On October 21, 2011 at approximately 10:34 am The Cutchogue Fire Department responded to a call for a heavy odor of gas in the vicinity of Jackson Street and 5th Street in New Suffolk. The first arriving CFD Chief discovered that a Suffolk County Water Authority crew had accidentally ruptured a natural gas main while installing a water line to a residence on Kimogener Point Road. CFD crews remained on scene to protect the nearby residences until National Grid was able to shut off the gas.
Units:
Chiefs 30 & 31, Engine 854, Heavy Rescue 855, Ambulance 8516, Fire Police units 856 & 15
A second hole is dug before the rupture.
A clamp is applied by a national grid gas worker to crimp off the gas main.
