By Brendan Rees
Fire crews responded to a raptured gas leak at a residential property in Narre Warren on 18 July.
Firefighters from Hallam CFA were called to the Fiona Court address at 11.45am where an excavator had pulled up a domestic gas pipe, causing it to leak.
Senior Station Officer Stephen Keating said his crew immediately isolated all ignition sources in the vicinity of the leak by 11.55am prior to a gas company arriving who reinstated the pipe.
No one was injured and no further damaged was caused to the property.
The scene was deemed safe with police and ambulance also in attendance.
Mr Keating reminded people to check the location of gas mains prior to using heavy machinery.
“Over longer periods of time you tend to misplace where things are being put in your properties,” he said.
