APRIL 23, 2015
ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA (CBS SF)
Another gas explosion averted. A shelter-in-place order for residents of a
mobile home park in Antioch has been lifted after PG&E stopped a gas
leak in the area Thursday morning, fire and PG&E officials said.
The leak was reported at 8:41 a.m. in the area of Buchanan
and Somersville roads, PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian said.
The 4-inch gas line was hit by a construction crew digging
in the area, Sarkissian said.
Residents of the nearby Chateau Mobile Home Park were asked
to shelter in place and roads were closed in the area while PG&E worked on
stopping the gas leak, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Fire
Marshal Robert Marshall said.
PG&E crews arrived and stopped the flow of gas by about
10:20 a.m. and the shelter-in-place order was lifted by about 10:30 a.m.,
Marshall said.
Sarkissian said it is important for anyone digging to call
811 to learn where natural gas lines are located. This is many times academic, though, as many
pipelines are not marked or are not marked accurately. Most of the time, a one foot difference in
location is all it takes to have a disaster.