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Published: October 14, 2008 09:32 pm    print this story   email this story  

Businesses evacuated after gas leak

By Fred Pace
Register-Herald Reporter

Several buildings in the Raleigh County Memorial Airport Industrial Park near Philpott Lane in Beaver were evacuated Tuesday after a natural gas main was ruptured by a utility company working in the area.

“A utility worker digging behind one of the buildings here with a backhoe struck a 1-inch main line, causing a high-pressure gas leak,” said Larry Rice, chief of the Beaver Volunteer Fire Department. “It was ripped in half.”

Rice said the evacuation was a precautionary measure.

“You don’t want to take any chances when there’s a gas leak of this nature,” he said.

Rice said Mountaineer Gas was called to the scene to repair the line.

“An out-of-state utility company, Pike Electric, accidentally hit one of our gas lines,” said a spokesperson for Mountaineer Gas. “We were able to repair the line quickly.”

The leak occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m., Rice added.

The Raleigh County Sheriff’s Department was also called to the scene to help with motor vehicle traffic.

— E-mail: fpace@register-herald.com

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Emergency crews were on the scene Tuesday at the Airport Industrial Park in Beaver after a construction vehicle struck a natural gas main, causing it to rupture. C.L. Garvin/The Register-Herald (Click for larger image)

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