[UPDATE 12:50 p.m.] Gas Leak in Arcata
According to an Arcata Police tweet, “There is a gas leak near the 900 block of 17th Street. Arcata Fire and PG&E are on scene. Please avoid the area while they work to fix the leak.”
According to the scanner, nearby residents are being evacuated after a “digin out” caused an “audible” gas leak.
UPDATE 12:50 p.m.: According to a spokesperson for PG&E, Deanna Contreras, “The homeowner was digging with a shovel and he hit a gas line…He had chopped a half inch service line. We were able to stop the flow of gas by 11:15 a.m.”
Contreras urged homeowners to call 811 before doing any digging around their home. “We will come out and mark where the lines are for free,” she explained.
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A lot of gas escaping in Arcata these days.
Bad neighbor! Bad!
He’s damned lucky he didn’t cause a spark.
Who doesn’t know to call PGE to locate the gas lines first?
You’d have to work pretty hard to get through sch40 iron pipe with a shovel, unless it was already completely rusted out. Most people don’t bother getting the lines marked for hand digging because of this…
The majority of gas lines after the 70’s are polyethylene plastic, easy to put a shovel through. Always call 811 before digging.