Poway gas leak forces road closure, evacuations
Published July 14, 2023 at 1:48 PM PDT City of Poway City Hall is seen in this photo taken June 7, 2023. Poway, Calif. A natural-gas leak forced a ...
Published July 14, 2023 at 1:48 PM PDT City of Poway City Hall is seen in this photo taken June 7, 2023. Poway, Calif. A natural-gas leak forced a closure of part of a major Poway thoroughfare Friday along with evacuations of homes and businesses along more than a half dozen adjacent streets. The utility-line problem in the area of Holland and Pomerado roads in Poway was reported about 9:45 a.m., according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. While awaiting repairs by San Diego Gas & Electric crews, authorities blocked off a stretch of Pomerado Road and cleared people out of residential and commercial properties on Wilsey Way, Witt Place and Frame, Glen Oak, Halper, Powers, Tarzana, Taunt and Tobiasson roads.