Homes remain without gas for fifth day

Some residents in a Surrey town remain without gas for a fifth consecutive day after water leaked into a gas network.

Gas supplier SGN said a total of 340 homes in the Goldsworth Road area of Woking were affected by damage on Sunday.

Engineers have pumped out about 73,000 litres of water which flooded the network due to a burst water main, SGN said.

The company said that "gas would be returned to the majority of homes by Thursday evening".

A SGN spokesperson said: "Our engineers are continuing to visit individual properties to restore supplies, while continuing to extract any remaining water from our pipes.

"The water which flooded our network has moved into a lot of service pipes leading up to properties, which is delaying our progress and making it more difficult to restore many supplies."

Some local people said they had been without gas since Sunday morning.

One resident said: "It's not been too ideal. It's pretty cold upstairs.

"And the kids are off for half term."

Another affected local said: "It's cold and I have my elderly parents here, so it's not the best of situations."

Gary Williams, an affected local and retired plumber, told BBC Radio Surrey: "It's going to take a while to repair.

"They have been good with communication and keeping us updated."

Affinity Water said it was "working closely" with SGN as investigations and repairs continued.

It said there had been "no impact" on water supplies.

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