Another gasoline leak forces closure of roads in Burlingame's Broadway corridor

"Although businesses in the area are open, owners say the string of power outages and leaks has hit them hard. "This is worse than COVID. We can't run a business, we can't make money, we can't pay the bills," said business owner John Kevranian. "All the money we made during the holidays is wiped out. Maybe we should have a state of emergency for the Broadway Burlingame district or the community. This is a catastrophe, a financial catastrophe.""

"Businesses along Burlingame's Broadway corridor are seeing more setbacks after another gasoline leak was discovered Tuesday morning, forcing crews to shut down streets as they worked to fix the issue. The leak was found in an underground electrical vault near California Drive and Broadway. This comes just a week after PG&E crews discovered a petroleum product was leaking into their vaults, damaging equipment."

A gasoline leak was discovered Tuesday morning in an underground electrical vault near California Drive and Broadway in Burlingame. Crews shut down streets to locate and repair the leak. Crews attribute the leak to an AT&T vault. One week earlier PG&E crews found a petroleum product leaking into their vaults and damaging equipment. Businesses along Broadway remain open but report severe financial losses from repeated power outages and petroleum leaks. Business owners say holiday revenues were wiped out and call the situation a financial catastrophe. The timeline to cap the leak and reopen roads is unknown.

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