Brick from old Roosevelt Mission falls on gas meter, causes leak
A portion of the brick from the rear of the old Roosevelt Mission, located at 89 E Vincennes St., broke off and caused a gas leak.
Linton Fire Department, Linton Police Department and Linton Utilities were on the scene at the vacant building just before 7 a.m. Tuesday to manage the leak.
Fire Chief Brad Sparks said there had been several complaints about a gas leak in the northeast side of town, and Linton Police Department officers were patrolling the area to find the source, when they found a portion of the brick wall in the alley on the back of the old building, next to the former bank building, had fallen.
“Some time throughout the night, the back wall of the Roosevelt Mission has collapsed and when it did, it collapsed down on the gas meters and broke them off,” Sparks reported just before 8 a.m.
Sparks said due to the fact they were already looking for a gas leak, the gas department was on scene quickly to turn the gas lines off.
“We blocked the area off until we got the gas lines shut down,” Sparks said.
There were no injuries reported, and Sparks said he believes very few people were impacted by turning off the gas, if any at all.
“We don’t know what is going to become of it. We are probably going to have to barricade the area off for a little bit around the building. I don’t know how extensive that is going to get but when daylight gets here we can look it over some more,” Sparks said.
Avoid the area around the old Roosevelt Mission.