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Gas Leak Prompts Gas Outage, Road Closure In El Cajon

The leak caused a gas outage for about 150 SDG&E customers, SDG&E spokesman Joe Britton said.

EL CAJON, CA – A natural gas leak prompted the closure of a road in El Cajon Monday.

The gas leak was reported at 9:37 a.m. after a third party doing excavation work ruptured a 4-inch gas line in the 1000 block of Jamacha Road, San Diego Gas & Electric spokesman Joe Britton said.

At around 9:40 a.m., El Cajon police closed off traffic on northbound Jamacha Road at Grove Road and southbound Jamacha Road at Gustavo Street because of the leak, the department tweeted.

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Utility crews arrived on scene around 9:55 a.m. and were working to patch the ruptured pipe, Britton said.

No injuries were reported.

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As of 10:25 a.m., the leak had caused a gas outage for about 150 SDG&E customers, Britton said. An estimate for when service would be restored was not immediately available.

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