Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 12:16 AM Tuesday to a gas leak at Thayer Street and Pine Street Mount Prospect, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report from a construction crew that they could smell gas and hear leaking from a gas main.
Thayer Street was immediately shut down in both directions, just north of the United States Post Office.
Firefighters report the link involves a 2-inch main.
WIND: S OR SW 10 MPH
UNITS ASSIGNED …
ENGINE(S): E13 E12 E14
TRUCK(S): ARLINGTON HEIGHTS TL1
CHIEF(S): BC3 301
EMS: A13 A14
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