According to the Harris County Fire Marshal s Office, seven people all CenterPoint employees were injured. Author: KHOU 11 Staff Updated: 12:16 PM CST March 6, 2021
HOUSTON Seven people were injured in a natural gas line explosion and fire that led to evacuations in northwest Harris County Friday.
UPDATE: As of 8 a.m. Saturday, CenterPoint Energy said all power has been restored to customers who experienced an outage due to the natural gas line explosion.
Repairs are still in progress to restore natural gas services to those impacted.
CenterPoint said if your natural gas was interrupted as a result of Friday s explosion, don t turn any vales or tamper with the natural gas meter for safety reasons.
7 CenterPoint Energy workers injured in natural gas explosion in Klein area, authorities say
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It happened in the 18700 block of Gleannloch Lakes Boulevard around 6 p.m.
Comcast crews were in the area working when they punctured a gas line, according to the Harris County Fire Marshal s Office.
CenterPoint Energy crews were then sent to fix the line. As they were leaving, crews hit what was described as a 6-inch high pressure natural gas line, which is considered a main line.
Authorities say they hit what was described as a 6-inch high pressure natural gas line.
#update initial reports are that Centerpoint crews were working and struck a natural gas line. 4 injuries, 3 transported by ground, 1 transported via life flight. A 500 ft. perimeter has been established and all residents evacuated. Please avoid the area. @hcfmo (@hcfmo) March 6, 2021
Several people injured in natural gas explosion, fire near Klein
Some residents were evacuated
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The fire was reported in the 18700 block of Gleannloch Lakes Boulevard.
Officials from the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office said that a crew from Comcast was working in the area and nicked a natural gas line. The crew called in a CenterPoint crew to inspect the line which is when two lines exploded, officials said.
A representative of Comcast said a contractor cut a small line in an area where the line was incorrectly marked. The representative said CenterPoint crews hit a larger line while repairing the small line.