Five days after an Atmos Energy crew accidentally released high-pressure gas in northeast Mississippi, the company is nearly done restoring gas to the over 17,000 affected customers.

All 17,000 customers have their gas restored, and technicians are working to help a handful of customers get their appliances relighted, according to Atmos.

The accident on March 12 injured three contractors and caused outages to commercial and residential customers in Belden, Guntown, Plantersville, Pontotoc, Saltillo, Shannon, Tupelo, and Verona. The three injured workers were contractors with Atmos, but the company said it doesn’t know their conditions.

“Atmos Energy’s highly-trained technicians have visited every customer multiple times, going door to door, to restore service in the impacted areas,” reads the official updates page. 

“If you were not home or at your business?when our crews were restoring service,?a door tag with instructions to schedule an appointment was left on your front door. If you are without gas service, please call 866.322.8667 and press 1 to schedule an appointment to restore your gas service.”

An adult who lives in the home or is a representative of the business must be present for the restoration to take place.

Over 700 technicians from across eight states are on the job to restore gas, going door-to-door for customers. 

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