MichCon crews were working yesterday to restore gas service todowntown Detroit businesses and residents after the pressure of awater main break caused a nearby gas line to rupture. The ruptureoccurred at the corner of St. Antoine and Mullet Street, behind theFrank Murphy Hall of Justice at about 11 p.m. Saturday, causingwater to flood MichCon’s gas line.

About 600 buildings were affected by the outage, which fallswithin the boundaries, east of Griswold, south of I-75, west ofI-375 and north of Jefferson Avenue. MichCon crews were working toremove the water from the gas lines and restore service. Crews willbe going to each affected building to re-establish gas service oncewater has been removed from the lines. MichCon hoped to beginrestoring service to many customers Monday, but full restorationof service may take several days.

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