MEC&F Expert Engineers : Building evacuated due to propane leak from truck that had been rear-ended in Conyers, Georgia

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Building evacuated due to propane leak from truck that had been rear-ended in Conyers, Georgia



Building evacuated due to propane leak from truck that had been rear-ended in Conyers, Georgia



##CONYERS — Between 75 and 100 people were evacuated Thursday morning at a warehouse and office building on Ga. Highway 138 due to a propane leak from a tanker truck.
##Rockdale Fire and Rescue Chief Dan Morgan said four fire engines, a ladder truck and the hazmat team responded to the scene around 9:30 a.m. after a tractor-trailer truck bumped into the rear of the propane truck, striking the metal box that contains the delivery valves and causing a valve to leak.
##Morgan said firefighters evacuated the building — which includes warehouse and office space for CSC Atlanta, a packaging supply store, and warehouse space for Golden State Foods. Firefighters then sprayed a water curtain around the propane truck as a preventive measure against sparks. Firefighters also sprayed a wide water plume to push the propane gas away from the building.
##“Propane is slightly heavier than air, and they don’t want it to spread into the building,” Morgan explained from the scene.
##Morgan said the hazmat team had to work to get close enough to the truck to access the metal box that contains the control valves. The box was crushed in the impact with the tractor-trailer, he said, so team members had to pry it open.
##Morgan said the propane leak was under control by about 10:20 a.m. No injuries were reported in the incident.

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