A ruptured natural gas line at the intersection of 24th and Hampshire streets caused the evacuation of several buildings in San Francisco's Mission District on Tuesday morning. Emergency crews responded to the scene, shutting down traffic and safely stopping the flow of gas by mid-morning.
PG&E workers at 24th and Hampshire, fixing a gas leak from earlier in the morning on Oct. 15, 2024. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.A gas leak at the intersection of 24th and Hampshire streets in the Mission caused several buildings to be evacuated on Tuesday morning for about three hours, as emergency crews worked to find the source of the leak and shut it down.
The crew struck a two-inch natural gas line at the intersection, Elias said, and heard a “loud roaring noise” that sounded like an “airplane engine” immediately after. Several residents and the construction worker called 911, and fire fighters rushed to the scene.A PG&E truck responding to a gas leak at 24th and Hampshire on Oct. 15, 2024. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
Several residents of Hampshire Street said they immediately smelled gas after the pipe was struck. Williams remembered looking out his window and seeing workers scatter in different directions from a 10 foot tall “plume” of decompressed gas. He said no one told him to leave his block, but that he noticed foot traffic wasn’t being let through and a helicopter was circling overhead.Fisher’s family “didn’t stick around” to be told to evacuate, he said.
Bargas described the noise as a “loud hissing sound” and said there has been construction on the block for a few weeks, so loud noises were not uncommon. But when a regular called to say she smelled gas, they grew alarmed. Firefighters appeared minutes later.
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