Some Evanston residents asked to shelter in place amid high-pressure gas line break
Some Evanston, Illinois, residents are being asked to shelter in place due to a high-pressure gas line break on Friday morning.
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Some Evanston, Illinois, residents are being asked to shelter in place due to a high-pressure gas line break on Friday morning.
A gas leak near Stevenson and Martin Drive closed traffic between Sundown and Division on Monday afternoon.
The village says cleanup may still be underway and advises drivers in the area to be cautious.
CTA Blue Line trains were disrupted early Thursday afternoon due to a gas leak near the Division Street station in Chicago's West Town community.
A gas main ruptured when a piece of ice fell off a roof in the northwest Chicago suburb of Elgin Wednesday afternoon.
A gas line was damaged during construction work at a building in the 300 block of Waters Edge Drive just after 6:30 a.m.
A spokesperson for the refinery said crews responded and identified and isolated the leak
A spokesperson for the refinery said on Thursday that it experienced a release from a pipeline that transports material within its tank field. Darius Johnson reports from Whiting, and Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has an explanation of how the wind may have carried the stench far from Whiting.
By around 6:20 p.m., Indiana State Police said all lanes both east and westbound on the interstate were being reopened.
The plume of dangerous natural gas shut down I-94 in both directions between Portage and Burns Harbor, Indiana. Charlie De Mar reports.
A major gas leak in northwest Indiana forced officials to shut down a stretch of Interstate 94 for several hours causing major gridlock on Tuesday afternoon.
A major gas leak in northwest Indiana has forced officials to shut down a stretch of Interstate 94 for at least three hours on Tuesday afternoon.
A major gas leak in northwest Indiana has forced officials to shut down a stretch of Interstate 94 for at least three hours on Tuesday afternoon.
Neighboring homes were evacuated while fire crews isolated the natural gas leak and stretched a hose line as a precaution for fire suppression.
A spokesperson for BP's refinery in Whiting said it experienced a leak from a storage tank in the fields.
A leak was to blame for the mysterious smell in the south suburbs. On Wednesday, the Village of Tinley Park reported their 911 centers received calls for a natural gas odor outside. Suburbs east of Tinley Park were also getting reports.
No major injuries were reported, but two firefighters suffered minor injuries.
A high-pressure gas line broke Tuesday morning at an apartment building at 823 Dobson Street.
Peoples Gas eventually shut off the leak.
There were reports that some people were seriously injured, and witnesses said an American language school was among the buildings damaged.
Metra advises that extensive delays will persist on the Milwaukee District West Line until the gas leak in Bartlett is fixed.
Chicago Fire Department officials said a vehicle went into a building at 1535 W. Devon Ave. around 11 a.m., hitting a gas main.
About 30 people were forced to evacuate their homes after a vehicle hit a gas meter in the back of a building, causing a leak.
Several people were taken to the hospital Saturday after a hazardous gas leak at a factory in Wheeling.
Nicor is responding to the scene.
