Crime & Safety
Crews Stop Gas Leak In Marin County
A natural gas leak forced evacuations for some homes and a shelter-in-place order for others Thursday afternoon in Tiburon, officials said.
TIBURON, CA – A natural gas leak forced evacuations for some homes and a shelter-in-place order for others Thursday afternoon in Tiburon, according to the Tiburon Fire Protection District.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company was notified around 2 p.m. that a gas line had been ruptured in the 100 block of Sugarloaf Drive, said PG&E spokeswoman Deanna Contreras. Crews safely stopped the flow of gas by 5:17 p.m. A construction crew not affiliated with PG&E struck the gas line.
Roughly 35 customers have been impacted by the temporary service outage, Contreras said. She reminded the public to call 811 or visit 811express.com before starting any construction or digging project.
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@PGE4Me crews safely stopped the flow of gas in Tiburon after a third party construction crew hit a gas line in the 100 block of Sugarloaf Drive. Reminder to call 811 or visit https://t.co/TTl7OhxEPD before any construction or digging project! pic.twitter.com/FU8WmbGquw
— Deanna Contreras (@PGE_Deanna) May 18, 2018
Happening now... Natural gas line break impacting the area of Sugar Loaf in Tiburon. Crews expected to be on scene until approx. 5:30pm. Evacuations and shelter in place orders are in effect for the area impacted. We remind anyone to call 811 prior to digging to have your underground services surveyed. @millvalleyfirefighters1775 @southernmarinfire
A post shared by Tiburon Fire District (@tiburonfiredistrict) on May 17, 2018 at 3:37pm PDT
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