Incident Type: 
Gas Leak
Dispatch: 
Friday, September 16, 2016 - 4:31pm
Arrival: 
Friday, September 16, 2016 - 4:35pm
Address: 
400 block N. Pinckney Street
Madison, WI 53703
Narrative: 

A downtown apartment building was evacuated after a gas leak was discovered in a third-floor unit.
 
MG&E was already on scene when Engine Company 1 arrived. MG&E confirmed there were explosive levels of gas found in one of the apartments, and the building was being evacuated. Firefighters checked the building one more time to make sure it was evacuated. As MG&E turned off the gas supply to the building, Engine 1 set up a fan to ventilate the building, and the third-floor apartment, until both were safe to occupy again.
 
MG&E remained there to continue working on repairs.
 

Posted 09/19/2016 - 8:47am
Contacts: 

Cynthia Schuster (Public Information Officer)