Heritage gas lines cut in Barrackpore

HERITAGE Petroleum says its gas lines have been in Barrackpore.

In a release, the company said on Friday, at around 10.15 am, personnel were told of a line being cut at Wilson Road, in the vicinity of Gathering Station No 3, Barrackpore.

Security officers went to the location where they found three, three inch lines were recently cut.

They also found a 100 pound propane gas cylinder, a 100 pound oxygen cylinder, cutting torch, chains and rope.

Heritage Petroleum said the lines were inactive so what could have been a very serious incident was averted.

The incident was reported to the Barrackpore police and the company has increased mobile patrols in the Wilson Road area.

Heritage Petroleum warned that all its assets are involved in major energy related activity and tampering with these assets can result in serious and possibly fatal injury to perpetrators but also others nearby.

“People are strongly urged to refrain from engaging in such acts,” the release said.