Broken Gas Line Causes Evacuation of Homes on Nut Tree Court

The Cosumnes Fire Department evacuated several homes in the 9500 block of Nut Tree Court Tuesday evening after a caller reported a broken natural gas line in the area.

Residents were allowed back into their homes about 7:00 p.m. as crews from Pacific Gas and Electric Company worked to repair the line.

Chief Tracey Hansen said there were no reports of injuries and only the homes nearest the leak had been evacuated.

The pipe was about an inch in diameter, Hansen said. She did not know whether it was a construction crew or homeowner that called in the break.

Hansen said such incidents were "not as uncommon as we'd like them to be."

"Often when you have construction crews you can have [breaks] because the lines are mismeasured or the company might have documents that aren't completely accurate. If it's a homeowner digging, they didn't know where the lines were."