ESTEVAN - Firefighters respond to several collisions and other calls late last week.
On Feb. 24 at about 5 p.m., they were called to a report of a two-vehicle collision with unknown injuries that occurred at the intersection of Fourth Street and Second Avenue by Tim Horton's. Fire crews assisted with traffic control and initial outpatient assessment, which was handed by the EMS. Two individuals were treated at the scene. Firefighters also isolated both vehicles and then re-energized one as it was still drivable. The other one had airbags deployed. Fire crews also cleaned fluid leaks that occurred as a result of the collision, and then turned the scene over to the police.
The next call for service came in at about 9 p.m. Another two-vehicle collision with unknown injuries occurred at the intersection of King Street and Kensington Avenue.
"Crews arrived on scene to find that a collision did occur. One vehicle came to rest up against a light standard. We were able to get in and assess. EMS arrived on scene and treated, then released both drivers and occupants of the vehicles. We did have to isolate both vehicles as there was airbag deployment in both. And we did a quick assessment on the light standard, which did not suffer any damage due to the collision," said Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser.
The scene was then turned back over to the Estevan Police Service (EPS) to investigate the cause of the collision.
On Feb. 26 at about 9:30 a.m., a commercial fire alarm went off in northeast Estevan. Crews responded and found that the sprinkler system suffered a rupture, which dispersed water out of the sprinkler system, activating the alarm. Firefighters were able to isolate that branch line and the staff called in repair crews in order to fix the issue.
The same day at about 10:30 p.m., firefighters were called to a report of a natural gas leak occurring in the 1100-block of Fourth Street at a restaurant.
"Crews did arrive on scene and put the gas detection equipment to use … SaskEnergy was also dispatched to assist with the investigation and the leak was found. We were able to successfully isolate the leak without any incident. And then it was turned back over to the building owner, business owner and SaskEnergy to finish final mitigative steps," Feser said.
He noted that there have been many vehicle collisions occurring in the area lately and asked drivers to exercise caution even when the pavement looks fine at first sight. With weather changing often lately, even when the roads look dry people might still hit some black ice patches.
