Gas Line Leak Prompts Emergency Response

While digging in the front a Red Bank home in search of a gas line Tuesday afternoon, workers inadvertently caused a leak after striking the line they were looking for.

According to borough fire marshal Stanley Sickels, a plastic gas tube was cracked during digging at 24 Irving Place, causing a leak and prompting emergency response. The Red Bank Volunteer Fire Department and responded to the scene as a precaution, though the leak was remedied shortly after the call went out at about 2:30 p.m.

"New Jersey Natural Gas responded within minutes and was able to take care of the problem," he said.

Emergency crews dallied at the scene for about half an hour before taking off, leaving New Jersey Natural Gas workers to tend to the no-longer leaking line.