CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO OF NEW YORK

Incident Narrative

ON OCTOBER 20, 2016 AT 02:15, NEW YORK CITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FIRE ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE SIX STORY BUILDING AT THIS LOCATION TO CON EDISON'S GAS EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER. CON EDISON GAS DISTRIBUTION SERVICES (GDS) AND ELECTRIC OPERATIONS PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED AT 02:17, ARRIVED AT 02:27 AND INVESTIGATED. THE BUILDING IS SUPPLIED BY A 3"" LOW PRESSURE POLYETHYLENE GAS SERVICE. AT 02:59, GDS REPORTED THIRTY OCCUPANTS WERE EVACUATED PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL. NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE MARSHAL WILSON REPORTED THAT A SECONDARY GAS IGNITION OCCURRED IN APARTMENT #64 AS A RESULT OF THE GAS METER GASKETS MELTING DUE TO THE PRIMARY FIRE, WHICH WAS NOT GAS-RELATED. GAS METER #3410522 WAS LOCATED IN THE APARTMENT. DAMAGE WAS GREATER THAN $50,000 AND TWO FIRE FIGHTERS WERE TRANSPORTED VIA AMBULANCE TO AN UNKNOWN HOSPITAL WITH WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE MINOR INJURIES. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE INJURIES WERE RELATED TO THE BUILDING FIRE OR THE SECONDARY GAS IGNITION. GAS SUPPLY WAS TURNED OFF AT THE METER CONTROL VALVE IN THE APARTMENT AS WELL AS AT A RISER VALVE, WHICH ISOLATED COOKING GAS TO THIRTY OF SIXTY-FOUR TOTAL APARTMENTS IN THE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE BOILER'S PILOT GAS SUPPLY. AT 05:00, THE EVACUATION WAS TERMINATED. PRESSURE AND ODORANT READINGS WERE TAKEN AND WERE WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE RANGE. CON EDISON'S LAW AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENTS WERE NOTIFIED AND CHANNEL 4 NEWS AND OTHER MEDIA WERE ON LOCATION. THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WERE NOTIFIED.