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Incident Narrative

DETAILS FROM WILLIAMS OPERATOR LOG (12/20/2020 TO 12/21/2020): THE HOOD RIVER METER STATION ALARMED FOR ""LOW LOW"" AT 280 PSIG FROM 372PSIG. FLOW WENT FROM A RANGE OF 1800-8500MCFD JUMPING TO 10500MCFD BETWEEN SCANS. LOCAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL WERE INITIALLY CONTACTED AT 11:35PM (LOCAL TIME). WILLIAMS CONTACTED NORTHWEST NATURAL AT 11:45PM LOCAL TIME, AND THEY REPORTED SEEING ABNORMAL FLUCTUATIONS AS WELL. SOON AFTERWARDS A NORTHWEST NATURAL REPRESENTATIVE CALLED BACK TO REPORT THAT A CAR HAD CRASHED INTO THE METER STATION AND THAT THE KLIKITAT FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSING THE HOOD RIVER BRIDGE AT HWY 14. AT 12:08PM KLICKITAT EMERGENCY DISPATCH CALLED TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND ALSO REPORTED A STRONG ODOR OF GAS AND LOUD NOISE. AT 12:17PM THE LOCAL DISTRICT MANAGER WAS INFORMED OF THE SITUATION, AND ADDITIONAL LOCAL PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED. AT 12:36PM THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO WILLIAMS SAFETY OPERATIONS CENTER. AT ABOUT 1:00AM TECHNICIANS FROM NORTHWEST NATURAL AND WILLIAMS ARRIVED ON SITE. AT 1:35AM IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LATERAL FEEDING THE STATION WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETELY SHUT-IN TO ISOLATE THE INCIDENT. AT 2:20AM VALVES 75-0 AND 75-0X WERE CLOSED TO ISOLATE THE LATERAL, AND BY 3:15AM THE FLOW AND PRESSURE REACHED 0. BY 2PM THAT DAY THE STATION WAS ISOLATED AT ITS TAP VALVE, AND THE LATERAL WAS RE-PACKED IN ANTICIPATION OF A MOBILE METER STATION, AND REPAIRS/RETURN TO SERVICE OF THE PERMANENT FACILITY. CASE SUMMARY FROM DEPUTY REPORT FOR INCIDENT 20-B1728: ""ON 12/20/2020, AT ABOUT 2330 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO AN MVC INVOLVING UNKNOWN INJURIES NEAR BRIDGEMART ON HWY 14. ON ARRIVAL AT THE COLLISION SCENE, I OBSERVED A VEHICLE THAT APPEARED TO HAVE COLLIDED WITH A GAS PLANT LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 14 AND THE HOOD RIVER BRIDGE. I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUE TO MULTIPLE POTENTIAL HAZARDS. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARRIVED TO ASSIST WITH VARIOUS TASKS. NW NATURAL, OWNER OF THE GAS PLANT, SENT CREWS TO SHUT OFF LINES THAT WERE DAMAGED AND RELEASING GAS INTO THE SURROUNDING ATMOSPHERE. THIS CREATED A HAZARDOUS RISK FOR ANYONE WITHIN .5 MILES OF THE COLLISION SCENE. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, BENJAMIN SOLORIO, WAS ABLE TO SELF EXTRICATE AND MAKE CONTACT WITH A WASHINGTON STATE PATROL TROOPER. SOLORIO WAS EVALUATED BY EMS AND TAKEN TO SKYLINE HOSPITAL ER, WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE WSP TROOPER THAT SOLORIO WAS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL DURING THE TIME OF THE COLLISION AND AT AN EXCESS SPEED OF AT LEAST TWICE THAT OF THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, 25 MPH OR MORE, ON THE HOOD RIVER BRIDGE AND THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT HWY 14. ALL AGENCIES INVOLVED TOOK APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS, AND THE COLLISION SCENE WAS HANDLED PER STANDARD PROTOCOLS. THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY OF HOOD RIVER, OR. WAS GREATLY AFFECTED BY THIS INCIDENT. MANY WERE... LEFT WITHOUT NATURAL GAS FOR HEATING, COOKING, ETC. SOLORIO WAS PROCESSED FOR DUI THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT AND CITED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING ON 12/27/2020"" ADDITIONAL DETAIL FROM POLICE REPORT: ""BRIDGEMART WAS CLOSED AND THE STORE EMPLOYEE WAS ADVISED TO EVACUATE. THE RESIDENTS STAYING AT THE RV PARK WERE ALSO ADVISED TO STAY CLEAR OF THE INCIDENT AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE. RESIDENCES NORTH OF THE COLLISION, INCLUDING SE OAK ST FROM SE 1ST TO SE 7TH ST, WERE ADVISED TO SHELTER IN PLACE BY CLOSING ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS. DISPATCH ASSISTED BY USING A REVERSE 911 SYSTEM TO ADVISE AND FIRE UNITS ALSO WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR TO RESIDENCES."" A TEMPORARY SKID, PROVIDING PRESSURE REGULATION AND METERING, WAS PUT INTO SERVICE ON 12/23/2020 TO RETURN SERVICE TO THE CUSTOMER. THIS WILL REMAIN IN SERVICE UNTIL A FULL METER STATION REBUILD (PLANNED FOR SUMMER 2021) CAN BE COMPLETED.