Homes evacuated due to gas leak in west London
CTV News24-06-2025
Crews work to repair a natural gas at a construction site in west London, Ont., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Gerry Dewan/CTV London)
The howl of natural gas escaping a line could be heard at a construction site in west London.
London Fire Department crews were monitoring the site as the waited for Enbridge Gas repair crews to close the line.
Westbound and eastbound traffic along Oxford has been halted.
Work was being done on Kains Road, just north of a new roundabout which links Oxford to Kains to the north and Gideon Drive to the south.
The construction team onsite told London Fire the puncture is about the size of a dime, but it's in a high-volume, 4' gas pipe.
District Chief Steve Prior says about two dozen homes with residents inside were evacuated.
Traffic in all directions has been re-routed.
The howl of natural gas escaping a line could be heard at a construction site in west London.
London Fire Department crews were monitoring the site as the waited for Enbridge Gas repair crews to close the line.
Westbound and eastbound traffic along Oxford has been halted.
Work was being done on Kains Road, just north of a new roundabout which links Oxford to Kains to the north and Gideon Drive to the south.
The construction team onsite told London Fire the puncture is about the size of a dime, but it's in a high-volume, 4' gas pipe.
District Chief Steve Prior says about two dozen homes with residents inside were evacuated.
Traffic in all directions has been re-routed.
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