Mountain View Fire Department - Class 1
1000 Villa Street • Mountain View • CA • 94041-1295
(650) 903-6365 • Fax (650) 903-0151

Fire Department Press Release  
 
12/12/2019    

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA RELEASE 12122019-1
Subject :


Gas Line Break at 2700 W El Camino Real
Contact : Robert Maitland
Fire Department PIO
(650) 903-6825
robert.maitland@mountainview.gov

On Thursday, December 12th at 9:13:22 AM Mountain View Communications received a 911 call reporting a gas line break at a construction site located at 2700 W El Camino.

Units were dispatched at 9:14:35 AM and arrived on scene at 9:22:53 AM to find a broken 1” distribution gas line with an active flow of natural gas coming from a trench dug in the street. Fire units discovered a backhoe was digging the trench when it punctured the line just inches away from the larger 4” natural gas supply line.

The construction site and the nearby carwash were immediately evacuated by fire crews, displacing approximately 40 people. West bound traffic on El Camino Real was blocked off and fire crews deployed several charged water lines to mitigate the scene from further loss.

PG&E was called to the scene and installed a clamp on the broken line and the all clear was given at 10:07:04 AM.

There were no reports of injuries and those displaced were allowed to return to the scene.

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