Gas leak forces evacuation
SUN PHOTO BY MERAB-MICHAL FAVORITE
Charlotte County firefighters prepare for the worst after a construction crew severed the valve of an abandoned gas tank, causing a propane leak behind the Goodwill at 2325 Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte on Thursday.
SUN PHOTO BY MERAB-MICHAL FAVORITE
A Charlotte County firefighter special operations conducted a controlled gas burn by feeding propane from an abandoned tank to an ignited rig on Thursday.
SUN PHOTO BY MERAB-MICHAL FAVORITE
A Charlotte County firefighter special operations conducted a controlled gas burn by feeding propane from an abandoned tank to an ignited rig on Thursday.
PORT CHARLOTTE — A Goodwill store and several adjacent housing units were evacuated Thursday after a construction crew ruptured an underground propane tank about 11 a.m.
The store, 2325 Tamiami Trail, was in the process of remodeling when a construction worker grading the parking lot behind the structure broke a valve off the top of an underground tank, sending propane fumes into the air, according to Goodwill Industries spokeswoman Kristin O’Donnell.
