Until you realise that it's screaming out of a 180mm pipeline running through an estate on the fringes of Truganina.
"Once we pulled up, we saw the gas was dispersing itself away from homes, so a live hose reel was all we needed," explains Station Officer Redman from Hoppers Crossing, Incident Controller of the job. "But then the wind changed, pushing the gas into homes, so we changed our plan."
With Truganina and Point Cook Brigades arriving, and Police cordoning off the area, the plan was to disperse the gas with two 38mm hose lines while the Gas Company could shut off the gas.
As one crew set about dispersing the gas coming out of the pipe, another crew was at the ready with another line while the gas company dug up the street, looking for the line to shut off.
This was a very protracted incident with the last appliance returning after two hours onscene.
Appliances onscene were;
Hoppers Crossing - Pumper.
Point Cook - Pumper.
Truganina - Tanker, Pumper-Tanker.
Pictures by Blair Dellemijn - CFA Strategic Communications.
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