Hundreds without service after Salem gas main break
Hundreds without service after Salem gas main break
MIKE THE GOOD NEWS TONIGHT, NO ONE WAS HURT DURING THIS INCIDENT. RIGHT NOW, CREWS ARE WORKING TO REPAIR THE GAS LINE AND TH EXPECT THAT PROCESS TO BE FINISHED IN ABOUT ONE HOUR. AFTER THAT, THEY WILL BEGIN RESTORING SERVICE FOR 335 CUSTOMERS IMPACTED. FIREFIGHTERS SAY EXCAVATOR STRUCK A SIX-INCH GAS LINE WHILE DOING CONSTRUCTION ON ROUTE 128. A POLICE OFFICER WAS WORKING AT DETAIL NEARBY AND CALLED IT IN RIGHT AWAY. LEAK WAS CONTAINED BY 11:30, BUT I THEN, A BIG PART OF THE TOWN WAS WITHOUT GAS, INCLUDING NORTH BROADWAY, MAINSTREET, AND NEARBY ROADS. OFFICIALS SAY THE EXCAVATOR WAS DOING DRAINAGE WORK. PART -- >> PART OF OUR ROUTE 28 WORK. WE WERE DOING DRAINAGE WORK BY AN OLD CULVERT. THE INFORMATION WE HAVE CURRENTLY FROM WHAT IS IN THE FIELD, WE BELIEVE THIS IS AN ERROR PERHAPS IN THE LOCATION MARKOUT AND NO FAULT OF THE CONTRACTOR AT THIS TIME. MIKE SO ONCE THE MAIN LINE REPAIRED 16 TECHNICIANS WILL WORK THROUGH T NIGHT TO TURN THE METERS BACK ON FOR AFFECTED CUSTOMERS. THAT NUMBER, 335 CUSTOMERS. THEY WILL START WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES LIKE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, AND THEN WORK THROUGH EVERYONE ELSE. THE WHOLE PROCESS FOR ALL CUSTOMERS, IT IS ESTIMATE
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Hundreds without service after Salem gas main break
A gas main break Monday on Route 28 cut service to hundreds of customers in Salem, officials said.
A gas main break Monday on Route 28 cut service to hundreds of customers in Salem, officials said.
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