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Utility crews to continue restoring service for customers impacted by gas leak in Salem

Utility crews to continue restoring service for customers impacted by gas leak in Salem
HEADING BACK OUT TO GET EVERYONE ELSE BACK ONLINE. A NATURAL GAS LEAK IMPACTING 335 CUSTOMERS AFTER AN EXCAVATOR HIT A SIX-INCH MAIN GAS LINE ON ROUTE 28 IN SALEM. FOR CARE HOMES LIKE SALEM HAVEN, THE ACCIDENT MEANT NO HEAT, HOT WATER, OR COOKING FOR HOURS. >> WE MONITOR THE TEMPERATURES, KEEP THE RESIDENTS COMFORTABLE, NOTIFY THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES. IRONICALLY, LAST MONTH WE HAD A DISASTER DRILL AND THE SCENARIO WAS A LOSS OF HEAT DUE TO LOSS OF NATURAL GAS. RAY: OFFICIALS SAY THE LINE WAS NOT PROPERLY MARKED. >> WE BELIEVE THIS WAS AN ERROR, NO FAULT OF THE CONTRACTOR AT THIS TIME. RAY: FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE INCIDENT SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR EVERYONE. >> IF THEY SMELL GAS, CALL US AND WE WILL CHECK YOUR HOUSE, CHECK YOUR BUSINESS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT A GAS PROBLEM IN YOUR HOUSE. RAY: THE UTILITY CREWS ARE HEADING BACK OUT THIS MORNING TO RESTORE GAS. IF YOU ARE NOT HOME WHEN THEY SHOW UP, THEY WILL LEAVE A NOTE. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CALL THE NUMBER ON THE NOTE AND THEY WILL COME BACK AND HOOK
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Utility crews to continue restoring service for customers impacted by gas leak in Salem
Utility crews continued Tuesday morning to work to restore gas to customers in Salem after a natural gas main broke Monday.

Utility crews continued Tuesday morning to work to restore gas to customers in Salem after a natural gas main broke Monday.

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