Specialist teams and fire crews are in attendance near Cleat Hill today (Monday) after a gas alarm in one of the properties was activated.
Following the fatal gas explosion in early October, G7c Blackline Safety Methane Gas Detection Monitors were offered to all homes in the area and installed in every home that accepted the offer.
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In a statement to the Bedford Independent, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “A gas alarm activated in a property in Wagstaffe Close on the morning of 6 January 2025.
“The emergency response protocol worked extremely well, with partners responding to the scene very quickly.
“A team of specialists are conducting gas monitoring in properties in the vicinity of the alarm activation as a precaution. The residents of the affected property self-evacuated before emergency services arrived.”
This is a developing story and we will provide more information as it emerges.
