HIGH PRESSURE GAS LEAK ON WABASH AVE; CTA TRAINS KEPT AWAY FROM WASHINGTON, MONROE, CHICAGO

THU SEP 15 2016 ~11:12 AM
Chicago Fire Department
Gas Leak/LEVEL I HAZMAT
29 N Wabash Ave Chicago, IL

Report that a construction crew hit a gas line.

E13 reports a high pressure gas rupture; requests closed down from Washington to Madison.

WIND N 1 MPH

Wabash CTA train tracks need to be close. Tracks are right above incident.

5-1-1 requesting El tracks be shut down immediately by 11:24 a.m.

CTA elevated service shut down as precaution against sparks.



All.cta using Wabash elevated is shutdown. Gas still escaping CFD monitoring buildings advised to shutdown air intake systems.

— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) September 15, 2016



2-1-21 reports a 3-inch medium pressure gas rupture in the middle of a CTA construction project on Wabash.

Checking readings east and west of rupture. Also getting some reports of smell of gas in the buildings nearby -- "addressing that now."

Command is at Washington and Wabash.

Gas shut off by the gas company by 11:57 a.m.  Gas line severed was a 3-inch feed to one of the buildings.

WIND NW 1 MPH at 11:48 a.m.

2-1-21 reports E13 crew has a standby line dropped, "we've cordoned off the area" and have had the building engineers nearby shut off their ventilation systems. Standing by waiting for Peoples gas to arrive.

Staging set at State and Washington by 11:49 a.m.

Level I Hazmat secured by 11:57 a.m. on orders of 2-1-21.

Companies will check for safe readings in the area and then release the hold on the CTA trains by 11:57 a.m.

CTA train tracks re-opened about 11:59 a.m.


UNITS ASSIGNED ...

ENGINE(S):  E13   E ??

TRUCK(S): T6    T ??     TL ??

SQD1 CV ?? 5-1-5

5-1-1 (HAZ-MAT INCIDENT TEAM 1)

RIT: BC ?? T ??

CHIEF(S): BC1   2-1-21
5-1-0 (DEPUTY DISTRICT CHIEF HAZMAT)

5-1-1

EMS: A ?? FC ?? STANDBY A ??

STAGING: Washington and State

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