Altagas is in Rosedale investigating a possible gas leak.
Crews were on site Tuesday evening, January 2 investigating a report of the scent of gas. This is the same neighbourhood where a home was destroyed by a natural gas explosion in 2005.
“Someone smelled gas and they called us, that is what they are supposed to do, said Greg Johnston, president of Altagas Utilities. “We understand they have been smelling it for a couple of weeks, so it would be a lot better if people called the first time they smelled gas.”
The crew took action to find the leak and were busy Wednesday.
“In the meantime, we have dug up the gas main and squeezed it. It is a plastic main, so we can squeeze it with a large clamp (to block the line). We have isolated the main so we know there is no gas leaking,” he explains.
They have run over-ground lines to affected homes to continue their gas service while they investigate. A service technician was there overnight monitoring.
“We haven’t pinpointed it yet, we are doing some exploratory excavations,” said Johnston, Wednesday afternoon.
“We take this type of thing very seriously, we will find the leak and we will fix it.”
