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Gene Kennedy Reporting It was a long night for some Kaysville residents. Police went door-to-door forcing them out of their homes.
A family that lives off 200 North came home around 9:15 last night. They smelled gas and heard it hissing from the ground. They called the fire department.
Once fire fighters arrived, they found natural gas seeping up from underground. Firefighters evacuated 14 homes and shut down a couple of roads so Questar could come in and repair the leak. Turns out, a two inch underground pipe had broken.
Luckily, no one was affected by the fumes. In fact, fire officials say most in this neighborhood didn't know what was happening until crews evacuated families.
It took a couple of hours to repair that broken pipe. Still no word on how it broke, but the good news is that everyone's okay.
This gas leak comes just days after a house exploded in Davis County. Questar says a blast like the one that destroyed that home is extremely rare. That explosion and last night's leak are not connected. At the south Weber home, a natural gas pipe broke, causing the blast.
