Gas line broken in neighborhood
NORTHEAST GLENDALE -- Nearby residents were ordered to stay
indoors for a few hours Friday morning after a home developer
accidentally broke a 2-inch gas line, causing a leak that took about
two hours to repair, authorities said.
The line was broken about 10:30 a.m. in the 900 block of Del Ray
Drive, a residential area, said Glendale Fire Capt. Carlos Guerrero,
a spokesman for the department.
Glendale firefighters squired a fog stream over the leak to break
up gas particles, reducing the chance of explosion, Guerrero said.
The Gas Company employees, meanwhile, worked to fix the pipe.
Neighbors put out bathroom fire
NORTHWEST GLENDALE -- A minor apartment fire started by an
unattended candle was extinguished by neighbors armed with bottled
water, authorities said.
Glendale firefighters responded about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday to the
home in the 400 block of West Dryden Street, said Capt. Carlos
Guerrero, the department's spokesman.
The apartment manager and another tenant put out the flames --
which caused about $6,000 in damage to a bathroom -- before
firefighters arrived, Guerrero said.
Compiled by Jackson Bell
