A natural gas leak in Gorham briefly closed two major roads and forced the evacuation of 10 homes Thursday morning before crews were sent out to repair it.
The leak occurred after a contractor working on a new home ruptured a line on Tink Drive.
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Maine Natural Gas employees discuss the accident with construction workers as others go door to door evacuating residents and checking empty houses for gas levels after a gas main break caused by this excavator happened at Hawkes Farm development on Tink Drive in Gorham. Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer
With help from Gorham firefighters Jason Baker, left, and Terry Deering, Maine Natural Gas technician Ron Dube checks for gas levels in this unoccupied home after a gas main was ruptured at Hawkes Farm development in Gorham. Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer
Gorham firefighters open the windows to this unoccupied home as Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefevre talks with a Maine Natural Gas representative after an excavator being used to build new housing foundations ruptured a gas line main at Hawkes Farm development in Gorham. Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer
Emergency officials closed Main Street and New Portland Road briefly as a precaution, but the leak was dealt with quickly by utility crews, who were aided by strong winds that helped dissipate the gas in the air, town officials said.
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