Crews contain fire caused by ruptured gas line in Concord, officials say

Wednesday, November 16, 2022
CONCORD, Calif. (KGO) -- Crews were able to extinguished a fire started by a gas leak in Concord on Wednesday, officials said.

Concord Fire Department battled the blaze after a third-party construction crew hit the gas line which caused the fire.
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The fire was reported at just after 11 a.m. and happened at Grant St. and Frederick St.



The fire was contained at 12:15 p.m., a spokesperson with Pacific Gas & Electricity said.

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The fire briefly close nearby roadways, and put a shelter-in-place order for parts of John Muir Hospital located across the street. The order has since been lifted.
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A John Muir Hospital spokesperson said the fire caused an outage at the hospital and ran on an emergency generator.



Doctors were able to finish-up surgeries in progress, but will not be working on new surgeries for the remainder of the day, the hospital noted.

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A PG&E spokesperson said power at the hospital should be restored in a few hours. PG&E said it was a third party that struck the gas line, not a PG&E crew.
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Concord fire officials say there were no injuries, no buildings threatened and no evacuations ordered.


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