Stories from Friday, June 8, 2007

A major gas leak caused emergency crews to block off traffic in a two block area at West 12th South and Isaac Lane on Tuesday, June 5. A two-inch gas supply line was broken while construction was being done in the area by Alloway Electric near the new subdivision, Colonial Estates...

Emergency crews responded to a train derailment off Highway 30 near Mountain Home on Thursday morning. Two tanker cars were apparently transporting an unknown type of liquid fertilizer when the accident happened on a side rail track. Based on witness reports, the accident took place just before 8 a.m. but was not reported to local emergency dispatch until over an hour later...