here there's anybody else that they can start evacuating the businesses to the left and right probably
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Command of 3-7
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37.
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What's your abilities?
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The firefighters.
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Can you guys stress out for me?
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And I want to start evacuating both suites to the left and to the right of Suite 5, the I-Care Center, please.
00:55
Copy addressing out and evacuating suites to the left and right.
01:00
Commander Crow, can you go ahead and start me another medicate? That's right.
01:05
Do you need law enforcement also for evacuations?
01:09
That's correct.
01:11
And for, um,
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subject and also for just down the complex,
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about people coming in that.
01:19
Crow Plaza, Command, 13-100.
01:25
I want to Carol, we're clear, faulty alarms.
01:29
Do you need us on that gas leak?
01:38
Structure, alarm 331, medic 9-9 alert, sits on the gas leak.
01:43
Carroll Plaza Shopping Center, near Englar Road, Suite 5, 07.
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Hospital, you can add us to the gas, please.
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Medic 39-1301.
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Trout Medic.9-9, your last calls, canceled 1301.
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Okay, medic 69, underneath for the engine.
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Place engine and service.
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Engine 611.
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Engine 6.1.
02:26
Your driver down with your apparatus,
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send your crew up to Suite 5 for the I-Care Center.
02:33
I'll fix the Oblis, when you get there, please.
02:38
Can't be coming.
02:44
Amanda 3-1.
02:48
Good.
02:51
3-7s dressing out this time.
02:53
We're going to start evaluating a detainter 9-4's crew will be coming to the front door.
02:57
That's got by us with what you need.
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All right, we do have, like I said, strong at our highest readings we've got are four LEL.
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Trying to locate the source of it.
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There's two meters in here, but it's not going up any higher at the meters.
03:15
I'm trying to look for the furnace and everything else.
03:20
Copy. Commander Cote, you start BG&E.
03:28
Clear the caller, they'll be en route less than 550 minutes.
03:36
So do you have any contact for maintenance for this episode?
03:43
I don't believe so.
03:44
We'll check.
03:45
Presby's squad-9 response check.
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Quad-9 response, check.
03:54
Investigation command.
03:57
Go ahead.
04:00
All right, we're not able to locate anything that's gas powered with the exception of the meters.
04:04
We're going to turn the gas off to both meters and see if it goes down.
04:10
Copy.
04:11
This time, 3-7 is making entry with two into CCQ.
04:17
Go back to me.
04:24
Copy. Just get them to advise if they have any odor over there.
04:36
You evacuate the building the two to the right of the care center.
04:45
That's great.
04:46
We're getting ready to enter the Verizon Center with two as of you speak.
04:53
Copy. Command to 37.
04:56
Command to 37.
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Command to 37.
05:04
3-7 command go ahead did you advise to eat the restaurant working on we told management
05:18
copy giving you ever in that have some sort of order I'm an odor a motor a money for themselves it's just Japanese food or a gas odor at this time
05:33
(name withheld)
05:39
Go ahead and back to the squad up if they didn't get out
05:44
Gropos command 13-7
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Investigation engine 3-1 driver 3-1 driver 3-1 driver go ahead
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If you bring me either a pipe wrench or a pair of channel locks up to the high-care center, we'll meet you on the outside.
06:14
Structure alarm 331, Rescue Squad 6 alert, sift on the commercial gas leak, Carol Plaza,
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near Englar Road, Suite 5 off of 7.
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Same note, Pegger 94.
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94.
06:37
That's true evacuating.
06:38
Can you give me readings? There's suites, please.
06:44
As a stand, check out the basement, check out the first floor.
06:47
The place has been evacuated.
06:49
Getting zero readings at this time.
06:54
Copy.
06:56
Once you get there's two gone, do you go down to the restaurant's CQ and run your meter through that 3-7s evacuating them at this time.
07:04
Okay, copy.
07:07
And investigation command, there's also a second floor above us.
07:12
I don't know if we want to run a meter through there as well.
07:16
Yes, I'll send them up once we get everything evacuated.
07:19
We'll send another crew up there.
07:25
In the 911.
07:30
Go for 911.
07:33
What's your ETA?
07:38
Two minutes.
07:41
When you arrive,
07:43
we're down here by 3-7 and 3-1,
07:46
once your crew to dress out,
07:48
we're going to go to the second floor with meters.
07:50
Give me rings on the second floor, please.
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Carroll St, Westminster, MD 21157
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