Fire District 63

April 21, 2009- Natural gas Leak at”The Manheim”

April 21, 2009- At 14:16 all 3 Schuylkill Haven stations, as well as Station 10 from Pottsville City, Cressona and Mount Carbon Fire Police were dispatched to 1614 Route 61 (Manheim Restaurant) for a natural gas leak. As apparatus went responding, County Comm. Center advised of a constructing worker hitting the line while digging. Chief 723 arrived on scene and asked for station 10 out of the city for their air monitoring as well as Mount Carbon and Cressona fire police to shut down Route 61. The leak was quickly contained, and on scene personnel checked the area for elevated amounts of gas, and were placed available in just over an hour.

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