Sophia Villalba and Will Tran
14 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Officials are advising the public to avoid Duboce Avenue and Castro Street because of a natural gas leak Wednesday morning. According to a tweet from Supervisor Aaron Peskin, whose district the affected area belongs to, the San Francisco Fire Department evacuated a one-block radius around the intersection.
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According to the SFFD, responders including PG&E and the San Francisco Fire Department are currently on the scene after a 16-inch water main burst and a natural gas leak occurred. The rupture of the water pipe caused pressure to build up underground, which led to a rupture in a sewage pipe and a gas pipe.
Gas subsequently entered the sewers and underground, Peskin said.
According to a tweet from SFFD, the previous supply disruption threat has stabilized. The area may still smell residual gas and first responders remain on site. People are advised to continue avoiding the area.
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According to Peskin, PG&E and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission are on site and are both working to vent the underground area.
“Once the venting is complete, SFFD will go into all the apartments (and inspect them) and SFPUC will dig with PG&E (and) start assessing the damage to see if both can do repairs at the same time,” Peskin said.
According to a subsequent tweet from Peskin, no homes were damaged by the leak and no casualties were reported.
Drivers are advised to find alternate routes as traffic delays are expected in the area. SFs Muni has diversion plans for buses in place. According to the SFFD, officials were working on assessing the resettlement of evacuated homes as of Wednesday afternoon.
