Construction Crews Ruptures 2 Separate Gas Lines within Minutes of Each Other

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By Bay City News Service

Two separate gas leaks caused by construction crew dig-ins were reported within minutes of each other and about 1.5 miles apart in Redwood City on Monday morning, a PG&E spokesman said.

The first leak was reported at 10:26 a.m. on a two-inch plastic line near Duane Street and Broadway, PG&E spokesman Nick Smith said.

Crews responded and capped the leak by 11:51 a.m., Smith said.No injuries were reported and no evacuations were ordered as a result of the leak, he said.

Minutes later, around 10:30 a.m., a separate gas leak was reported on Don Court, a cul-de-sac off of Edgewood Road, Smith said.

A third-party crew digging for water service hit the gas line with a backhoe. The leak was quickly capped with no injuries reported and no service affected besides a lone residential customer, Smith said.

In both cases, the construction crews did not call 811 to have underground gas lines marked before digging, according to Smith.