A potentially catastrophic house explosion was prevented in Plum, thanks to a quick-thinking friend.
Channel 11 has learned this was one of two gas leaks at neighboring homes on Kathy Lynn Drive in six days.
Colleen Cooper says last Sunday her husband smelled the strong odor of additive in the gas lines. She says the gas company showed up quickly and determined there was a leak in the front yard. That line was replaced within days, but she was left feeling very unsettled.
“I don’t feel very safe at this point living in this neighborhood,” Cooper tells Channel 11.
Six days later, fire trucks lined Kathy Lynn Drive from nearly half a dozen departments. The Coopers’ neighbor was out of town, but a friend happened to stop by and smelled gas.
“He immediately called the gas company; they came out and immediately broke down the door. Detected 4% level of gas, which someone told me 4.5% and that’s an explosion,” Cooper said. “If the furnace would have gone on, the house would have exploded.”