Thousands of homes and organizations in north London have actually been left without gas after water swamped pipelines.
Engineers are needing to go door to door at around 3,000 properties in Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet and North Finchley to make sure the gas is securely turned off after a pipes ruptured resulting in water in the gas network.
Over 100 designers and sustain team stayed in the location on Monday early morning to turn off the gas supply in each residential property that has actually been struck.
Affinity Water has actually fixed its busted pipes and Cadent Gas stated it has actually fixed its broken gas pipeline to make sure say goodbye to water goes into the gas network.
The gas firm stated it intends to securely transform the gas back on at each residential property impacted on Monday and it will certainly additionally begin pumping water out of the gas network.
Cadent Gas discussed it would certainly not have the ability to recover gas up until the water has actually been drained of the gas network.
Vicky Grieve, Network Director for Cadent and event controller, stated: “Cadent has been made aware of a loss of gas in the N10 area of North London. Our engineers are on site to investigate the cause and make attempts to resolve the situation.
“Early indications show that water has entered our gas pipes. A number of customers have contacted us to let us know that they are affected, but at this stage, it is too early to say how many properties will be without gas.
“Our teams will be on hand in the N10 area to continue to manage the situation, and we will be working with the local community to support our customers.
“We will continue to communicate with all of those affected so that they understand what is happening, and what support they can receive while we carry out this work. We are also working closely with Affinity Water and other agencies.
“Finally, as we are still in the early stages, I would ask residents and business owners for their patience whilst we work to resolve this incident.”
