Gas Line Rupture Ignites FL Brush Fires, Forces Evacuations

    Sept. 10, 2020
    Nearly 40 firefighters in 21 units from multiple departments, including Sanford, Seminole County and Lake Mary, responded to the rupture, which forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents.

    By Joe Mario Pedersen

    Source Orlando Sentinel

    Norman Reyburn | Seminole County, FL, Fire Department Screen Shot
    Nearly 40 firefighters from multiple departments battled brush fires in Sanford, FL, early Wednesday ignited by a gas line rupture.
    Nearly 40 firefighters from multiple departments battled brush fires in Sanford, FL, early Wednesday ignited by a gas line rupture.

    A ruptured gas line forced hundreds of Sanford residents out of their homes Thursday morning. No injuries were reported.

    The rupture, in the area of Michigan Avenue and Nebraska Avenue near the Black Bear Wilderness area, occurred just after midnight, the Seminole County Fire Department said.

    The cause is being investigated.

    Seminole County, Sanford and Lake Mary Fire Departments were deployed with 21 units and 37 personnel to put out brush fires in the area, SCFD reported.

    The gas line was shut down at about 2:35 a.m.

    Evacuated residents were allowed to return home at about 3:14 a.m.

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