Thousands left without natural gas in Lithgow and Bathurst amid cold snap
by Sarah Michell from on (#65EZ8)
Recent flooding is believed to have caused the pipeline outage in central-west NSW and is hampering repair
It could take weeks to completely fix a pipeline outage that has left more than 20,000 New South Wales residents without natural gas during an unseasonal cold snap, with recent flooding believed to have caused the outage as well as hampering its repair.
Residents in the central-west towns of Bathurst, Lithgow and Wallerawang woke up on Thursday to find their homes without natural gas, a day after snow fell in the region and a temperature of 1C was recorded in Lithgow. The towns of Portland and Oberon are also affected.
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