Contact 5 digs deeper into what caused gas line explosion

Contact 5 is digging deeper into what caused a gas line to suddenly rupture next to the Florida Turnpike near Lake Worth Road.

TO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE NEARLAKE WORTH ROAD.

A DAY LATER-PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK INTHE AREAÃTELL INVESTIGATORMICHAEL BUCZYNERÃTHEY WANTANSWERS.<<“WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOWAND SAW THE GAS BILLOWING UPINTO THE SKY, WE KNEW WE HADTO GET OUT OF THERE RIGHTAWAY” SECURITY CAMERAS AT THELAKE WORTH GOLD MINE CAUGHTTHE MOMENT AN 18 INCH GAS LINERUPTURED ALONG THE FLORIDATURNPIKEÃNEAR LAKE WORTHROAD THURSDAY MORNING.

SOPOWERFUL - IT LEFT A CRATERBEHIND.

JUSTIN LEVIN EVACUATEDFOR SAFETY.“WE CLOSED UP THESTORE IN LESS THAN A MINUTEAND GOT OUT OF HERE..

WELEFT” THE DAY AFTERÃLEVINSAYS HE FOUND PIECES OFCONCRETE DEBRIS FROM THEHIGHWAY RUPTURE ON HISPROPERTY.

NOW HE WANTSANSWERS.“ITO SEE WHAT THE CAUSE OF THISRUPTURE WASÃSOMEONE SHOULDBE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHATHAPPENED, IT WAS REALLYSCARY” AND SO DOES THIMOTHER.“WE THOUGHT IT WAS ANEARTHQUAKE THE WHOLE CEILINGWAS SHAKING” &WHO LIVES IN ANEIGHBORHOOD - A BLOCK AWAYFROM THE TURNPIKE.“I WANT TOKNOW IF ITS GOING TO HAPPENAGAIN..

ITSLEEP GOOD LAST NIGHT”CONTACT 5 REACHED OUT TO THEOWNER OF THE PIPEÃFLORIDAGAS TRANSMISSIONÃTO ASK HOWAND WHY THIS HAPPENED TO APIPELINE THAT RUNS FROM TEXASTO SOUTH FLORIDA.

INSTEAD OFANSWERING OUR QUESTIONSÃASPOKESPERSON SENT US ASTATEMENTÃNEARLY IDENTICALTO ONE RELEASED THURSDAÃTHATSAYS“THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASEIS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIM” ANDPROMISING A“THOROUGHINVESTIGATION INTO THEMATTER”“PULLING UP TO WORKTODAY, ITS LIKE, YOU ASKYOURSELF IS IT GOING TO HAPPENAGAIN TODAY, COULD IT HAPPENAGAIN TODAY, ITSNERVE-WRACKING.

WE'RE WORKINGTO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DAMAGETO THE WALL NEXT TO THETURNPIKE - AND WHEN THAT WILLBE FIXED..

AS WELL AS THEEXACT CAUSE OF THE RUPTURE.WE'LL STAY ONTOP OF THE STORY.IN SUBURBAN LAKE WORTH - MB -WPTV - NEWS CHANNEL 5.