TM MAINTENANCE · TIRES · BRAKES OIL & FILTER · BATTERIES · ALIGNMENT Life is better in the Quick Lane.TM oak-land.com 905-844-3273 17 SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Venom is downed Sports Business Strategy Advisors www.vector17-advisors.com A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 85 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012 52 pages $1.00 (plus tax) Gas release from pipeline evacuates residents By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Residents were evacuated from the area of Third Line and Warbler Road Tuesday afternoon, after natural gas was released from a Union Gas pipeline in the area. Union Gas Manager of External Communications and Media Relations Andrea Stass said a safety device called a relief valve, which is intended to stop pressure "I brought them (my from building up in the children) in and kind pipeline, caused the gas to of waited around be released at points not only in the Third Line wondering, `Should I and Warbler Road area, stay or should I go?' but also near Eighth Line Eventually, I decided and Upper Middle Road, we needed to get out and Prince Michael Drive of there." and Dundas Street. "We don't know what caused that to happen, Joseph West, resident but we are investigating that," said Stass. "I want you to know this was not an unsafe situation. Gas is lighter than air and it dissipates quickly. The area is safe." Halton police blocked roads and redirected traffic away from the release sites while members of the Oakville Fire Department and Union Gas officials could be seen congregating around the immediate area of the gas releases. Pinecliff Road resident Joseph West, who lives right next to one of the release points, said his children were about to go swimming when he smelled the gas. "I brought them in and kind of waited around wondering, `Should I stay or should I go?,'" he said. See Public page 9 nikki wesley / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog SHUT DOWN: Halton Regional Police sealed traffic on Third Line near Warbler Road early yesterday afternoon as the Oakville Fire Department evacuated some area residents when a Union Gas natural gas pipeline relief valve released gas in the area. Similar releases occurred at Eighth Line and Upper Middle Road, and Prince Michael Drive and Dundas Street. 203-627 Lyons Lane Oakville Other Locations: Burlington · Hwy. 5 · Mississauga · Waterdown · Welland MacLachlan College Oakville's only IB World School, proudly offering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Pre-school to grade 12 · Call to inquire about applying for Sept. 2012 www.maclachlan.ca · 905-844-0372 · 337 Trafalgar Road, Oakville 905.339.1397 www.senseofhearing.ca