SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Submit Privacy Notice

Crash leads to gas line rupture on Arden Way Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Hide Transcript Show Transcript

WEBVTT MIKE: ON ARDEN WAY AT HERITAGE LANE. IT IS THAT CAR RIGHT THERE. IT CRASHED JUST BEFORE 7:00 THIS MORNING. THE DRIVER TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HEAR THE GUSHING SOUND IN THE BACKGROUND. THAT IS A NATURAL GAS LEAK. THAT CAR SEVERED A NATURAL GAS LINE. ARDEN WAY IS SHUT DOWN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. HERITAGE LANE IS ALSO SHUT DOWN WHERE IT MEETS ARDEN WAY. BECAUSE OF THIS NATIONAL -- OF THIS NATURAL GAS LEAK. WHAT IS THE CONCERN HERE WITH THE GAS LEAK? >> SAFETY IS OUR CONCERN. WE HAVE ISOLATED THE AREA. MAKE SURE IT IS EVACUATED 300 FEET TO KEEP EVERYONE OUT OF THE AREA. TRAFFIC WAS SHUTDOWN TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE AREA. WE MADE CONTACT WITH ANY OF THE WORKERS IN THE MALL AND SURROUNDING BUSINESSES TO LET THEM KNOW OF THE CONDITION OUTSIDE. TO SHELTER IN PLACE AND STAY INDOORS WHILE PG&E CONTAINS THE LEAK. MIKE: WELL GAS IS GOING UP INTO THE ARK, THE RISK OF EXPLOSION. YOU WERE SAYING THAT WHETHER IS HELPING. >> WHEN WE HAVE A WINDOW, THAT IS MOVING THE GAS UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS SAFE. THAT WIND IS HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT NO GAS IS BUILDING IN THE AREA AND IS NOT AN EXPLOSIVE HAZARD. MIKE: THANK YOU SO MUCH. UNTIL THEY ARE ABLE TO SHUT OFF THE GAS, THIS AREA WILL REMAIN SHUT DOWN. WE HAPPENING -- WE HAVE NOTICED SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC BACKUPS. BEST ADVICE IS TO AVOID THE AREA ON ARDMORE. AS FOR AN ESTIMATED TIME OF GETTING THIS REOPENED, THAT DEPENDS ON HOW QUICKLY PG&E CAN GET THAT GAS LINE SHUT OFF. FOR SAFETY’S SAKE, AVOID THIS AREA. SHELTER IN PLACE IF YOU ARE ALREADY IN THIS AREA. TRY TO AVOID ANY REAL RISK OF EXPLOSION FROM THE NATURAL GAS LEAK.