Gas Leak

[Rolfman]

Looks like they have determined the southern perimeter is Sunnyside

1518hrs: Command says they have a west perimeter, anyone catch where it was?

 

[Utah_Viper]

SCLFD sending units to 1325 E 500 S for injuries on a fall on a vic who was walking out of the zone as well

SLCFD now reports an unconscious person @ U of U ( bldg unkown) 590 s Wakara wy...
1518: 25yoa Female, conscious and disoriented @ the registration desk @ the address

what channel you getting that on.... im trying to find what channels are active.

 

[Rolfman]

SLCFD now reports an unconscious person @ U of U ( bldg unkown) 590 s Wakara wy...
1518: 25yoa Female, conscious and disoriented @ the registration desk @ the address
1520: This is at the U of U Orthopaedic center

Sounds like gas is getting in to the buildings. Not good.

All it needs is one good source of ignition.

 

[Rolfman]

what channel you getting that on.... im trying to find what channels are active.

I'm tracking

SLC Fire 2 & 3

 

[Utah_Viper]

I'm tracking

SLC Fire 2 & 3

Ok, guess I just missed that call. Im listening to 1,2,3 and some PD

 

[tyler1653]

So, how do gas leaks like this work. Do explosions actually ever happen and what does it take to set them off? I've heard so many gas leaks paged in the past and I don't think I've ever heard of something blowing. Can the fumes be backing up into homes/bldgs/etc.? Is natural gas as flammable as propane or something like that?

 

[Utah_Viper]

So, how do gas leaks like this work. Do explosions actually ever happen and what does it take to set them off? I've heard so many gas leaks paged in the past and I don't think I've ever heard of something blowing. Can the fumes be backing up into homes/bldgs/etc.? Is natural gas as flammable as propane or something like that?

I have seen video of entire neighborhoods being wiped off the face of the map. It just takes one tiny spark if there is that much gas.

 

[Rolfman]

Depends, most leaks hit the air and disperse and are not a problem except for right at the hole. It sounds like this one the construction crew was boring and hit the line so it had seeped in to the sewer system. Now the gas is concentrated, has oxygen, and can find it’s way in to buildings that have a source of ignition.

Yes this is natural gas.

PS: Yes it gets in to the homes and building through vents. The sewer line connects and runs throughout but there are vents on the roofs to let the sewer gases vent. So basically you're whole drain, waste, and vent system in your home could be full of NG.

 

[Sunshineandmonkeys]

what channel you getting that on.... im trying to find what channels are active.

Im on the UHF side.....453.200

 

[Rolfman]

Holding off on the VA evacuation, SLC Fire 2

 

[Sunshineandmonkeys]

It also looks like the evacuation is causing problems of its own: FD just send 3 units on a trapped person at one of the huge apartment complexes......."persons trapped in elevator" at the Incline Terrace apt bldg.

U of U PD VHF is also reporting they are sending UUPD units to 1300 E 400 S for traffic problems

 

[Rolfman]

Yep trapped in the elevator because they shut off all the power.

 

[Rolfman]

Sounds like there are some levels coming down. Judging from the KSL pictures they have gotten the ground opened up near the leak and they have been pulling manhole covers on the sewer to get more air in there.

Also sounds like the HAZMAT guys have a good perimeter now on the gas in the sewer lines.

 

[Sunshineandmonkeys]

Yep trapped in the elevator because they shut off all the power.

LOL That's kinda crappy and kinda funny

 

[Rolfman]

All those old buildings down there. New buildings are required to have emergency power for their elevators to keep that from happening.

 

[Rolfman]

Questar has dropped their time to 45 min, worst case. SLC Fire 2

 

[Rolfman]

You know someone needs to buy these guys some beers after this. They have reacted promptly and effectively. Good control of the situation and deployed the resources as needed to the areas as they arrived. I'm impressed.

 

[robodoc]

Trax

Does anyone know if Trax is still running?

 

[Sunshineandmonkeys]

You know someone needs to buy these guys some beers after this. They have reacted promptly and effectively. Good control of the situation and deployed the resources as needed to the areas as they arrived. I'm impressed.

Some very BIG beers at that/

LOL gas leak afterparty........the pie....1275 E 100 S!

 

[Rolfman]

Does anyone know if Trax is still running?

That had shut it down up there around the leak, not sure how that affected service every where else.

1601Hrs:
I don’t know who that contractor was doing the work but stick a fork in them because they are done!

Pretty good pictures on KSL.com

1612Hrs:

From KUTV Questar officials say a 6-inch plastic gas line was broken sending gas from the ground where the crew was digging. It also seeped below ground into drain and sewer lines.