Sounds like Loudoun is in the process of going house to house and doing some proactive monitoring at this point. They are checking all appliances in the homes and red-tagging meters as they find leaks. I just heard someone say they were having some troubles with their detection meter due to over-use.
Has anyone been listening to WTOP? Wonder if they are reporting anything about this?
Very bizarre incident.
21:08 - Now hearing rescue calls for 'difficulty breathing' and 'illnes due to gas leak.'
21:13 - WTOP now reporting on the incident. They had a spokesperson from the gas company claim that they believed the issue is being caused by 'too much odorant' added to the gas. Seems kinda bogus to me since there'd have to be a leak somewhere to smell anything, regardless of how much odorant was added.
21:36 - The calls seem to be in 2 areas right now - Cascades area and in an apartment complex at Lansdowne.
21:43 - Loudoun establishing a second command post at Camden at Lansdowne apartments on 6E. First one is still operating at 46440 Bennedict Drive.
22:07 - WTOP reporting on incident. LCFR spokesperson said that Washington Gas has 13 technicians on site along with some supervisors trying to isolate the issue. Still repeating the nonsense about too much odorant.
22:14 - Latest call at 20871 Paw Paw Court, Ashburn.
22:45 - Operations reduced to single command. Bennedict Drive, 6C.
23:07 - WTOP reporting on incident. LCFR Deputy Fire chief stated that no one has been evacuated due to the incident, but many homes and businesses have had gas shut off.
23:33 - LCFR Sterling command operations moved from 6C to 6I. Ashburn division operations on 6K.
23:48 - No longer dispatching calls with tones at this point. Seems they are going house to house at this point and also responding to calls for service from home owners, being relayed via the respective commands. Still finding leaks and turning off service at the meters. Gonna be a long night for those guys.
23:58 - Latest calls for service on Chatham Way & Cornstalk Terrace, both in Ashburn.
00:03 - Apparatus heard on scene: Rescue Engine 6, Reserve Engine 6, Rescue Engine 9, Engine 10, Engine 16. (may be others)
00:07 - WTOP continues to lead with this story after national news at the top of the hour. They have a soundbyte from LCFR Deputy Chief Scott Colors (?) and another soundbyte from a Washington Gas spokesperson sticking with the 'too much odorant' quote.