Aug. 11—ANTRIM — A 500-gallon propane tank at a new home under construction ruptured Thursday morning, causing half the gas to leak into the air, where firefighters worked to dissipate it, the town's fire chief said.
A landscaping company was working at the residence when a small tractor struck a manhole cover attached to the underground propane tank, puncturing a valve, Antrim Fire Chief Marshall Gale said Thursday.
Firefighters responded to the scene at 60 Mulhall Farm Road around 9:45 a.m. and dissipated the clouds using a mist-like setting on the hose of one of the Antrim's fire engines.
Meanwhile, technicians from L&G Propane stopped the leak with a rubber plug, and began pumping the remaining product into a tanker truck they had driven to the scene.
Gale said the technicians finished pumping out the propane around 1 p.m. After pumping out the propane tank as much as possible, the technicians burned off the residual gas. Due to the damage from the rupture, Gale said L&G Propane will have to dig up the tank to repair it.
Gale said propane gas is highly flammable and has a risk of igniting, which made it important that first responders work fast. Fire departments from Bennington Hancock, Francestown and Hillsborough also assisted at the scene.
Hunter Oberst can be reached at 355-8585, or hoberst@keenesentinel.com.
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