The ground vacuuming will cease as Newton Fire and EMS take over the monitoring of Fox Ridge’s mystery gas emission. That’s about all for new developments into the situation, which prompted a voluntary evacuation request and emergency declarations from both the Harvey County Commission and Gov. Laura Kelly. “Newton Fire/EMS will continue to monitor above-ground levels every four hours,” City Communications Director Erin McDaniel stated. “Since monitoring began, gas levels have only been detected below the surface.” On Aug. 22, Kansas Gas detected a flammable gas in the soil at the Fox Ridge site while doing testing in the area. The company then began to attempt to determine if it was responsible for the emission or if it came from another source.
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