A burst gas main has led to evacuations, ongoing road closures and light rail services being shut down in Sydney’s inner west | pallavisinghal_
A burst gas main has led to evacuations, ongoing road closures and light rail services being shut down in Sydney’s inner west.
Workers in Annandale hit a gas main at the site of a junction box at about 12.30pm on Monday, leading to an hours-long operation to turn off multiple gas supplies that feed into the box. About 30 people in the immediate area were evacuated from their homes and others in the surrounding region were told to close their doors and windows.
An exclusion zone of about 100 metres has been established. Johnston Street remained closed in both directions between Kentville Avenue and The Crescent six hours after the incident and buses were replacing light rail services between Fish Market and Dulwich Hill on Monday evening. “It was a medium to high-pressure gas vein, we’ve had to get crews to dig up pipes in other locations so they can shut down supply,” Superintendent Adam Dewberry with Fire and Rescue NSW said.Fire and Rescue NSW crews are dispersing gas while the supply is being turned off.“The gas is flammable but it is lighter than air and it does disperse very quickly, and as an added precaution, we’re dispersing it with water,” Dewberry said.
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