Residents received a rude awakening when they were forced from their Snyder Ave. homes after gas began leaking overnight Monday.
Nearly 20 residents were forced out into the cold night after a gas main began leaking gas into the basement of an apartment building in South Philadelphia overnight Monday.
Residents on the 1300 block of Snyder Ave. woke up to dangerously high natural gas readings thanks to a ruptured main that sent gas leaking into six homes. officials told NBC10's Jesse Gary.
"I was asleep and woke up to someone knocking on my door pretty loudly and I looked out my door and saw the fire truck... Now I'm out here just waiting for them to visit," said one evacuated resident.
Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) dug into the street and quickly repaired the 4-inch gas main.
Some residents were allowed back into their homes shortly after the repair while other were sheltered for hours at South Philadelphia High School until the gas levels in their homes decreased.
SEPTA service on Snyder Ave. between Broad and 13th sts has been rerouted.
