Edgemoor Homes Evacuated for Propane Leak (PHOTOS)
Homes in Bethesda’s Edgemoor neighborhood have been evacuated as Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Hazmat services respond to a leak from a residential in-ground propane tank of more 400 gallons in the 7100 block of Fairfax Rd, according to tweets from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer.
Local neighborhood streets have been closed and homes evacuated as a precaution. Piringer tweets that the leak has been contained and remaining gas will be burned off. This process may take hours.
#mcfrs EMS crews have set up areas of refuge for evacuated residents at several locations in Edgemoor neighborhood pic.twitter.com/06EiTr5UwN
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 15, 2014
U/D 7100blk Fairfax ROAD, Bethesda, #mcfrs HazMat ‘burn-off’ of >400 gallons of propane may take hours. pic.twitter.com/gR2Ev8EYH0
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 15, 2014
U/D #mcfrs HazMat crews have secured/controlled the leak, crews now making plans to ‘flare’ or burn-off remaining gas pic.twitter.com/3MAraWEdDt
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 15, 2014
U\D Bethesda HazMat – large 800-1K gallon in-ground propane tank damaged & leaking, FFs setting up hose lines in case pic.twitter.com/G3zYehCkNS
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 15, 2014
Traffic Advisory – many local Edgemoor/Bethesda neighborhood streets CLOSED & homes evacuated as precaution pic.twitter.com/iNqrnNGt5k
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 15, 2014
U/D several dozen homes being or have been evacuated due to a leak from a large residential in-ground propane tank pic.twitter.com/m8saBoE5HE
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 15, 2014
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