NV ENERGY

Incident Narrative

ON AUGUST 18, 2017 AT 18:43, A VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD AND HIT A RESIDENTIAL HOME AND GAS METER IMMEDIATELY CAUSING AN IGNITION AND STRUCTURE FIRE. RENO FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCH CONTACTED NV ENERGY (NVE) GAS DISPATCH AT 18:46 TO REPORT THAT A VEHICLE HIT A GAS LINE AND A STRUCTURE CAUGHT ON FIRE. NVE GAS DISPATCH CONTACTS NVE GAS SERVICEMAN AND DUTY SUPERVISOR TO RESPOND. NVE DUTY SUPERVISOR IS FIRST NVE RESPONDER ON SCENE. RENO FIRE DEPARTMENT SECURED THE GAS FLOW BY CLOSING THE RISER METER VALVE. RENO FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE FIRE. THE HOME, VEHICLE, AND GAS METER WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED BY FIRE. NEWS REPORTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT INDICATE THAT TWO VEHICLES WERE RACING, HIT EACH OTHER, AND ONE OF THE VEHICLES LOST CONTROL. THERE WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOME WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AND THEY EXITED SAFELY. THERE WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN THE VEHICLE THAT HIT THE HOUSE AND THEY EXITED THE VEHICLE AFTER THE IMPACT WITH THE HOME. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT STATES THAT TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICE INFORMATION REPORTED THEM IN STABLE CONDITION. THEIR CONDITION IS UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY. NO POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS INVESTIGATION. ON AUGUST 18, 2017 AT 20:05 THE NVE DUTY SUPERVISOR ON SCENE DETERMINED THAT PROPERTY DAMAGE AND REPAIR COSTS EXCEEDED $50,000 FOR THIS EVENT. NVE NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (NRC) AT 20:24 AND WAS GIVEN NRC INCIDENT REPORT # 1187759. NVE PROVIDED AN UPDATE TO THE NRC ON AUGUST 20, 2017 AT 15:58 AND WAS GIVEN NRC INCIDENT REPORT #1187900. __ SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SUBMITTED TO DOCUMENT DATE SERVICE RESTORED. THE HOME AT 2945 SANTA ANA IN RENO, NV HAS BEEN REPAIRED. A NEW GAS SERVICE LINE WITH AN EXCESS FLOW VALVE WAS INSTALLED ON MARCH 7, 2018. SERVICE WAS RESTORED TO THIS CUSTOMER ON MARCH 8, 2017.