On Monday, January 4th, at approximately 1041 hours, station 2 was alerted for a gas line struck in the 1000 block of South Main Street. The call was initially dispatched as a 4 inch gas main to have been ruptured during construction work on the town's renovation and rehab project. Upon arrival of EMS 2 and Engine 23, it was determined that when the workers were making the initial cuts with a saw in the roadway they inadvertently cut through a 1 ¾ inch feeder line to a house across the street. BGE was notified with the initial dispatch, and once the size up was complete, they were advised they would need additional machinery to dig through the roadway which had not been dug up yet. The saw blade the crews were using to make the initial guide cuts in the roadway only extended 9 inches below the road surface when the gas line was hit. The local homes and businesses were metered for gas inside the structures by Engine 23 with the assistance of Medic 28's and Manchester Engine 43's crews. Baltimore County Engine 56 from Franklin Fire Station was on standby at the hydrant on Main Street just south of the BB&T Bank. Once the structures were cleared with zero readings in all of them, Baltimore County Engine 56 was cleared from the scene. Upon arrival of BGE, they had Engine 23's crew standby while they used a mini-excavator to dig through the roadway to access the ruptured gas line. After they had made access, it was determined that they would need to dig back to the large 4 inch gas main in order to secure the leak. BGE advised the fire crews they could clear as it would be an extended amount of time and they would continue monitoring the local homes with their meters. The roadway was reopened several hours later.