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Chemical Smell Mistaken for Gas Odor

10051 Big Horn Blvd

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Summary

  • Firefighters in Elk Grove responded to reports of a flammable gas odor, which was later identified as emanating from a chemical source in a cadaver lab. Access to the mechanical room was initially restricted, but no gas odor was detected on the first floor.

Timeline

The odor has been traced to a chemical source in a cadaver lab.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:10
Battalion 11, Engine 77. Go ahead. We found the source, it's coming from a cadaver lab. Chemical smell.

Firefighters report no gas odor on the first floor; the smell may be from a chemical source.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:28
Battalion 11, Engine 77. First floor is clear, truck is checking second floor. Copy. Just to confirm, do you have an odor of gas in there? And have you been able to locate any appliances or anything that uses gas? Negative odor of gas. It's totally different odor. Possibly some type of chemical. I have not seen any appliances that uses gas on the first.

Firefighters located the gas source but cannot access the mechanical room to investigate further.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:22
Engine 77 Captain, Engine 77 Engineer. Go ahead. So I found the gas to the building. However, it's just a valve, and then the piping goes into the mechanical room. I can't, I cannot access the mechanical room. I already opened up the box with no access, and there's no meter on the outside. Copy that.

Firefighters have received a report of an odor of flammable gas.

Dispatch A (simulcast on 154.190 MHz) · 0:20
AC11, Engine 77, Truck 74, flammable gas odor inside, District 77, 10051 Bighorn Boulevard, AC11, Engine 77, Truck 74, Operations A6.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 10051 Big Horn Blvd.

The odor has been traced to a chemical source in a cadaver lab.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:10
Battalion 11, Engine 77. Go ahead. We found the source, it's coming from a cadaver lab. Chemical smell.

Firefighters report no gas odor on the first floor; the smell may be from a chemical source.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:28
Battalion 11, Engine 77. First floor is clear, truck is checking second floor. Copy. Just to confirm, do you have an odor of gas in there? And have you been able to locate any appliances or anything that uses gas? Negative odor of gas. It's totally different odor. Possibly some type of chemical. I have not seen any appliances that uses gas on the first.

Firefighters located the gas source but cannot access the mechanical room to investigate further.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:22
Engine 77 Captain, Engine 77 Engineer. Go ahead. So I found the gas to the building. However, it's just a valve, and then the piping goes into the mechanical room. I can't, I cannot access the mechanical room. I already opened up the box with no access, and there's no meter on the outside. Copy that.

Firefighters have received a report of an odor of flammable gas.

Dispatch A (simulcast on 154.190 MHz) · 0:20
AC11, Engine 77, Truck 74, flammable gas odor inside, District 77, 10051 Bighorn Boulevard, AC11, Engine 77, Truck 74, Operations A6.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 10051 Big Horn Blvd.

The odor has been traced to a chemical source in a cadaver lab.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:10
Battalion 11, Engine 77. Go ahead. We found the source, it's coming from a cadaver lab. Chemical smell.

Firefighters report no gas odor on the first floor; the smell may be from a chemical source.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:28
Battalion 11, Engine 77. First floor is clear, truck is checking second floor. Copy. Just to confirm, do you have an odor of gas in there? And have you been able to locate any appliances or anything that uses gas? Negative odor of gas. It's totally different odor. Possibly some type of chemical. I have not seen any appliances that uses gas on the first.

Firefighters located the gas source but cannot access the mechanical room to investigate further.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:22
Engine 77 Captain, Engine 77 Engineer. Go ahead. So I found the gas to the building. However, it's just a valve, and then the piping goes into the mechanical room. I can't, I cannot access the mechanical room. I already opened up the box with no access, and there's no meter on the outside. Copy that.

Firefighters have received a report of an odor of flammable gas.

Dispatch A (simulcast on 154.190 MHz) · 0:20
AC11, Engine 77, Truck 74, flammable gas odor inside, District 77, 10051 Bighorn Boulevard, AC11, Engine 77, Truck 74, Operations A6.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 10051 Big Horn Blvd.

The odor has been traced to a chemical source in a cadaver lab.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:10
Battalion 11, Engine 77. Go ahead. We found the source, it's coming from a cadaver lab. Chemical smell.

Firefighters report no gas odor on the first floor; the smell may be from a chemical source.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:28
Battalion 11, Engine 77. First floor is clear, truck is checking second floor. Copy. Just to confirm, do you have an odor of gas in there? And have you been able to locate any appliances or anything that uses gas? Negative odor of gas. It's totally different odor. Possibly some type of chemical. I have not seen any appliances that uses gas on the first.

Firefighters located the gas source but cannot access the mechanical room to investigate further.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:22
Engine 77 Captain, Engine 77 Engineer. Go ahead. So I found the gas to the building. However, it's just a valve, and then the piping goes into the mechanical room. I can't, I cannot access the mechanical room. I already opened up the box with no access, and there's no meter on the outside. Copy that.

Firefighters have received a report of an odor of flammable gas.

Dispatch A (simulcast on 154.190 MHz) · 0:20
AC11, Engine 77, Truck 74, flammable gas odor inside, District 77, 10051 Bighorn Boulevard, AC11, Engine 77, Truck 74, Operations A6.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 10051 Big Horn Blvd.

The odor has been traced to a chemical source in a cadaver lab.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:10
Battalion 11, Engine 77. Go ahead. We found the source, it's coming from a cadaver lab. Chemical smell.

Firefighters report no gas odor on the first floor; the smell may be from a chemical source.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:28
Battalion 11, Engine 77. First floor is clear, truck is checking second floor. Copy. Just to confirm, do you have an odor of gas in there? And have you been able to locate any appliances or anything that uses gas? Negative odor of gas. It's totally different odor. Possibly some type of chemical. I have not seen any appliances that uses gas on the first.

Firefighters located the gas source but cannot access the mechanical room to investigate further.

Sac. Metro FD Tac A6 · 0:22
Engine 77 Captain, Engine 77 Engineer. Go ahead. So I found the gas to the building. However, it's just a valve, and then the piping goes into the mechanical room. I can't, I cannot access the mechanical room. I already opened up the box with no access, and there's no meter on the outside. Copy that.

Firefighters have received a report of an odor of flammable gas.

Dispatch A (simulcast on 154.190 MHz) · 0:20
AC11, Engine 77, Truck 74, flammable gas odor inside, District 77, 10051 Bighorn Boulevard, AC11, Engine 77, Truck 74, Operations A6.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 10051 Big Horn Blvd.

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