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Homes Evacuated After Car Crashes Into Gas Substation
Seven properties evacuated and a 100-metre safety cordon established after a car hit a gas substation; emergency services and SGN are working to repair damage.
- On Monday, November 24 a car struck a gas substation on Pagham Road, first reported at 3.48am, prompting a 100-metre cordon and evacuation of residents from seven properties to Pagham Village Hall.
- After third-party damage to network infrastructure, SGN said repairs and safety checks are under way as engineers assess the gas governor at the junction of Pagham Road and Hook Lane, adding it is `too early to say` when residents can safely return.
- West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service posted that three crews are attending the scene, working with West Sussex County Council’s Resilience and Emergencies Team and Arun District Council officers, while parts of Pagham Road and Hook Lane junction remain closed.
- Among those displaced, local resident Jon Coker said `I heard a knocking on the door at 04:30, and I was really disorientated, I didn't know what was going on. It was the police`, with police remaining on scene while residents waited outside, and six flats plus a house evacuated to Pagham Church Hall.
- Residents said they heard a loud bang at around 3.30am, with some evacuees taken to Pagham Church Hall and officials reporting six flats and a house were moved there.
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