08/17/2015 - WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - For the second time in less than a month, a work crew doing work on South Avenue struck a gas main in Whitman. This time, around 1120 hours on the morning of Monday, August 17, 2015 the Whitman Fire Department responded to a reported gas line struck in the area of 418 South Avenue, near Pleasant Street. Engine-2 and Car-3 responded. Companies arrived to find a high pressure gas line struck by a work crew. Box-55 was struck for manpower, and Engine-1 was requested to the scene. Engine-2's crew grabbed a hydrant and stretched a 3" hand line as a precaution. Also as a precaution, several surrounding buildings were evacuated and checked for gas in the buildings. An insurance company, auto repair garage and a large multiple unit apartment building were among those evacuated. National Grid Gas responded to the scene and had the leak secured within an hour. The previous leak occurred on July 29th, when a work crew in the area of South Avenue and Brigham Street accidentally tore up a high pressure gas feed during construction. No injuries were reported at either incident.
