A dozen Montara homes are evacuated after gas line is broken

A construction crew broke a gas line in Montara around 1pm Thursday, causing the evacuation of a dozen homes on the 500 block of Eighth Street.

The line was broken by a crew installing a water line. According to George Irving, manager of Montara Water and Sanitary District, the crew that broke the line was doing work for a private home and it was unrelated to the water line replacement that the District is doing in Montara.