UNION UTILITY DEPT, CITY OF

Incident Narrative

APRIL 11, 2018 AT 1:30 AM 911 DISPATCH CALLED WATER PLANT FOR FIRE AT DAYS INN AT TOSCHES CREEK CIRCLE, UNION, SC. AT 1:35AM PATRICK RUSSELL, GAS STANDBY PERSONNEL ARRIVED AT SCENE AND FOUND FIRE AT GAS METER. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY ON THE SCENE. FIRE WAS CONTAINED AT 1:40 AM AND FIRE EXTINGUISHED AROUND 1:55 AM. ADDITIONAL GAS EMPLOYEES WERE DISPATCHED AT 1:41 AM TO ASSIST (MAXIE SANDERS, BRYAN WEST, CHAD FERRELL, AND DUSTIN AUSTIN). 15 DAYS INN OCCUPANTS WERE EVACUATED APPROXIMATELY AT 1:40 AM. GAS RISER WAS BENT BACK AND GAS FLOW WAS RESTRICTED AND COMPLETELY RESTRICTED AT 2:15AM. JOHNNY EUSTACE WITH SC ORS WAS NOTIFIED BY PHONE OF INCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30AM. AT THIS TIME WE WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR INJURIES. DAYS INN OCCUPANTS WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN APPROXIMATELY AT 3:00AM. GAS PERSONNEL NOTICED THAT PSO HAD A SUSPECT ON THE SCENE IN PATROL CAR IN HANDCUFFS. AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30AM GAS PERSONNEL REVIEWED SECURITY VIDEO AT DAYS INN THAT SHOWS A PERSON INTENTIONALLY KICKING GAS METER UNTIL GAS RISER CRACKED RELEASING GAS AT BROKEN THREADS. GAS METER, RISER, REGULATOR, AND PIPING WERE REPLACED AND GAS SERVICE TO BUILDING WAS RESTORED AT 5:15AM. GAS PERSONNEL WAS NOTIFIED THAT SUSPECT WAS LATER TAKEN TO AUGUSTA BURN CENTER AND ORS ADVISED NRC REPORTING WAS REQUIRED. REPORT WAS FILED AT 1:30PM 04-11-2018