A cloud of brownish smoke filled the air as natural gas poured from a gas line Read this quick list of important safety tips to follow around your home. Ruptured gas line prompts evacuations near philly's central high school the fire department said the evacuations, near the intersection of the city's east germantown, logan and ogontz neighborhoods, are a precautionary measure. An explosion was heard at a construction site in east germantown on thursday morning, prompting evacuations nearby. Thousands of people were evacuated from schools and homes on thursday after a gas leak in the ogontz section of philadelphia. Streets in the logan section of north philadelphia were closed and students evacuated nearby schools due to a gas main break thursday morning.
Residents returned to their homes on the 6700 block of paschall avenue in southwest philadelphia thursday evening after a gas leak forced them to evacuate Washington township police say a gas. According to the philadelphia fire department, the gas line started to leak early thursday morning People were able to see the leak happen in real time by seeing a large amount of smoke that appeared near olney avenue near 18th street and ogontz avenue The fire department asked residents to avoid the area until further notice. A guest commentary by an earthworks advocate who witnessed and documented pgw's repeated failures to fix a massive gas leak near an elementary school in queen village
Crime & safety major gas leak leads to evacuations in philadelphia a private contractor struck a gas main, prompting a large response from firefighters, gas workers, and emergency management.
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