No initial signs of ignition, explosion after gas leak in Castaic that closed 5 Freeway

There were no initial signs of ignition or explosion after a high-pressure, 34-inch natural gas pipeline ruptured on Saturday, Dec. 27 in Castaic, north of Santa Clarita, causing officials to halt traffic on the 5 Freeway for several hours.

Officials with the Southern California Gas Company are investigating the cause of the break, but said that significant land movement was observed near the rupture.

As of Sunday, a handful of non-residential customers were experiencing outages due to the break, SoCal Gas said.