Crime & Safety
No Evacuations After Gas Leak
Valinor Road closed for six hours Monday while line repaired.
Residents were not evacuated and no interruption of service occurred after a construction company struck a gas line near Valinor Road and Fairfield Drive around 4:00 p.m. Monday, Hillsborough Police said.
According to police, OTS of NJ, LLC, a Jackson-based utilities construction company, was working in the area when it allegedly struck the 4-foot main line, resulting in an odor of natural gas in the area.
Police subsequently closed Valinor Road between Willow Road and Fairfield Lane from about 4:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. for repairs, they said. It was then opened Tuesday morning, though additional repairs were being made, police added.
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Additional responding agencies included the Hillsborough Rescue Squad, Hillsborough Fire Companies No. 2 and 3, Hillsborough Fire Safety, the Hillsborough Office of Emergency Management, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and PSE&G.
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