Natural Gas Leak

POLICE* Westminster: A Pleasanton Road resident reported that someone stole all four tires and wheels from her automobile Thursday. She estimated the value of the items at $2,000.A Taneytown resident told police that someone broke into his vehicle and stole a vacuum pump while it was parked on East Green Street on Thursday. He estimated the loss at $850.The owner of International Foreign Car at the rear of the first block of W. Main St. reported that tires on two automobiles parked at the garage were slashed Thursday.

The Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. says it is not responsible for Monday's explosion in Irvington and the utility has advised residents to use their homeowners insurance to recover damages.The explosion occurred in a rowhouse at 321 Martindale Ave. and killed an elderly woman who lived at that residence. BG&E investigators have determined that the utility's equipment -- which includes outside gas lines and the meter in the brick and cinder-block house -- was not at fault in the explosion, said BG&E spokesman John Metzger.

Arnold Elementary School closed early yesterday morning after construction workers installing a pipeline for the school's underground fuel storage system ruptured a natural gas line near the school, county fire officials said.Firefighters received a call about the gas leak around 11 a.m. Students at the school on Joyce Lane were evacuated and moved to the Asbury United Methodist Church in the first block of Church Lane, where school buses picked them up and took them home, a fire officials said.

A New Jersey contractor hired by Baltimore to replace an aging water main near the western city limits ruptured a major gas-transmission line yesterday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 20 nearby homes and cut off power to another 1,500. The damage sent natural gas into the air for more than five hours and produced a roaring waterfall-like sound. Even a half-mile away, residents of the quiet community of brick rowhouses and single-family homes straddling the city-Baltimore County line said they could smell the pungent odor of gas and hear the hissing of the leak.

FireMount Airy: Firefighters from Lisbon in Howard County assisted Mount Airy at 9: 58 a.m. Wednesday, responding to a natural gas leak on Wildwood Drive. Units were out one hour and 22 minutes.Pub Date: 9/27/96

FireSykesville: Firefighters from Gamber assisted Sykesville at 2: 20 p.m. Thursday, responding to a natural gas leak in the 1300 block of Judges Court. Units were out 18 minutes.PoliceSykesville: A Union Bridge builder told police Thursday that someone broke windows of a house under construction in a development on Route 32 at Johnsville Road. Damage was estimated at $2,100.Pub Date: 6/23/97

FIRE* Eldersburg: Sykesville, Gamber and Liberty Road of Baltimore County were dispatched to a house fire in the 5800 block of Oklahoma Road at 7:21 a.m. yesterday. Units were out 45 minutes.Sykesville and Gamber were dispatched to a natural gas leak in the 5700 block of Dunes Court at 11:25 a.m. yesterday. Units were out 20 minutes.* Gamber: Gamber and Sykesville investigated a fire alarm sounding in a house on Route 32 at 7:47 a.m. Tuesday. The call were canceled after three minutes.VTC

FireMount Airy: Firefighters responded at 9: 44 p.m. Monday to a trash container fire in the 1700 block of S. Main St. Units were out 32 minutes.Manchester: Firefighters from Lineboro and Hampstead assisted Manchester at 6: 08 a.m. Monday, responding to a house fire in the 3100 block of Laverne Circle. Units were out 22 minutes.Mount Airy: Firefighters from Winfield assisted Mount Airy at 11: 39 a.m. Monday, responding to a natural gas leak in the 3400 block of Tuckaway Road. Units were out 35 minutes.