PUGET SOUND ENERGY

Incident Narrative

ON JANUARY 6, 2022, CLE ELUM FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED PSE AT 14:41 NOTIFYING OF A FIRE AT A COMMERCIAL METER SET THAT PROVIDED TWO PSIG TO A LAUNDRY BUSINESS. PSE'S GAS FIRST RESPONSE (GFR) PERSONNEL ARRIVED ONSITE AT 15:30 AND FOUND THAT THE OUTLET VALVE AT THE METER SET HAD BEEN TURNED OFF PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL. THE FIRE HAD ALREADY BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY CLE ELUM FIRE DEPARTMENT. PSE'S GFR MADE THE SITUATION SAFE AND LOCKED OFF THE MSA VALVE AT 19:30 ON JANUARY 6, 2022. PSE'S CONTRACTOR INFRASOURCE (IFS) CUT AND CAPPED THE SERVICE ON JANUARY 7, 2022 AT 19:41. ONE CUSTOMER LOST SERVICE AND NO EVACUATION WAS REQUIRED. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES OCCURRED IN CONNECTION TO THIS INCIDENT. A FIRE OF UNKNOWN SOURCE AND ORIGIN IN THE BUILDING MELTED SNOW NEAR THE PEAK OF THE BUILDING. A LARGE AMOUNT OF SNOW AND ICE SLID OFF THE ROOF AND BROKE THE RELIEF VALVE VENT PIPING ON THE GAS METERSET. GAS LEAKING FROM THE BROKEN VENT PIPE WAS IGNITED BY THE FIRE IN THE BUILDING. PSE NOTIFIED THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (WUTC) ON JANUARY 6, 2022 AT 17:30 DUE TO UNINTENTIONAL IGNITION OF GAS. PSE MADE FIRST TELEPHONIC NOTICE TO DOT ON JANUARY 6, 2022 AT 20:39, NRC # 1326070 WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ESTIMATED PROPERTY DAMAGES EXCEEDED $ 122,000. THE SECOND TELEPHONIC NOTICE WAS MADE TO DOT WITHIN 48 HOURS ON JANUARY 7, 2022 AT 16:22, NRC # 1326135.