GAS LEAK AT MALLARD LAKE APARTMENTS ON OLD BUFFALO GROVE RD, WHEELING

WED AUG 05 2015 ~12:39 PM
WHEELING FIRE DEPARTMENT
GAS LEAK/EVACUATION
681 OLD BUFFALO GROVE RD BUFFALO GROVE, IL


VIDEO: Gas leak after landscaping equipment broke a gas pipe near a gas meter at Mallard Lake Apartments.
REPORT OF A GAS LEAK.

E23 CREW ON ARRIVAL REPORTS GAS LEAK AND UPGRADES CALL TO CODE 3 FOR ASSISTANCE WITH EVACUATION.

LANDSCAPERS HIT GAS PIPE NEAR OUTSIDE GAS METER.

ENGINE CREW OFF WITH A STANDBY LINE.

WIND: CALM OR LIGHT AN VARIABLE.

LEAK SECURED WITH NICOR ON SCENE BY ABOUT 12:15 PM.

NO INJURIES REPORTED.

OLD BUFFALO GROVE RD WAS REOPENED BY ABOUT 12:30 PM, BUT ONE ENGINE CREW ON STANDBY WHILE NICOR CREWS WORK TO REPAIR PIPE.

UNITS ASSIGNED:

ENGINE(S): E23 E42

TRUCK(S): T24

CHIEF(S): BC24

EMS: A23 A24

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