Photos: Gas leak in Porter Ranch
The Southern California Gas Co. leaking well forced thousands of residents in and near Porter Ranch to temporarily relocate.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Signs and gates on the Porter Ranch hillsides indicate the boundary of Southern California Gas Co., where an ongoing gas leak has prompted hundreds of complaints.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Porter Ranch resident Jaimee Choi prepares for her first day at work as a manager at a restaurant while her father, Francis Choi, hugs the family dog in a Burbank hotel after they were displaced by a gas leak near their Porter Ranch home.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Lori Choi, right, and her daughter, Jaimee Choi, walk their dogs outside the Burbank hotel where they are staying after they were displaced by a gas leak near their Porter Ranch home. “We’ve come to Burbank for the clean air,” Jaimee joked.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Jaimee Choi prepares for her first day at a new job by studying work material in a Burbank hotel where she is staying with her family.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Parents pick up their children at Porter Ranch Community School in the North San Fernando Valley just south of the Southern California Gas Co. Aliso Canyon Storage Facility. Filters are being installed in the school’s ventilation system to help with the smell caused by a nearby gas leak.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)The entrance to the Southern California Gas Co. Aliso Canyon Storage Facility sits at the intersection of Tampa Avenue and Sesnon Boulevard in Porter Ranch.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)