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Moorhead
Fire
Dept
111
12th St N
Moorhead
MN 56560
(218)
299-5432
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 Gas
leak forces apartment evacuations
Forum staff reports, The Forum
Published Thursday, October 27, 2005
Firefighters evacuated three apartment buildings on Moorhead’s south side
Wednesday after a contractor ruptured a natural gas line.
Moorhead Fire Marshal Rich Duysen said the contractor hit a 2-inch line at
9:24 a.m. at 30th Avenue and Fifth Street South and “from there, there was
just a large volume of gas” released.
The line was ruptured in two spots, he said, and the contractor called the
Moorhead Fire Department.
There was no wind to dissipate the gas, but since natural gas is lighter than
air, it traveled straight up and didn’t pose any danger to nearby buildings,
including a motel, Duysen said.
The smell of natural gas was strong in nearby neighborhoods.
There were no injuries. The leak was shut off at 10:12 a.m., Duysen said.
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