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2,800 Students, Faculty Evacuated as Construction Crew Hits Natural Gas Line

  Location Date of Incident
  Pasadena, TX, United States 1/6/2000- 1:45 PM
  Date of Report Update
  1/7/2000 - 1:03 AM
  Incident Types Location Types
  - Release to Environment In Transit (Pipeline)
  Evacuations Injuries Fatalities
  2800 (Estimate) None reported None
  Chemicals Involved
  - Gasoline
  Description or Latest Development
 

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Information Added: Friday, January 7, 2000 - 12:53 AM
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Sam Rayburn High School (Pasadena, Texas) students and faculty were evacuated Thursday (1/6/2000) afternoon after a gas leak was detected.

Mark Kramer, a spokesman for the Pasadena school district, said a construction crew working near Rayburn hit a gas line, and the escaping gas drifted toward the school.

The 2,800 students and faculty were bused to the district's field house as a precaution about 1:45 p.m., Kramer said. No health problems were reported.

Alicia Dixon, a spokeswoman for Entex, said the gas-line rupture happened at 2304 Wichita. Company crews deemed the area safe shortly before 4 p.m., allowing the evacuees to return for their belongings and vehicles.

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