Evacuated home after the fire of the South Salt Lake Gasleck has kept her away all night

South Salt Lake – families are back home in South Salt Lake after the dangerous gas leak. The fire forced itself around the surrounding area and business to evacuate overnight, but was lifted on Monday morning.

The sight of workers who repair holes and the gas line on Monday morning is very different from the flame wall that was lit by the gas leak on Sunday evening.

“This gas can drive in this tap water on your sprinkler tube. It will find a source of ignition and it could ignite,” said Terry Addison, South Salt Lake Fire Chief.

Firefighters said that a power line had fallen on a truck and the fire started, but as soon as the crews brought them out, they noticed that a nearby gas knife was also on fire. They then discovered a leak under the street.

“It is currently in the storm surfaces and in the sewage pipes,” said Addison on Sunday.

The leak forced the closure of the street and a Trax line of the Utah Transit Authority. People who live or work within the borders of 3,300 south of 3,500 south and west temples up to 200 West had to evacuate.

One of the residents, Bernadette Glines, said KSL-TV that he had to spend the night in his car. “We waited for updates and saw whether we could go home,” said Glines.

Other residents went to a nearby American Red Cross in a meeting house for the Church of Jesus Christ of the saints of the past few days.

“It means that I didn't have to rely on a family for emergency accommodation,” said Austin Hedin, who was also evacuated because of the gas leak.

The Red Cross made the shelter available to anyone who needed it.

“(It is) very important that the animal shelter is here so that you can order the EVAC to have a safe place that is warm and you can get some food,” said Leigha Westover, disaster manager of the Utah American Red Cross Community.

When evacuated for protection, the crews worked all night to find and repair the leak. The evacuations were canceled by the middle of Monday and the crews had electricity, gas and the streets normal again.

“It takes a village to cope with like these incidents, and we set it up and it worked very well,” said Addison.

In terms of dangerous gas leaks, the situation has been relatively smooth, said officials. Although it caused disorders and a truck was burned, it did not cause significant destruction.