DATE OF INCIDENT: 10/30/2008
INCIDENT TYPE: HazMat
INCIDENT ADDRESS: 911 East Queen
CITY: Spokane
STATE: WA
ZIP: 99207
NARRATIVE: On Wednesday October 29, 2008 at 10:46 AM six companies of Spokane Firefighters, 4 Engines, 1 Pumper-Ladders and 1 Heavy Rescue under the direction of Battalion Chiefs Dan Brown and Bruce Moline responded to a residential natural gas leak at the home located at 911 East Queen. The first company arrived within 4-minutes and reported a ruptured residential natural gas line which was located on the exterior of the home. The line located on an exterior western wall that had been excavated by a canine. For those of you that are detailed readers. that's right, a canine.
Initial companies evacuated neighbors and citizens which were outside. Companies were utilized to provide protective suppression efforts and established a perimeter around the residence in relationship to the existing weather conditions. Avista was ordered at the time of dispatch and arrived quickly and mitigated the leak successfully. Members from the HazMat team assisted Avista and provided monitoring inside homes and in the atmosphere with their instrumentation. Municipal services were restored within an hour and fire companies subsequently allowed evacuated citizens to reoccupy their homes.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The cause of the rupture was a dog that dug nearly two feet into the ground, located the line and chewed through it.
DAMAGE EXTENT: Limited to the Avista gas line.
DOLLAR LOSS: 0
FIREFIGHTER RESPONSE: 22
MUTUAL AID: None Given
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