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Published on: 4/21/2008
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Ed Rose, assistant manager of a Capital One Bank branch at the corner of Main Street and Lemoine Avenue, didn't hear the explosion and wasn't aware that it had occurred until a police officer came by shortly after 3:40 p.m.A carbon monoxide reading initially didn't detect elevated levels of the gas, but a crew returned several minutes later "and the levels were climbing," Rose said.
"We were told to evacuate," he said."Like most banks, we have a security plan to evacuate and we got everyone out quickly."
By that point, he said, the carbon monoxide reading inside the bank was 900 parts per million, well above the exposure limit of 50 parts per million set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The bank, which typically closes at 6 p.m., lost two hours of business, Rose said.Rose was waiting for a team of private security guards to arrive so he could go home.The bank, like the other businesses on the block, was to remain unlocked into the night so police and utility crews could access the basement.
The evacuation, he said, "didn't affect us as much as it does our clients.
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Ed Rose, assistant manager of a Capital One Bank branch at the corner of Main Street and Lemoine Avenue, didn't hear the explosion and wasn't aware that it had occurred until a police officer came by shortly after 3:40 p.m.A carbon monoxide reading initially didn't detect elevated levels of the gas, but a crew returned several minutes later "and the levels were climbing," Rose said.
"We were told to evacuate," he said."Like most banks, we have a security plan to evacuate and we got everyone out quickly."
By that point, he said, the carbon monoxide reading inside the bank was 900 parts per million, well above the exposure limit of 50 parts per million set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The bank, which typically closes at 6 p.m., lost two hours of business, Rose said.Rose was waiting for a team of private security guards to arrive so he could go home.The bank, like the other businesses on the block, was to remain unlocked into the night so police and utility crews could access the basement.
The evacuation, he said, "didn't affect us as much as it does our clients.