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21/08/2014
Homes Without Gas After Water Pipe Leaks Into Supply
Some 500 homes in Blaenau Gwent are without gas after a burst water pipe leaked water into the gas supply.
Engineers from Wales and West Utilities are working to fix the problem, but have described the job as "complex".
Gas customers in the Nantyglo area are being urged to make sure their gas supply is turned off. Engineers are understood to be going door-to-door to make sure supplies are off, and will return after works have been completed to make sure each customer is properly reconnected.
It is not yet known how long the repairs will take, the utility company said.
(MH/CD)
Engineers from Wales and West Utilities are working to fix the problem, but have described the job as "complex".
Gas customers in the Nantyglo area are being urged to make sure their gas supply is turned off. Engineers are understood to be going door-to-door to make sure supplies are off, and will return after works have been completed to make sure each customer is properly reconnected.
It is not yet known how long the repairs will take, the utility company said.
(MH/CD)
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