We just came back from lunch, and there are like 8 trucks and vans from the gas company clustered around a manhole cover (or something) and about four fire trucks parked nearby. This is less than a block from the front door of my building. They’re stringing up caution tape everywhere, and the fire department actually has Broadway blocked off. I work right next to the train station, so this is pretty much the first block right after you come off the bridge - I don’t think I’ve ever seen Broadway blocked off before. Obviously, there’s some sort of gas leak, but this is kind of creepy.
Update @ 1:50 One of my coworkers found a link to a news story on KGW about the gas leak. All the fire trucks have moved away from the corner where they were congregated before, and are now all parked directly outside our building. There’s a full block or two roped off, and I heard several people (including my boss) mentioning that they couldn’t get to their cars in the lot across from us. The bus station has been evacuated, but I guess not the train station.
There’s also a strong hissing or whining sound outside. I guess the news report says the gas leak is audible, but it seems more likely that we’re hearing some sort of machinery, like a drill or one of those sidewalk cutting saws.
I took some photos, but since all that’s visible from where we are is a lot of parked vehicles, fire-fighters, and gas company employees, they’re nothing dramatic.
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