Castlegar Fire Rescue personnel were quickly on the scene June 21, having received the report of a ruptured gas line. An excavator working along 1st Street had hit the line, causing a hissing leak, sending natural gas wafting through the area in calm and sunny conditions at about 7:30 a.m.
Occurring as it had on a dead end road in a relatively quiet neighbourhood, the situation, as declared by emergency personnel on the scene, was fairly low risk.
A FortisBC crew from Trail had been summoned to repair the damaged line.
