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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