Full Notification

Approximately 80-100 people affected.
Approximately 50-60 homes affected.

The Gas Company ESTIMATES the gas leak will be repaired within the next 3 hours (ESTIMATED AT about 8:00 pm).

Evacuees are being transported to Garfield High School, 5101 E. Sixth Street, Los Angeles, via Metro Buses.
The public has been evacuated for your safety.

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ORIGINAL NEWS RELEASE
DATE: Monday, October 14, 2013

TIME BEGAN: 2:45 PM

LOCATION: 300 block of South Gerhart Avenue, East Los Angeles



The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s East Los Angeles Station is conducting an evacuation of a residential area on South Gerhart Avenue, between West Pomona Boulevard and East Beverly Boulevard.

A gas line has been punctured by a work crew in the 300 block of South Gerhart Avenue, East Los Angeles. Los Angeles County Fire is on scene and working with Sheriff’s Department personnel to rectify the problem.

East Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station polices the Cities of Commerce, Cudahy, and Maywood, and the unincorporated communities of Belvedere Gardens, City Terrace, Eastmont, East Los Angeles, Saybrook Park, and Union Pacific:

East Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station
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Authored by:
Kim Manatt, Deputy
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