The explosion was first reported at 4:54 a.m. in the area of Ivy Lane in Center Township. Police shut down the intersection of Broadhead Road and Ivy Lane because of the incident.<\/p>\n
WATCH: Beaver County Emergency Officials Hold News Conference \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n The line is owned and operated by Energy Transfer. They released this statement on Monday morning, saying they don\u2019t yet know the cause of the explosion, but are doing a full investigation:<\/p>\n \u201cWe did experience an incident this morning on a 24-inch natural gas gathering line in Beaver County, Pa. There were no injuries. This incident, which occurred at approximately 5 a.m. eastern time was detected by our monitoring system, which triggered the closing of valves to isolate the line. By around 7 a.m., the fire on the pipeline had extinguished itself.<\/em><\/p>\n There were evacuations from several homes in the area. All the appropriate regulatory notifications have been made. We do not know the cause of the incident at this time; however, a thorough investigation will be conducted.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n According to Center Township Police Chief Barry Kramer, about 25-30 homes in the area were evacuated. There were some other voluntary evacuations.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of those evacuees required medical assistance, not because of injuries, but because of medical conditions,\u201d said Chief Kramer.<\/p>\n No injuries were reported related to the explosion.<\/p>\n (Photo Submitted by KDKA Viewer Dan Millick)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Chief Kramer says the valves were shut off just before 6 a.m. However, the explosion caused numerous issues like the fire, which needed time to burn out.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were two isolation valves, about 15 miles apart, one on the Center Township side and one going towards Burgettstown. At about 5:52, that was shut off, but it took time to burn the gas that was remaining in the line out,\u201d said Chief Kramer.<\/p>\n The explosion also caused high-tension power lines to fall down, pulling down towers with it, and blocking Bunker Hill Road.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have Penn Power, Duquesne Light, First Energy on scene to evaluate de-energizing those lines and to make it safe so we can get those lines removed and reopen that highway,\u201d Chief Kramer said.<\/p>\n He also said state police were called in because some of the lines fell onto 376.<\/p>\n Peoples Gas was also on the scene. They were inspecting all their lines in the area, but were not directly impacted.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, many of the evacuees were taken to the Center Township fire hall. The Red Cross is assisting there with food and other supplies.<\/p>\n (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Scott Danka)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Central Valley School District has canceled all classes for Monday.<\/p>\n![\"center](\"http:\/\/cbspittsburgh.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/09\/center-twp-gas-line-2.jpg?w=420&h=236\" "\\"Massive")
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