September 11, 2018

A NUMBER OF LAWRENCE COUNTIANS WERE ALARMED EARLY THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING WHEN UTILITY CREWS OPENED A NATURAL GAS LINE TO VENT PRESSURE FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC CRASH.  THE VENTING PROCESS PRODUCED A SOUND SIMILAR TO A JET ENGINE THAT WAS REPORTEDLY HEARD IN SEVERAL PARTS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY.  A VEHICLE STRUCK A NATURAL GAS STATION IN DUNN EARLY IN THE MORNING WHICH RESULTED IN CREWS HAVING TO VENT THE PRESSURE IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE.  AT NO TIME WAS THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ANY DANGER DURING THE PROCEDURE.