Traffic was also blocked, with transit diverted into adjacent streets
Inconveniences in Bastia Umbra, where, during road works in via della Repubblica, the methane pipeline was accidentally broken. The gas began to leak late yesterday morning.
The operators immediately alerted the firefighters of the Assisi detachment; arrived on site also supported by the Local Police.
To avoid dramatic consequences and dangers to citizens, the area was cleared and people were moved away for a radius of 400 metres. Traffic was also blocked, with transit diverted into adjacent streets.
As reported by La Nazione, the firefighters then proceeded to close the utilities and measure the gas indicators present in the area and ensure that the technicians could then intervene to repair the damaged medium pressure pipe and bring the situation back to normal. .
The methane technicians took steps to restore the line by working on the damaged section. In the early afternoon the situation returned to normal, with the return of the evacuated people to their homes and the resumption of traffic along the important Via della Repubblica.
