Enfield Residents Temporarily Displaced By Gas Line Problem

ENFIELD, CT — Some residents of Tariff Street were evacuated Thursday night after a gas line became charged with electricity around 8:30 p.m., according to a fire official.

Thompsonville Fire Chief David Deskis said Eversource Energy disconnected utilities during the situation, with hopes of the problem being resolved Friday morning. Some residents of the multi-unit building spent the night with their families, he said.

A representative of the Enfield building inspector's office was at the location around 10 a.m. Friday.

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