Early morning gas leak near Cornwall, Ont. resolved: TC Energy [Video]

Crews worked to close a major gas leak at a natural gas pumping station near Cornwall, Ont. in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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TC Energy, the company that owns the pumping station, reported the incident at 5:40 a.m. in the Municipality of Martintown on County Road 20, about 100 kilometres southeast of Ottawa. 

A video sent to CTV News by a viewer showed a large plume of natural gas spurting into the air.

An emergency response procedure was immediately activated following the incident, TC Energy told CTV News Ottawa in a statement.

South Glengarry Fire Chief, Dave Robertson, says two crews consisting of seven firefighters and police officers responded to the site after receiving multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting an explosion.

“What we found was natural gas venting from the location. Our observations were done …