Utility workers hit gas line causing leak in Gastonia, Gastonia NC

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/12/2025 06:41 AM

Near E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Fire crews responded to a natural gas leak near East Franklin Boulevard and Franklin Square Road in Gastonia after utility workers accidentally struck an underground gas line. The fire department secured the area and requested police to block the roadway while rescue and utility teams managed the leak.

Audio|Source: Gastonia Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Fire center, District 4, Engine 4, gas leak at near East Franklin Boulevard, Cross Street Franklin Square Road, holds, use fire dispatch.

00:14

Okay, morning, person.

00:18

Okay, one?

00:22

Battalion 1 will be enrolled in engine 5.

00:26

In 4.

00:28

Correction, engine 4.

00:34

00:38

Enraight car 1 is in the area.

00:44

All units going to near East Franklin Boulevard, use off to.

00:54

Senator, Carl 1 is on the scene.

00:56

Utility workers here hit a line underground.

00:59

I'll get the exact location in a second.

01:01

Call Ambridge and have them respond, please.

01:06

Good for.

01:07

Sir, if we have PD in the area,

01:14

have them respond here to help block roadway.

01:18

Good for. Good for.

01:23

Man, the engine four, when you come in, come in to the road by the traffic lights to the west of Jack and Box.

01:36

Agent 4.

01:37

Recorder 1.

01:41

Go ahead, Park, Senator.

01:45

Bridge says they'll be a 20-tenth-a-minute ETA.

01:52

Okay. Fire Center, go ahead and have Rescue 1 respond in this location.

01:58

10-4[1].

02:12

Our Center District 4 Rescue 1, gas leak at near East Franklin Boulevard, Cross Street Franklin Square Road, holes, use off to.

02:31

Part of East Franklin, Commission, you can cancel the request for PD.

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10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood; affirmative or OK.

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Near E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

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