Forty-one Kansas Gas customers were affected when a single-vehicle wreck damaged a natural gas pipeline east of Salina Tuesday morning.
Public Relations Manager Liza Steger said the Kansas Gas pipeline has been repaired and a portable regulator station installed.
"The car hit a power pole and hit a Kansas Gas Service regulator station as well as it took out the barricade that was adjacent to that area," Steger told Salina Post.
Gas was shut off for about three and a half hours, but has been restored to all customers.
"Our team was able to conduct the repairs needed within this time to ensure gas service could be restored promptly," Steger noted.
The single-vehicle wreck occurred Tuesday morning in the vacinity of E. Old Highway 40 and N. Simpson Road. Just after the accident, part of Old Highway 40 was shut down and residents within a one-mile radius north and east of the area were encouraged to evacuate their homes until the pipeline could be repaired, according to information from Saline County.
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