Woking: Homes remain without gas for third day

Some homes in Surrey remain without gas for a third 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.More than 24,000 litres of water had been pumped out of the gas network as of 21:00 GMT on Monday, SGN said.The exact circumstances of how the water entered SGN infrastructure remains under investigation.
One local resident said she and her children did not each much on Monday as she was unable to use her cooker."It's frustrating. The kids want a warm meal and I can't provide that to them," she told BBC Radio Surrey."The house is cold and we have to huddle upstairs and use small heaters, which took up a lot of electricity."Another resident added: "It's been freezing and highly inconvenient."The gas company told me they are working on it, that's all they can do. It's just hard work, it's half-term as well and every body's at home."A customer service station has been set up at Woking Railway Athletic Club, which will be open until 21:00."If you're elderly, disabled, chronically sick or have young children, you can obtain portable electrical appliances for cooking and heating," an SGN spokesperson said.Water supplier Affinity Water said it had carried emergency repairs to the damaged water main."While SGN is leading the restoration of gas services, we remain fully committed to assisting them and supporting the local community throughout the process," an Affinity Water spokesperson added.

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