ANOTHER RUPTURE OF UNMARKED GAS PIPELINE: Gas Main Break Prompts Mandatory Evacuations in elmwood park, nj. Residents Return Home After the repairs
Thursday, Dec 11,
2014 • Updated at 5:22 PM EST
Residents are being
allowed to return to their homes after a contractor struck a gas main near a
former paper factory in New Jersey Thursday afternoon, causing a break,
officials and the company said.
Police say buildings
a block south and three blocks north of the old Marcal paper plant on Market
Street near River Road in Elmwood Park were under the mandatory evacuation
order after the noon break.
The contractor that
caused the break was working for Soundview Paper, which manufactures the Marcal
brand of tissue products. In a
statement, Mark Vertucci, director of engineering for Soundview, said the
PSE&G pipeline the contractor hit was unmarked and the leak was minor.
"Soundview
security responded immediately, notifying local police, fire officials and
PSE&G," Vertucci said. "The leak has been capped. No one was
injured and no property was damaged."
A shelter was set up
at a recreation center on Boulevard Street to assist displaced residents and
workers during the brief evacuation.
We recently wrote about the problem with the unmarked gas pipelines here:
THE
DANGERS OF UNMARKED GAS PIPELINES. Second
gas leak due to natural gas pipe rupture in two days shuts part of Route 13 in
Levittown, PA. Unmarked Pipelines to
blame.