DICKSON CITY — Rising pressure in a UGI Utilities station in Dickson City caused a release device to vent a large amount of natural gas into the air Monday morning, causing an earsplitting screech and closing part of a busy road during the morning rush hour commute.
“We‘re not sure what happened,” said UGI spokesman Don Brominski. “We’re investigating why the pressure rose so high.”
Shortly before 8 a.m., the valve behind the CVS Pharmacy on Main Street released the gas and blanketed the area nearby with an odor. Police responded and shut down Main Street between West Lackawanna Avenue and Pancoast Street, Police Chief William Bilinski said. The sound faded out by roughly 8:30 a.m. Traffic was flowing normally not long after.
Mr. Brominski was not sure what the pressure build-up was at when the gas was released, but said the vent acted as it should.
UGI crews will continue to investigate the build-up, Mr. Brominksi said.
“We’re on site monitoring and trying to evaluate what happened,” Mr. Brominski said.
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