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Gas Leak in El Cerrito Hills – Shifting Ground Apparent Cause

A two-inch gas main was found to be cracked Saturday on Arbor Drive in the El Cerrito hills, caused apparently by earth movement, according to PG&E. Crews worked into the early hours Sunday to repair the line.

A cracked two-inch main gas line was discovered on Arbor Drive in the El Cerrito hills Saturday, PG&E reported.

Responding to a report of an apparent gas leak, a gas service representative located the crack with a gas-detection device on Arbor at Don Carol Drive, said PG&E spokeswoman Jana Morris.

No evacuations were reported.

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"They believe the crack was formed due to earth movement," Morris said. The area is near the Hayward Fault and a zone of past massive slides.

A neighborhood resident said she was told by the crew that a weld broke. A technician who took air samples told her that the LEL reading ("lower explosive limit," a measure of flammable gas) at her home were negligible and 70 percent near the site of the leak.

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