Construction Crews Cause Gas Leak in San Mateo

By Bay City News Service:

PG&E officials shut off a gas leak in San Mateo Wednesday morning caused by a digging construction crew, a utility spokeswoman said.

The gas leak was reported in the 600 block of Vanessa Drive at about 10 a.m., police and PG&E officials said.

Roads were closed in the area, causing traffic delays, but police said the leak posed no threat to residents.

PG&E crews shut off the flow of gas just before 11 a.m., PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian said.

The leak was caused by a construction crew hitting a half-inch plastic gas line while digging in a front yard, Sarkissian said.

The house was being renovated and gas service was already shut off at the meter, Sarkissian said. No PG&E customers lost gas service because of the leak.

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