Story Created:
Mar 8, 2010 at 9:54 AM CDT
Story Updated:
Mar 8, 2010 at 9:54 AM CDT
LILBURN, Ga. (AP) - Firefighters in Gwinnett County are using fans to get rid of the methane gas from underground vaults that caused an explosion that led to the closure of busy Lawrenceville Highway.
The northbound lanes of the highway from Jimmy Carter Boulevard to Pounds Road reopened overnight. Southbound lanes remained
closed.
Gwinnett County Fire Captain Tommy Rutledge says the explosion on Sunday damaged three manhole covers and caused slight damage to
southbound lanes of the highway. Rutledge says the methane apparently built up in an underground vault and in sewer and storm
drains.
Workers from AT&T were called out because the explosions damaged some of their underground equipment in the area.
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