But where is the drama, the first cop smells gas, tells all the union employees to not go in, he turns off the meter as everyone in earthquake country knows how to do (the wrench is usually chained to the meter) and they wait for the plumber to show up.
Gas pip fitters don’t like being called plumbers. REALLY don’t like it. Fighting words.
Let’s just say I wouldn’t want to have been within two blocks. The drama is anything including a cell phone or static electric discharge in the area could mean BOOM. You also have floor drains etc to consider which in some areas run outside or underneath buildings into the city storm drain system. As I said gas naturally lays low. Something as simple as weather conditions can mean more so.