A contractor was performing directional boring to install underground data lines when they accidentally drilled into the underground gas line. An employee of the contractor called 911 at 11:32 a.m., according to the Fairborn Fire Department.
About a dozen houses in the neighborhood were evacuated and other residents were ordered to shelter in place. No injuries were reported.
Vanderlyn Court at Brookstone Drive was closed, and Watchtower Lane and Observatory Drive were closed, the city posted on social media.
The area was made safe at 2:22 p.m., CenterPoint Energy reported, and crews were working to restore service to the two houses on Weston Drive. The fire department said that CenterPoint Energy completed an emergency procedure by digging up the breached pipe and clamping it shut.
The city reported at 3:24 p.m. that all roads were reopened.
Fairborn City Schools alerted district families that students who live in the neighborhood who attend Fairborn High School, Baker Middle School and Fairborn Intermediate School would be kept at school for parent pickup. Fairborn Primary School pupils would ride the bus home, the district announced.
