PSE&G gives all-clear after gas main rupture forces evacuations near former Marcal plant in Elmwood Park

PSE&G declared the area safe after workers this afternoon pinched a high-pressure gas main on the property of the former Marcal Paper plant that was ruptured by contractors in Elmwood Park two hours earlier.

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Jerry DeMarco

12/11/2014 6:40 p.m.

Evacuations were taking place in the area of Market Street and River Road and Elmwood Park Middle/High School students were temporarily locked in place as a precaution after the 12-inch main was breached around 11:45 a.m.

Reidents two to three blocks from the area — roughly a quarter-mile — were taken to the borough recreation center.

Surrounding towns also were notified. Citizens were being asked to check their gas lines for reductions in pressure.

By 1:30, the utility said it was safe to return.

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