Gas shot straight up into the air from a construction site as site personnel were evacuated after gas began venting. Nearby homes were adjacent to the site as the emergency unfolded.
According to the San José Fire Dept.
The update described a construction site adjacent to occupied homes, where site personnel were evacuated.
An earlier rupture occurred on March 10, 2026, at Donnici Street and Altino Boulevard. That incident involved a two-inch gas line, required evacuating about 10 homes and issuing shelter-in-place orders before the leak was capped, according to SFGate. The report also described air monitoring and negative readings after the breach was capped.
Construction Site Context
The available reports do not identify the development project, its approval, or the number of homes or lots involved.
They also do not provide a history of the land or describe underground utility infrastructure beneath it.
Questions About Digging Requirements
The reports do not state what utility-marking steps, if any, were taken before the excavation.
They do not identify whether an 811 ticket was filed ahead of the dig or whether the same contractor was involved in both incidents.
Other Santa Clara County Incidents
Other incidents were also reported in Santa Clara County. In November 2024, an affected two-inch gas line on Creekline Drive in nearby Cupertino forced multi-block evacuations and extensive shelter-in-place advisories while Santa Clara County Fire and PG&E crews contained the breach, as Hoodline reported at the time. And in January 2024, emergency crews in San José evacuated a local mobile home park after contractors accidentally cut a private gas line during work.
The available reports do not establish whether the incidents involved the same intersection or contractor, or whether utility marking played a role. No examination by the CPUC or the state's Underground Facilities Safe Excavation Board is reported in the available sources.
