UPDATE: Gas-leak response after hit-run driver crashes into house

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9:18 PM: Avoid the area of 37th/100th in Arbor Heights for a while – a driver hit a house and a natural-gas leak is reported to have resulted. Police have blocked off 37th. They are telling dispatch it’s a hit-and-run – the driver subsequently took off. So far the vehicle is described only as “a white minivan.”

9:21 PM: The gas leak is blamed on damage to the gas meter. Puget Sound Energy is reported to be on the way. No injuries reported so far.

9:27 PM: This wasn’t found to be a major leak, so the SFD response has downsized.

9:34 PM: Police have just told dispatch that the gas is shut off, so the streets are reopening. No further info on the hit-run driver.

12:23 AM: Jeremy, whose home and yard were damaged, sent photos: “What a mess. The driver went through a tree, a fence, two planters, lawn furniture and breaking the gas meter off the main before actually hitting the wall of the house.”

EJ November 3, 2023 (9:58 pm)

Love not being able to turn my fireplace on thanks to this moron.

Niko November 3, 2023 (10:53 pm)

Listen I’m usually the last one to say something like this especially in this situation but gas leaks are extremely dangerous and just be glad it wasn’t your home that was hit. Especially with a hit and run and with insurance companies in this day and age the homeowner is going to have a hell of a time
- DL November 4, 2023 (12:04 am)
  
  Thanks Niko. I’m the owner and we have USAA who is usually great. But it’s pretty crazy the amount of damage that was done by this car. It was quite scary and as far as we know no one was hurt though the driver was not found yet, so.. no one was hurt on this side.
  - SS November 4, 2023 (9:11 am)
    
    Hey friend! Let me know if you and Jeremy need help today! 💜
- EJ November 4, 2023 (1:03 am)
  
  Gas leaks? Dangerous? NO WAY!If you actually comprehended my comment, you’d understand that my complaint is not with PSE shutting the gas off, but that this moron crashed into the house in the first place. I’m sure drunk or high or with a stolen car, given their flight from the scene. I’m not minimizing the plight of the homeowner, just lamenting that it also had collateral damage to others in the neighborhood. Jesus.
  - DL November 4, 2023 (2:58 pm)
    
    EJ, did they actually shut gas off at your house? I’m wondering how many people are without gas until they come repair this… yikes!

Jeremy November 3, 2023 (11:10 pm)

It was my house, and as far as I know the neighbors’ gas is still working. Not mine though.

waikikigirl November 4, 2023 (6:37 am)

HOLY MOLY! Glad no one was hurt “on your side” but look at the damage! Its amazing that, that much damage and the vehicle was able to back out and drive away isn’t it?!

DL November 4, 2023 (10:04 am)

Yea, that’s the crazy thing to me too! And we didn’t have time to see the vehicle in any way. Adrenaline can make people do crazy things. I heard the breaks for at least 3 seconds and then 2 booms right underneath me. I was in bed. I thought the house was coming down.

anonyme November 4, 2023 (4:12 pm)

The location is at 37th & 102nd, not 100th. Judging by the initials in these posts, there must be relatively new owners of this home. The former residents were firefighters.