Possible Gas Odors Prompt Fire Response at Two Dollar General Stores

A public dispatch entry shows fire and arson units were sent to the Dollar General on Spring Road in Carlisle after a caller reported a possible gas odor inside the building at about 3:13 PM on Feb. 11, 2026. The dispatch note records that emergency-service response and location details were logged, but the supplied entry is truncated and does not include the remainder of the narrative.

The Carlisle dispatch entry does not list a street number for the Spring Road store, and the supplied excerpt contains no record of whether customers or employees were evacuated, whether the gas utility responded, or whether any injuries or property damage occurred. The only explicit operational detail in the Carlisle item is that fire and arson units were sent to the scene.

A separate incident three days earlier involved Chaumont-area responders after a Feb. 8, 2026 5:57 PM dispatch to the Dollar General at 12644 State Route 12 E for a reported smell of propane inside the store. The Jeffersonfirewire timeline shows repeated activations for Chaumont Fire at 5:57 PM, 6:03 PM and 6:15 PM and a mutual-aid request at 6:08 PM for Three Mile Bay Fire. The dispatch audio transcript on that feed reads in part, “Fire, respond to the Dollar General. 12644 State Route 12 E for an odor investigation. Repeating Fire. 12644 State Route 12 E. The Dollar General for an odor investigation. Investigation report of smell of propane inside. Cross is there stay Route 12 E In Case Road.”

Jeffersonfirewire’s entries note that Chaumont Fire was re-paged because there was “no response to the initial dispatch” and that “prior activations did not result in response.” The site page for the Chaumont incident includes a download option for the dispatch audio, a location map, a timeline of “4 related calls,” and the disclaimer: “This incident report contains AI-generated content. Some details may be preliminary or subject to change.”

Procedural guidance in the supplied materials stresses immediate 9-1-1 notification for possible life-safety gas odors. The Colorado excerpt directs, “If there is a possible life safety issue, e.g., gas odor, Service Center is to promptly transfer the call to 9-1-1 or have the caller hang up and immediately call 9-1-1 if the transfer cannot be completed normally. Interviewing the caller to determine more in-depth information would only delay the emergency response.” That guidance also instructs people who are trapped during a gas release to close doors, ventilate if safe, and call 9-1-1 with their exact location.

Reference material on emergency-determinant protocols in the Readygallatin excerpt highlights updated call-taker categories for gas incidents, including “Protocol 60: Gas Leak/Gas Odor (Natural and LP Gases) – new 60-C-4 Transmission/Distribution (main/service) pipeline – new 60-C-5 High-pressure line” and “Protocol 66: Odor (Strange/Unknown) – new 66-B-1 Unknown situation (investigation) with sick person(s).”

Dispatch records show the Chaumont event on Feb. 8 at 12644 State Route 12 E and the Carlisle event on Feb. 11 on Spring Road are distinct incidents in separate jurisdictions. Neither supplied record contains a confirmed outcome, such as identification of a leak, utility response, evacuation status, injuries, or a clearance report.