A gas leak in St. George has forced the evacuation of about 30 homes for about six hours on Wednesday night has been lifted.
Residents were able to return to their homes around 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 12.
Jason Gaudet, the Chief Administrative Officer for Eastern Charlotte, said the incident took place around 4:15 p.m on Feb. 12. Excavation work was being done on Main Street by a contractor.
It triggered the municipalities emergency measures level three and homes within 100 to 150 metres of the line were evacuated. Those streets included Clinch, Carleton and Main streets.
“They just happened to strike a natural gas line,” he said in an interview with The Courier.
Gaudet said it will be investigated whether Liberty Gas was contacted prior to when the contractor began to dig. RCMP, Ambulance New Brunswick, Public Works were assisting in the area, with several road barricades in place.
NB Power crews were called to cut the power for safety to the impacted area.
“Very good response by Eastern Charlotte fire rescue to go address all that,” Gaudet said. “Certainly these things, we don’t deal with them every day but put into practice and evacuation area — sometimes there are things we can learn.”
Several families and individuals were gathered a Magaguadavic Place, the site for evacuees.
“Everyone has followed the orders, everyone has gotten out, and everyone is obeying roads being closed as well,” Gaudet said.
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