Excavator cuts utility lines causing gas leak and outage, Cobb County GA


An excavator cut three unmarked utility lines near Cobb County, including a gas line, causing possible service outages and reports of difficulty breathing.
Audio|Source: Cobb County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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We got three lines that unmarked that got cut with an excavator.
00:10
Yes.
00:15
Do you have anybody done? I'm sorry, ma'am, you gumbled up because you repeat.
00:27
Do you know if anybody is without service?
00:32
I can tell you, yeah, it just happened.
00:40
(number withheld).
00:46
16. Hold on you at 16, 3085 for 18, 3085 for 1, please.
00:52
And this 13 again dispatch, there's no paint markings over here and it looks like two phone lines and a cable line.
01:04
And four, nine forty, four.
01:07
Difficulty, four.
01:13
Difficulty breathing.
01:22
14.
01:27
We're not 13. We're here.
01:31
I'm talking about.
01:36
Repeat, Francis.
01:39
E.P.O. and Maryed off.
01:54
Brokelover Street.
01:55
Colors with construction company advised the hit a gas line.
02:02
104, zero hydrants. Thank you, sir.
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Cobb County, GA
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