New Milford CT gas line rupture

[CT18fireman]

Contractors working on the widening of Rt 7 in New Milford hit a gas line today. Ended up shutting down most of New Milford center for the afternoon. We were working around the corner and "trapped" by the incident and traffic, so I wandered over to the New Milford fire company and assisted (I am a Brookfield volunteer)

Big mistake, but luckily no injuiries of damage to property other then the pipe itself.

 

[John Banks]

That's where I happened to be today too. I was on the other side of the river Jesse, headed north up to 202. Traffic was a nightmare, same headed south to later on.

 

[Mark Oomkes]

A contractor hit a little main by us a couple weeks ago with a directional borer. 24" high pressure. Talk about an oops and OH !@#$*& Took 3 days to repair completely. Had to get the pressure under 150 PSI before they even started digging.

 

[farmerted44]

they got lucky!!!!! well god gave them the luck!
few years back a kid was running a loader i believe.???
at a large well established gravel pit here in the phoenix area.
hit a large gas line, yeah i know what the hell was gas line doing running thru gravel pit.... poor kid i dont if they found any of his body parts left.
just shook all of us around this area up.!!! didnt help i was working in gravel pit at the time.\
believe it or not me and an old timer at work say a lil prayer in the mornings. just askin for the lord to watch out 4 us.some times we ask for patience where we dont strangle the new guys too. lol