DOMINION HOPE

Incident Narrative

TIMELINE OF INCIDENT: -SUNDAY 12/18/16 GARAGE ROOF COLLAPSES AT 219 DUNKARD AVE WESTOVER,WV PROPERTY OWNER, PHIL LEINBACH HIRES FRIEND JESSE MAYLE TO REMOVE/TEAR DOWN GARAGE ON TUESDAY 12/20/16 (NO MISS UTILITY CALLED PRIOR TO WORK BEING DONE, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T DIGGING AND THOUGHT THEY DIDN'T NEED ONE) -TUESDAY 12/20/16 TIMELINE; 14:28 - 911 DISPATCHES FIRE/EXPLOSION AT 219 DUNKARD AVE 14:32 - FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SCENE, HOUSE IS ON FIRE 14:37 - DOMINION HOPE RECEIVES CALL FROM 911 TO ADVISE OF FIRE/EXPLOSION 14:59 - ORDER IS ASSIGNED TO FMS DOUG SLOAN 15:14 - FMS ONSITE AT 219 DUNKARD AVE 15:30 - FMS CALLS PAUL KREIG, ADVISES SERVICE LINE AND HOUSE IS ON FIRE NEEDS CREW TO ASSIST IN TURNING OFF GAS 15:34 - C&M CREW DISPATCHED 15:45 - FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHES FIRE, GAS IS LEAKING AT SEVERED SERVICE LINE 16:00 - CREW ARRIVES ONSITE 16:15 - GAS SHUT OFF, MADE SAFE 16:30 - C&M SUPERVISOR ARRIVES ONSITE, BEGINS INVESTIGATION 18:00 - ANNETTE BARKER REQUESTED ODORANT LEVEL READINGS FROM PIPELINE 18:15 - DOUG SLOAN CONDUCTED A POST INCIDENT LEAK SURVEY TO AREA, THE PIPELINE SYSTEM WAS COMPLIANT PROPERTY OWNER - PHIL LEINBACH 304 STILL HOUSE RD SALEM, WV 26426 304-376-9345 TENANT - NICK & AMANDA FILLIPPELLI 219 DUNKARD AVE WESTOVER, WV EXCAVATOR - JESSE MAYLE 304-376-2361 HELPER - MIKE FITZHENRY WITNESSED EXPLOSION AND CALLED 911 WESTOVER VOL. FIRE DEPT CO.23 FIRE CHIEF KENNETH GOODWIN JR. 11 COTTAGE STREET WESTOVER, WV 26501 304-296-0840 OFC 304-692-4788 CELL NO PERSONS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS EXPLOSION/FIRE, BUT THE TENANTS DOG DID PERISH IN THE HOME. FIRE CHIEF KENNETH GOODWIN JR. IS RULING THE FIRE ACCIDENTAL. PROPERTY OWNER DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE. EXCAVATOR DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE, AND THE HOME IS CONSIDERED TO BE A TOTAL LOSS. IN REGARDS TO PART A 13.B - THE SERVICE LINE FACILITY HAS BEEN CUT AND ABANDONED AT THE MAIN. THIS FACILITY WILL NEVER BE RESTARTED.