Buffalo Grove police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:15 AM Tuesday to a report of a gas leak at Deerfield Parkway and Commerce Street Buffalo Grove, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a vehicle hit a gas main and that gas could be heard streaming from the gas main.
GAS LEAK DEERFIELD & COMMERCE, BUFFALO GROVE — METRA TRAINS STOPPED, DEERFIELD PKWY BLOCKED
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— ChicagoFireMap (@ChicagoFireMap) January 6, 2015
Buffalo Grove Engine 26 crew on arrival reported that they have a gas line hit and that they can hear gas blowing out.
Buffalo Grove’s Battalion Chief ordered a shut down of Deerfield Parkway between Weiland Road and and Barclay Boulevard.
The Battalion Chief also ordered that all northbound and southbound Metra trains and Canadian National trains be stopped short of the Deerfield Parkway crossing. At about 12:08 p.m. it was reported that trains would be blocked until at least about 1:08 p.m. (“about an hour”), but trains were allowed to pass by about 12:28 p.m.
GAS CREWS ON SCENE AT DEERFIELD PKWY AND COMMERCE ST, BUFFALO GROVE — TRAINS ALLOWED TO PASS http://t.co/u9tKV4NGkA pic.twitter.com/p49wk41p0J
— ChicagoFireMap (@ChicagoFireMap) January 6, 2015
A Grayslake engine, a Wauconda ambulance and a Northbrook ladder truck were standing by in Buffalo Grove while Buffalo Grove firefighters are busy working at the gas leak.
LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood of a strong gas leak at Deerfield Parkway and Commerce Street …
NCS Advisory – Inbound Train #114 Stopped near Prairie View Nicor Gas Leak http://t.co/YpDtSEYOM1
— Metra NCS (@metraNCS) January 6, 2015
Metra and Canadian National trains have been stopped until the natural gas concentration can be confirmed to be below explosive limits.
— Village of BG, IL (@BuffaloGrove_IL) January 6, 2015
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