116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Crews repair gas leak on 1st Avenue
Natural gas fumes permeated through the air again this evening in Cedar Rapids. A construction crewman working near the intersection of 1st Avenue and 7th Street SW, contacted the Iowa One Call hotline after an underground pipe was struck.
Battalion Chief John Pulver said that when firefighters came to the scene the utility's company's repair team was already there.
This is the city's second gas leak in as many days and the eight since March 29th, according to fire department records.
Cedar Rapids firefighters and a MidAmerican Energy Co. employee work to repair a leaking gas line at 1st Avenue and 7th Street SW, on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. (Christopher Pratt/The Gazette)
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