BREAKING UPDATE: The Berrien County Sheriffs Office just issued this release concerning a giant gas line rupture in Benton Charter Township: At approximately 2am on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 a natural gas line affiliated with TransCanada, leaked at/near the 100 block of North Blue Creek Rd, in Benton Twp. Cause of the leak is currently unknown. Emergency responders, consisting of local police (Benton Twp), County Deputies and Benton Twp Fire Personnel assisted with evacuating residents within one (1) mile radius of the gas line leak. Vehicular traffic was also re-routed away from this area. No known injuries have been reported at the time of this release and authorities are conducting air monitoring. TransCanada pipeline representatives were working on shutting off and/or re-routing the natural gas flow from this leaking gas line. Road blocks have been established at the following locations: Territorial Rd & Benton Center Rd Hillandale Rd & Empire Ave Benton Center Rd at Empire Ave Highland Ave & Paul Highland Ave & I-94 Overpass Blue Creek Rd & Empire Ave Territorial Rd & Forest Point Britain Ave & Hillandale Rd Britain Ave & O’Brien Drive Kristin Bien WSBT at the scene was told by officials that the leak has been at least partially closed. She is waiting to hear from TransCanada on whether its been closed. She has also seen utility trucks leaving the area. Still, evacuations remain MANDATORY for people living within a mile of the leak, say officials. About 520 people have been evacuated, but there is no evacuation center. Officials are monitoring air quality. The latest from her coming up at 6:30 on WSBT News. wsbt/news/local/breaking-evacuations-after-massive-gas-line-rupture-in-benton-twp/28079504
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:07:48 +0000
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