Watch out for buried gas lines near Flagstaff

I was digging a pole anchor on a new install last month and barely missed a 2 inch gas line that wasn't marked on the utility map. My coworker's shovel nicked one near a house the week before and the whole street got evacuated. Has anyone else dealt with unmarked lines in their area?

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tessa_kim327d ago

Tessa Kim here, yeah I clipped a line in Phoenix that wasn't on ANY map and it was TERRIFYING.

the_sarah27d ago

Self-deprecating jokes about buried gas lines sound fun until you almost become a human firework like me. Shovels and unmarked pipes don't mix, I learned that one the hard way with a very loud, very expensive "oops." Did your coworker's boss start double-checking every site after that evac?